Calling All Volunteers: Sign Up to Help KWH Law Center Host Its 2nd Annual Domestic Violence Summit
This October, KWH Law Center and the Albuquerque Community Foundation continue their fight against domestic violence with the 2nd Annual Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Summit.
Pameyla Herndon Elected to Join the American Bar Association’s Council of Civil Rights and Social Justice Section
Congratulations to KWH Law Center for Social Justice + Change Founder/CEO Pamelya Herndon, who has been elected to be a member of the Council of Civil Rights and Social Justice Section of the American Bar Association. The ABA’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Section focuses on tackling “complex and difficult civil rights and civil liberties […]
Trump tells census to not count undocumented people for purposes of deciding House apportionment
Source: USA Today WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday claiming that undocumented migrants should not be counted in the census for purposes of deciding how many members of Congress are apportioned to each state – though the practical impact of the president’s expected move is uncertain at best. “Respect for the law and protection of […]
Andrew Yang was moved to tears discussing gun safety at an Iowa town hall after a mother says her child was killed by a stray bullet
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang grew visibly emotional while discussing gun safety at an Iowa town hall on Saturday, after a mother described how her 4-year-old daughter was killed by a stray bullet as her other son looked on. The discussion came just days after two back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio killed a […]
The U.S. Immigration System May Have Reached a Breaking Point
Source: Michael D. Shear, Miriam Jordan and Manny Fernandez/New York Times For years, there have been warnings that America’s immigration system was going to fail. That time may be now. SAN YSIDRO, Calif. — It was never like this before. The migrants come now in the middle of the night or in the bright light of day. Men and […]
Border Patrol Finds Abandoned Toddler with Phone Number on His Shoes
Source: Julia Ainsley/NBC News Agents have taken the 3-year-old boy to a U.S. border station and are trying to find his parents using the number written on his shoes, officials said. WASHINGTON — U.S. Border Patrol agents found a 3-year-old migrant alone in a cornfield at the border between Mexico and Texas on Tuesday morning, according to […]
Texas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of James Byrd Jr.
Source: The New York Times John William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality in the small town of Jasper, was put to death by the State of Texas on Wednesday night with a dose of pentobarbital. The execution, carried out at the state’s […]
Single-Payer Advocates Worry ‘Medicare For All’ Hearing Could Be A ‘Farce’
WASHINGTON ― It’s supposed to be the first congressional hearing ever on “Medicare for All” ― a huge win for single-payer advocates and progressives in Congress. But next week, when the House Rules Committee holds that landmark hearing on the expansive health care legislation, Medicare for All advocates may actually be getting screwed. There are […]
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