New Year, New Ways to Thwart Human Rights

New Year, New Ways to Thwart Human Rights

TLDR: Requiring asylum seekers to make an appointment from their country of origin to seek asylum contradicts the very essence of asylum laws. The Administration’s new “parole” program flies in the face of human rights.   Asylum protections are...
If She Had Not Been Pregnant, Would She Have Died?

If She Had Not Been Pregnant, Would She Have Died?

This week, as millions of Texans prepare to celebrate the birth of a healthy baby to an unwed teen mother of color, the Texas Department of State Health Services finally released their 2022 biennial report from the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review...
Urge Congress to Support International Climate Funding 

Urge Congress to Support International Climate Funding 

The United States has shown that it is serious about meeting its domestic emissions reduction targets with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and other policies that will help supercharge subnational and non-federal climate action. Coming out of COP27, it is...

It’s the Methane

 Special contribution by Reverend Mel Caraway   Although methane was not on the official agenda for COP27, it has emerged as an important part of this year’s discussions.  Today I attended an outstanding panel – “Beyond CO2 Equivalence: Critical Impacts of...