In response to continued violence in Ukraine the White House announced that the United States is prepared to welcome 100,000 refugees from Ukraine on Thursday March 24. Since Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, approximately 10 million people have been displaced in...
The threats from climate change are growing rapidly as global temperatures rise. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report warns that nature and humans may not adapt without swift climate action. Today, 3.3–3.6 billion people live in areas...
Covered in earlier posts, Title 42 is a Trump-era policy that has been maintained and defended by the Biden administration up to date. Heralded by conservatives as a necessary tool to slow mass migration at the southern border, and condemned by progressives as an...
On December 17, 2015, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Janis Graham Jack ruled that Texas violated the constitutional rights of foster children to be free from an unreasonable risk of harm caused by Texas. The Judge wrote, “Texas’ conduct shocks the conscience.” The...
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting violent conflict, an estimated 3 million Ukrainians have fled their neighboring countries, creating the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. As world leaders and global humanitarian organizations...
Hurricanes, earthquakes, droughts, and floods seem like common occurrences with their frequency in the news. In Texas, we had our own extreme weather event, Winter Storm Uri, last year. These events can seem coincidental, natural, and “part of life”, but the intensity...
