THE POVERTY CONSORTIUM

Since he began campaigning, President Trump has demonized Latino immigrants as “criminals.” He has called them “rapists,” drug dealers, “animals” and “bad hombres” who “infest our country.” → READ MORE...

For a failed perennial candidate, David Duke is casting a long political shadow. → READ MORE...

The Equality Act clarifies and expands our nation's civil rights laws to ensure explicit and comprehensive nondiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people nationwide. This legislation is urgently needed to address the pervasive discrimination experienced by this community on a daily basis. This video takes a look → READ MORE...

President Trump made a speech in The White House Rose Garden today about a plan to move U.S. immigration toward a “merit-based system” that would prioritize high-skilled workers over those with family members who are already in the country. → READ MORE...

On the eve of the House of Representatives' likely passage of the Equality Act—which would outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for the first time at the federal level—Daniella and Ed sat down with Charlotte Clymer, press secretary for rapid response at the Human Rights Campaign, and → READ MORE...

A major decision looms for more than 80 jurisdictions around the United States that have agreed to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under a formal cooperative agreement known as 287(g). Without further action, nearly all* current 287(g) agreements with ICE will expire on June 30, 2019. As → READ MORE...

Release Date: March 26, 2019 → READ MORE...