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Today we're diving into the sixth of our eight-part series, exploring how nonprofits champion democracy and protect voting rights. We'll unpack the strategies these organizations use to advocate for democratic participation while operating within the law. This conversation feels especially urgent as we see acceleration to challenges to voting rights and democratic institutions in 2025.   Attorneys for this episode   Tim Mooney  Natalie Ossenfort Susan Finkle Sourlis    Shownotes Current Events / Executive Orders ·      Trump Administration Directives on Voting & Civil Rights o   Disbanded the DOJ Voting Rights Section's Election Monitoring Program. o   Rescinded Biden executive order promoting federal agency voter registration partnerships o   Halted implementation of interagency plans for voter access through social service agencies, and redirecting the Election Assistance Commission to implement draconian requirements outside the scope of its mission his authority over it. ·      Impact on Vulnerable Communities o   Revoked supporting access to the ballot for voters with disabilities and non-English speakers. o   Pressured USPS to deprioritize ballot delivery during election periods and issued an EO that attempts to reject mail in ballots postmarked on Election Day but received afterward.   Nonlobbying Advocacy Although you may consider this an off year for federal elections (but many local and state elections are happening this year)  – now is the time to work to ensure the protection of voting rights for the future. Advocacy can take many forms, lobbying is just one form. There are many ways organizations can advocate for change to ensure democracy and voting rights are secure. Organizing, educating the public, conducting research, executive branch and regulatory activities, working with your local state board of elections, trainings and litigation just to name a few way.   Here are some ways organizations have undertake ·      Educate the Public o   Democracy North Carolina launched a digital explainer on redistricting and gerrymandering for community audiences, and engaged in election protection work. This included monitoring polling stations for long lines, problems with voting, voting misinformation. ·      Hold a Rally or Event o   Detroit Action organized “Halloween Early Vote,” a trunk or treat in a historically underrepresented part of Detroit, promoting civic pride, early voting… and candy. ·      Litigation as Advocacy o   Campaign Legal Center and Southern Poverty Law Center sued Louisiana for new proof of citizenship documentation as a violation of federal law. o   League of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters Education Fund, the Democratic National Committee and others sued to overturn Trump's federal elections executive order, successfully enjoining some of the more egregious parts of it. Foundation-Funded Advocacy ·      Public and private foundations can fund 501(c)(3) nonpartisan voter engagement activities that do not support or oppose candidates for public office. ·      Special rules for private foundations re: voter registration drives (grants must be for nonpartisan VR drives conducted in 5 or more states over multiple election cycles), but community foundations can fund VR even for small, local, grassroots organizations. ·      Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York have supported nonpartisan voter education and rights litigation to strengthen democracy and public trust in government.   Lobbying ·      Legislative Wins o   New York: Enacted the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, pushed through with support from a coalition including Legal Defense Fund and Citizen Action of NY o   New Mexico: Passed legislation mandating automatic and same-day voter registration following lobbying by ProgressNow NM and allies. ·      Ballot Measures Protecting Voting Rights o   Michigan Proposal 2 (2022): Guaranteed early voting and drop boxes; supported by Voters Not Politicians and League of Women Voters of Michigan. o   Arizona: Local advocates, including Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), defeated multiple voter suppression ballot initiatives. o   Nevada: Voters passed automatic voter registration (2018) and expanded it further in 2022 with strong nonprofit support. Resources ·      Democracy & Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Democracy and Voting Rights ·      Public Charities Can Lobby (Factsheet) ·      Practical Guidance: what your nonprofit needs to know about lobbying in your state ·      Investing in Change: A Funder's Guide to Supporting Advocacy ·      What is Advocacy? 2.0 ·      Seize the initiative

Protests have been taking place in Los Angeles over the past few days.It's after it emerged Immigration Customs Enforcement Officers were carrying out raids in areas of the city with prominent Latino populations.More protests are expected today, as US President Donald Trump deploys 700 marines into the area.Joining Kieran to discuss is Peter Bowes, Reporter with BBC North America and David Cruz, Communications Director with the League of United Latin American Citizens.Image: Reuters

It's Thursday! Emma welcomes Noah Kulwin to discuss the ongoing protests against Israel. First, Emma runs through updates on the Trump Administration's designation of Mike Waltz as fall guy, Der Spiegel's expose on Trump's Cabinets' security issues, GOP infighting, Kristi Noam's fascist photo op, the disappearing of a Tufts student, Trump's frozen funding freeze, the Trump Administration's attack on public health, Trump's tariffs, Musk's political bribes, and Israel's ongoing slaughter in Gaza, before watching Hegseth (with Trump's “help”) try to clear his name in the Signal scandal. Noah Kulwin then joins, first touching on his experience taking part in the JVP protest at Trump Tower in New York over the Trump Administration's disappearing of Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil, before diving deeper into the clear and thorough connection between the US' support for fascism abroad and the descent into fascism at home, as we watch Israel resume its genocide on the Palestinian people while legal residents are picked up off the street by plain-clothes officers over pro-Palestinian speech – a Tufts student the most recent. Expanding on the global context for our current moment, Kulwin also touches on the particular role of the War on Terror in bolstering the rapid expansion of our surveillance state amid xenophobic, nationalist fervor. After expanding on the role of Jewish organizing in standing up to this fascist crackdown, Noah wraps up by emphasizing the need to Get Organized! what that means, and how to go about it at this moment. After briefly touching on the Mega Marcha, a demonstration against the Trump administration's immigration policies, being held in Dallas this Saturday – which our planned second guest, Domingo García, chairman of the political arm of the League of United Latin American Citizens, helped organize – they wrap up the free half by highlighting Kristi Noam's insane fascist photo-op outside of a migrant cell in El Salvador. And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder as they watch Crowder and Co. breakdown over Mike Waltz giving the left an “easy own” by… accidentally leaking national security details to a journalist. They also talk with NotNick Fuentes from North Texas about the Atlantic's connection to the right, Henry from NC has a pitch for the minimum wage, and the MR Crew dives deep into the insane backlash to Rachel Zegler speaking up for Palestine at this moment, from Ben Shapiro to the nepo-baby son of a mega-producer. Al from Mass also calls in about organizing, and James Comer – get this – has a problem with NPR, plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here!: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase! Check out today's sponsors: FastGrowingTrees: Get 15% off your first purchase. FastGrowingTrees.com/majority Delete Me:  Take control of your data and keep your private life private by signing up for DeleteMe. Now at a special discount for our listeners.Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan by texting MAJORITY to 64000. The only way to get 20% off is to text MAJORITY to 64000. Message and data rates may apply.   Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

As I delve into the intricacies of Project 2025, it becomes clear that this initiative is not just a theoretical blueprint, but a meticulously crafted plan to reshape the very fabric of the U.S. federal government. Born out of a collaboration between conservative extremists, political operatives, and the influential Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 is a 927-page policy manifesto that outlines a radical transformation of American governance.At its core, Project 2025 aims to "destroy the Administrative State," a term that refers to the network of federal agencies and civil service workers that form the backbone of the U.S. government. This goal is to be achieved through a series of sweeping reforms designed to centralize power in the executive branch and replace apolitical civil service workers with partisan loyalists. As Kevin Roberts, a key figure behind the project, put it, "all federal employees should answer to the president," reflecting the project's adherence to a unitary executive theory that seeks to expand presidential control over the government[2][4].One of the most striking aspects of Project 2025 is its plan to reclassify tens of thousands of federal civil service workers into a new category known as Schedule F. This classification, first introduced by Trump via executive order in 2020 and later rescinded by Biden, would strip these workers of their civil service protections, making them vulnerable to political dismissal. Russell Vought, who worked on Schedule F during Trump's first term, ominously predicted that Trump's second term would "destroy the administrative state and fire and traumatize federal workers"[2][3].The project's vision for federal agencies is equally transformative. For instance, it proposes the dismantling or abolition of key departments such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Education (ED). In the case of DHS, Project 2025 suggests transferring the custody of immigrant children from Health and Human Services (HHS) to DHS, a move that would prioritize enforcement over welfare and potentially worsen the safety and psychological well-being of vulnerable immigrant children[1][2].The Department of State is another target, with Project 2025 advocating for the dismissal of all leadership roles by January 20, 2025, and their replacement with acting leaders who do not require Senate confirmation. Kiron Skinner, who wrote the State Department chapter of Project 2025, has expressed a desire to replace what she sees as too left-wing State Department employees with those more loyal to a conservative president[2].Project 2025 also delves into broader policy objectives that align closely with Trump's agenda. It calls for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and the reduction of environmental regulations to favor fossil fuels. The plan also proposes criminalizing pornography, removing legal protections against anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, and ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In a stark example of its conservative leanings, the project recommends that the DOJ prosecute anti-white racism instead of protecting marginalized groups[2][5].The implications of these proposals are far-reaching and have sparked significant concern among critics. By centralizing power in the executive branch and undermining civil rights, Project 2025 poses a substantial threat not only to individual rights but also to the foundation of American democracy. As the LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) notes, this agenda prioritizes control over fairness, enforcement over welfare, and exclusion over inclusion, foreshadowing a future where the rights of marginalized groups are further compromised[1].Despite Trump's attempts to distance himself from Project 2025, the overlap between the project's goals and his own policy agenda is undeniable. Trump's nomination of several Project 2025 architects and supporters to positions in his administration following his 2024 election victory underscores this connection. As of early 2025, nearly two-thirds of Trump's executive actions have mirrored or partially mirrored proposals from Project 2025[2][5].The reaction from Democrats has been swift and critical. The Biden campaign has seized on Project 2025 as a rallying cry, highlighting its dangers and tying it directly to Trump's policies. "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be," warned Kevin Roberts, a statement that Democrats have used to illustrate the project's radical and potentially violent underpinnings[5].As we move forward, the implementation of Project 2025's proposals will be a critical milestone. With its 180-day playbook for reforms and a prepared stack of executive orders ready for signing, the project is poised to make significant changes to the federal government. The coming months will reveal whether these plans can be executed without major resistance and what the long-term consequences will be for American governance.In conclusion, Project 2025 represents a seismic shift in how the U.S. government could operate, with far-reaching implications for civil rights, federal agencies, and the balance of power in Washington. As the project continues to unfold, it remains to be seen whether its ambitious and often controversial goals will reshape the nation or face significant opposition. One thing is certain, however: the future of American democracy hangs in the balance.

The Wilson County Democratic Party invites the public to attend their monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 6:30 p.m. Lawrence Guzman Romo will speak at the meeting. He served 28 years in the U.S. Air Force, active and reserve duty, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Romo currently serves as the national vice president for veterans for League of United Latin American Citizens. He is on the Military, Veterans, and Family Members Advisory Council for America250, a federal commission created to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial on July 4, 2026. He is also on the board of directors for Service,...Article Link

Salinas Mayor Kimbley Craig is not running for re-election. Three men are competing to take her place: a former mayor, the president of Salinas' chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, and a current Monterey County planning commissioner.

  The JFK Assassination Part One  November 22, 1963: Death of the President Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that President Kennedy was going to run and he seemed confident about his chances for re-election. At the end of September, the president traveled west, speaking in nine different states in less than a week. The trip was meant to put a spotlight on natural resources and conservation efforts. But JFK also used it to sound out themes—such as education, national security, and world peace—for his run in 1964. Campaigning in Texas A month later, the president addressed Democratic gatherings in Boston and Philadelphia. Then, on November 12, he held the first important political planning session for the upcoming election year. At the meeting, JFK stressed the importance of winning Florida and Texas and talked about his plans to visit both states in the next two weeks.  Mrs. Kennedy would accompany him on the swing through Texas, which would be her first extended public appearance since the loss of their baby, Patrick, in August. On November 21, the president and first lady departed on Air Force One for the two-day, five-city tour of Texas. President Kennedy was aware that a feud among party leaders in Texas could jeopardize his chances of carrying the state in 1964, and one of his aims for the trip was to bring Democrats together. He also knew that a relatively small but vocal group of extremists was contributing to the political tensions in Texas and would likely make its presence felt—particularly in Dallas, where US Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson had been physically attacked a month earlier after making a speech there. Nonetheless, JFK seemed to relish the prospect of leaving Washington, getting out among the people and into the political fray. The first stop was San Antonio. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Governor John B. Connally, and Senator Ralph W. Yarborough led the welcoming party. They accompanied the president to Brooks Air Force Base for the dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center. Continuing on to Houston, he addressed the League of United Latin American Citizens, and spoke at a testimonial dinner for Congressman Albert Thomas before ending the day in Fort Worth. Morning in Fort Worth A light rain was falling on Friday morning, November 22, but a crowd of several thousand stood in the parking lot outside the Texas Hotel where the Kennedys had spent the night. A platform was set up and the president, wearing no protection against the weather, came out to make some brief remarks. "There are no faint hearts in Fort Worth," he began, "and I appreciate your being here this morning. Mrs. Kennedy is organizing herself. It takes longer, but, of course, she looks better than we do when she does it." He went on to talk about the nation's need for being "second to none" in defense and in space, for continued growth in the economy and "the willingness of citizens of the United States to assume the burdens of leadership." The warmth of the audience response was palpable as the president reached out to shake hands amidst a sea of smiling faces. Back inside the hotel the president spoke at a breakfast of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, focusing on military preparedness. "We are still the keystone in the arch of freedom," he said. "We will continue to do…our duty, and the people of Texas will be in the lead." On to Dallas The presidential party left the hotel and went by motorcade to Carswell Air Force Base for the thirteen-minute flight to Dallas. Arriving at Love Field, President and Mrs. Kennedy disembarked and immediately walked toward a fence where a crowd of well-wishers had gathered, and they spent several minutes shaking hands. The first lady received a bouquet of red roses, which she brought with her to the waiting limousine. Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, were already seated in the open convertible as the Kennedys entered and sat behind them. Since it was no longer raining, the plastic bubble top had been left off. Vice President and Mrs. Johnson occupied another car in the motorcade. The procession left the airport and traveled along a ten-mile route that wound through downtown Dallas on the way to the Trade Mart where the President was scheduled to speak at a luncheon. The Assassination Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. The car turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza. Bullets struck the president's neck and head and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy. The governor was shot in his back.  The car sped off to Parkland Memorial Hospital just a few minutes away. But little could be done for the President. A Catholic priest was summoned to administer the last rites, and at 1:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead. Though seriously wounded, Governor Connally would recover. The president's body was brought to Love Field and placed on Air Force One. Before the plane took off, a grim-faced Lyndon B. Johnson stood in the tight, crowded compartment and took the oath of office, administered by US District Court Judge Sarah Hughes. The brief ceremony took place at 2:38 p.m. Less than an hour earlier, police had arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a recently hired employee at the Texas School Book Depository. He was being held for the assassination of President Kennedy and the fatal shooting, shortly afterward, of Patrolman J. D. Tippit on a Dallas street. On Sunday morning, November 24, Oswald was scheduled to be transferred from police headquarters to the county jail. Viewers across America watching the live television coverage suddenly saw a man aim a pistol and fire at point blank range. The assailant was identified as Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner. Oswald died two hours later at Parkland Hospital. The President's Funeral That same day, President Kennedy's flag-draped casket was moved from the White House to the Capitol on a caisson drawn by six grey horses, accompanied by one riderless black horse. At Mrs. Kennedy's request, the cortege and other ceremonial details were modeled on the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Crowds lined Pennsylvania Avenue and many wept openly as the caisson passed. During the 21 hours that the president's body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, about 250,000 people filed by to pay their respects. On Monday, November 25, 1963 President Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral was attended by heads of state and representatives from more than 100 countries, with untold millions more watching on television. Afterward, at the grave site, Mrs. Kennedy and her husband's brothers, Robert and Edward, lit an eternal flame. Perhaps the most indelible images of the day were the salute to his father given by little John F. Kennedy Jr. (whose third birthday it was), daughter Caroline kneeling next to her mother at the president's bier, and the extraordinary grace and dignity shown by Jacqueline Kennedy. As people throughout the nation and the world struggled to make sense of a senseless act and to articulate their feelings about President Kennedy's life and legacy, many recalled these words from his inaugural address: All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days, nor in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration. Nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. Arlington National Cemetery To learn more about President Kennedy's funeral and grave site, go to the Arlington National Cemetery website. Aftermath The Warren Commission On November 29, 1963 President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. It came to be known as the Warren Commission after its chairman, Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States. President Johnson directed the commission to evaluate matters relating to the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin, and to report its findings and conclusions to him. The House Select Committee on Assassinations The US House of Representatives established the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1976 to reopen the investigation of the assassination in light of allegations that previous inquiries had not received the full cooperation of federal agencies. Note to the reader: Point 1B in the link below to the findings of the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations states that the committee had found "a high probability that two gunmen fired" at the president. This conclusion resulted from the last-minute “discovery” of a Dallas police radio transmission tape that allegedly provided evidence that four or more shots were fired in Dealey Plaza. After the report appeared in print, acoustic experts analyzed the tape and proved conclusively that it was completely worthless—thus negating the finding in Point 1B. The committee, which also investigated the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., issued its report on March 29, 1979. Assassination Records Collection Through the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, the US Congress ordered that all assassination-related material be housed together under supervision of the National Archives and Records Administration.

The JFK Assassination Part Two November 22, 1963: Death of the President Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that President Kennedy was going to run and he seemed confident about his chances for re-election. At the end of September, the president traveled west, speaking in nine different states in less than a week. The trip was meant to put a spotlight on natural resources and conservation efforts. But JFK also used it to sound out themes—such as education, national security, and world peace—for his run in 1964. Campaigning in Texas A month later, the president addressed Democratic gatherings in Boston and Philadelphia. Then, on November 12, he held the first important political planning session for the upcoming election year. At the meeting, JFK stressed the importance of winning Florida and Texas and talked about his plans to visit both states in the next two weeks.  Mrs. Kennedy would accompany him on the swing through Texas, which would be her first extended public appearance since the loss of their baby, Patrick, in August. On November 21, the president and first lady departed on Air Force One for the two-day, five-city tour of Texas. President Kennedy was aware that a feud among party leaders in Texas could jeopardize his chances of carrying the state in 1964, and one of his aims for the trip was to bring Democrats together. He also knew that a relatively small but vocal group of extremists was contributing to the political tensions in Texas and would likely make its presence felt—particularly in Dallas, where US Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson had been physically attacked a month earlier after making a speech there. Nonetheless, JFK seemed to relish the prospect of leaving Washington, getting out among the people and into the political fray. The first stop was San Antonio. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Governor John B. Connally, and Senator Ralph W. Yarborough led the welcoming party. They accompanied the president to Brooks Air Force Base for the dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center. Continuing on to Houston, he addressed the League of United Latin American Citizens, and spoke at a testimonial dinner for Congressman Albert Thomas before ending the day in Fort Worth. Morning in Fort Worth A light rain was falling on Friday morning, November 22, but a crowd of several thousand stood in the parking lot outside the Texas Hotel where the Kennedys had spent the night. A platform was set up and the president, wearing no protection against the weather, came out to make some brief remarks. "There are no faint hearts in Fort Worth," he began, "and I appreciate your being here this morning. Mrs. Kennedy is organizing herself. It takes longer, but, of course, she looks better than we do when she does it." He went on to talk about the nation's need for being "second to none" in defense and in space, for continued growth in the economy and "the willingness of citizens of the United States to assume the burdens of leadership." The warmth of the audience response was palpable as the president reached out to shake hands amidst a sea of smiling faces. Back inside the hotel the president spoke at a breakfast of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, focusing on military preparedness. "We are still the keystone in the arch of freedom," he said. "We will continue to do…our duty, and the people of Texas will be in the lead." On to Dallas The presidential party left the hotel and went by motorcade to Carswell Air Force Base for the thirteen-minute flight to Dallas. Arriving at Love Field, President and Mrs. Kennedy disembarked and immediately walked toward a fence where a crowd of well-wishers had gathered, and they spent several minutes shaking hands. The first lady received a bouquet of red roses, which she brought with her to the waiting limousine. Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, were already seated in the open convertible as the Kennedys entered and sat behind them. Since it was no longer raining, the plastic bubble top had been left off. Vice President and Mrs. Johnson occupied another car in the motorcade. The procession left the airport and traveled along a ten-mile route that wound through downtown Dallas on the way to the Trade Mart where the President was scheduled to speak at a luncheon. The Assassination Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. The car turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza. Bullets struck the president's neck and head and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy. The governor was shot in his back.  The car sped off to Parkland Memorial Hospital just a few minutes away. But little could be done for the President. A Catholic priest was summoned to administer the last rites, and at 1:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead. Though seriously wounded, Governor Connally would recover. The president's body was brought to Love Field and placed on Air Force One. Before the plane took off, a grim-faced Lyndon B. Johnson stood in the tight, crowded compartment and took the oath of office, administered by US District Court Judge Sarah Hughes. The brief ceremony took place at 2:38 p.m. Less than an hour earlier, police had arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a recently hired employee at the Texas School Book Depository. He was being held for the assassination of President Kennedy and the fatal shooting, shortly afterward, of Patrolman J. D. Tippit on a Dallas street. On Sunday morning, November 24, Oswald was scheduled to be transferred from police headquarters to the county jail. Viewers across America watching the live television coverage suddenly saw a man aim a pistol and fire at point blank range. The assailant was identified as Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner. Oswald died two hours later at Parkland Hospital. The President's Funeral That same day, President Kennedy's flag-draped casket was moved from the White House to the Capitol on a caisson drawn by six grey horses, accompanied by one riderless black horse. At Mrs. Kennedy's request, the cortege and other ceremonial details were modeled on the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Crowds lined Pennsylvania Avenue and many wept openly as the caisson passed. During the 21 hours that the president's body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, about 250,000 people filed by to pay their respects. On Monday, November 25, 1963 President Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral was attended by heads of state and representatives from more than 100 countries, with untold millions more watching on television. Afterward, at the grave site, Mrs. Kennedy and her husband's brothers, Robert and Edward, lit an eternal flame. Perhaps the most indelible images of the day were the salute to his father given by little John F. Kennedy Jr. (whose third birthday it was), daughter Caroline kneeling next to her mother at the president's bier, and the extraordinary grace and dignity shown by Jacqueline Kennedy. As people throughout the nation and the world struggled to make sense of a senseless act and to articulate their feelings about President Kennedy's life and legacy, many recalled these words from his inaugural address: All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days, nor in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration. Nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. Arlington National Cemetery To learn more about President Kennedy's funeral and grave site, go to the Arlington National Cemetery website. Aftermath The Warren Commission On November 29, 1963 President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. It came to be known as the Warren Commission after its chairman, Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States. President Johnson directed the commission to evaluate matters relating to the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin, and to report its findings and conclusions to him. The House Select Committee on Assassinations The US House of Representatives established the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1976 to reopen the investigation of the assassination in light of allegations that previous inquiries had not received the full cooperation of federal agencies. Note to the reader: Point 1B in the link below to the findings of the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations states that the committee had found "a high probability that two gunmen fired" at the president. This conclusion resulted from the last-minute “discovery” of a Dallas police radio transmission tape that allegedly provided evidence that four or more shots were fired in Dealey Plaza. After the report appeared in print, acoustic experts analyzed the tape and proved conclusively that it was completely worthless—thus negating the finding in Point 1B. The committee, which also investigated the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., issued its report on March 29, 1979. Assassination Records Collection Through the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, the US Congress ordered that all assassination-related material be housed together under supervision of the National Archives and Records Administration.  

The JFK Assassination The Final Part November 22, 1963: Death of the President Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that President Kennedy was going to run and he seemed confident about his chances for re-election. At the end of September, the president traveled west, speaking in nine different states in less than a week. The trip was meant to put a spotlight on natural resources and conservation efforts. But JFK also used it to sound out themes—such as education, national security, and world peace—for his run in 1964. Campaigning in Texas A month later, the president addressed Democratic gatherings in Boston and Philadelphia. Then, on November 12, he held the first important political planning session for the upcoming election year. At the meeting, JFK stressed the importance of winning Florida and Texas and talked about his plans to visit both states in the next two weeks.  Mrs. Kennedy would accompany him on the swing through Texas, which would be her first extended public appearance since the loss of their baby, Patrick, in August. On November 21, the president and first lady departed on Air Force One for the two-day, five-city tour of Texas. President Kennedy was aware that a feud among party leaders in Texas could jeopardize his chances of carrying the state in 1964, and one of his aims for the trip was to bring Democrats together. He also knew that a relatively small but vocal group of extremists was contributing to the political tensions in Texas and would likely make its presence felt—particularly in Dallas, where US Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson had been physically attacked a month earlier after making a speech there. Nonetheless, JFK seemed to relish the prospect of leaving Washington, getting out among the people and into the political fray. The first stop was San Antonio. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Governor John B. Connally, and Senator Ralph W. Yarborough led the welcoming party. They accompanied the president to Brooks Air Force Base for the dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center. Continuing on to Houston, he addressed the League of United Latin American Citizens, and spoke at a testimonial dinner for Congressman Albert Thomas before ending the day in Fort Worth. Morning in Fort Worth A light rain was falling on Friday morning, November 22, but a crowd of several thousand stood in the parking lot outside the Texas Hotel where the Kennedys had spent the night. A platform was set up and the president, wearing no protection against the weather, came out to make some brief remarks. "There are no faint hearts in Fort Worth," he began, "and I appreciate your being here this morning. Mrs. Kennedy is organizing herself. It takes longer, but, of course, she looks better than we do when she does it." He went on to talk about the nation's need for being "second to none" in defense and in space, for continued growth in the economy and "the willingness of citizens of the United States to assume the burdens of leadership." The warmth of the audience response was palpable as the president reached out to shake hands amidst a sea of smiling faces. Back inside the hotel the president spoke at a breakfast of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, focusing on military preparedness. "We are still the keystone in the arch of freedom," he said. "We will continue to do…our duty, and the people of Texas will be in the lead." On to Dallas The presidential party left the hotel and went by motorcade to Carswell Air Force Base for the thirteen-minute flight to Dallas. Arriving at Love Field, President and Mrs. Kennedy disembarked and immediately walked toward a fence where a crowd of well-wishers had gathered, and they spent several minutes shaking hands. The first lady received a bouquet of red roses, which she brought with her to the waiting limousine. Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, were already seated in the open convertible as the Kennedys entered and sat behind them. Since it was no longer raining, the plastic bubble top had been left off. Vice President and Mrs. Johnson occupied another car in the motorcade. The procession left the airport and traveled along a ten-mile route that wound through downtown Dallas on the way to the Trade Mart where the President was scheduled to speak at a luncheon. The Assassination Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. The car turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza. Bullets struck the president's neck and head and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy. The governor was shot in his back.  The car sped off to Parkland Memorial Hospital just a few minutes away. But little could be done for the President. A Catholic priest was summoned to administer the last rites, and at 1:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead. Though seriously wounded, Governor Connally would recover. The president's body was brought to Love Field and placed on Air Force One. Before the plane took off, a grim-faced Lyndon B. Johnson stood in the tight, crowded compartment and took the oath of office, administered by US District Court Judge Sarah Hughes. The brief ceremony took place at 2:38 p.m. Less than an hour earlier, police had arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a recently hired employee at the Texas School Book Depository. He was being held for the assassination of President Kennedy and the fatal shooting, shortly afterward, of Patrolman J. D. Tippit on a Dallas street. On Sunday morning, November 24, Oswald was scheduled to be transferred from police headquarters to the county jail. Viewers across America watching the live television coverage suddenly saw a man aim a pistol and fire at point blank range. The assailant was identified as Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner. Oswald died two hours later at Parkland Hospital. The President's Funeral That same day, President Kennedy's flag-draped casket was moved from the White House to the Capitol on a caisson drawn by six grey horses, accompanied by one riderless black horse. At Mrs. Kennedy's request, the cortege and other ceremonial details were modeled on the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Crowds lined Pennsylvania Avenue and many wept openly as the caisson passed. During the 21 hours that the president's body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, about 250,000 people filed by to pay their respects. On Monday, November 25, 1963 President Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral was attended by heads of state and representatives from more than 100 countries, with untold millions more watching on television. Afterward, at the grave site, Mrs. Kennedy and her husband's brothers, Robert and Edward, lit an eternal flame. Perhaps the most indelible images of the day were the salute to his father given by little John F. Kennedy Jr. (whose third birthday it was), daughter Caroline kneeling next to her mother at the president's bier, and the extraordinary grace and dignity shown by Jacqueline Kennedy. As people throughout the nation and the world struggled to make sense of a senseless act and to articulate their feelings about President Kennedy's life and legacy, many recalled these words from his inaugural address: All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days, nor in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration. Nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. Arlington National Cemetery To learn more about President Kennedy's funeral and grave site, go to the Arlington National Cemetery website. Aftermath The Warren Commission On November 29, 1963 President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. It came to be known as the Warren Commission after its chairman, Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States. President Johnson directed the commission to evaluate matters relating to the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin, and to report its findings and conclusions to him. The House Select Committee on Assassinations The US House of Representatives established the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1976 to reopen the investigation of the assassination in light of allegations that previous inquiries had not received the full cooperation of federal agencies. Note to the reader: Point 1B in the link below to the findings of the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations states that the committee had found "a high probability that two gunmen fired" at the president. This conclusion resulted from the last-minute “discovery” of a Dallas police radio transmission tape that allegedly provided evidence that four or more shots were fired in Dealey Plaza. After the report appeared in print, acoustic experts analyzed the tape and proved conclusively that it was completely worthless—thus negating the finding in Point 1B. The committee, which also investigated the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., issued its report on March 29, 1979. Assassination Records Collection Through the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, the US Congress ordered that all assassination-related material be housed together under supervision of the National Archives and Records Administration.  

This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum recap their week at the DNC. Some sh*t went down behind the scenes, check out our MiniPod this Monday for the full story.    VP Harris and Gov Walz are doing their first joint interview with Dana Bash on CNN. We got questions–is this the right outlet, the right interviewer–what's the strategy here?    Over 200 staffers from Bush, McCain, and Romneys' teams have endorsed the Harris/Walz ticket as mainstream Republicans jump ship; Angela knows exactly how their support ought to be used.    Meanwhile, efforts to suppress the vote pick up steam in Texas as the MAGA election-deniers take over. Texas AG Ken Paxton ordered SWAT-style raids on the homes of LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) members. Their supposed crime? Helping folks in their community register to vote…as they've been doing for decades...    And the NFRA (National Federation of Republican Assemblies) proposes that VP Harris is not eligible to be president, citing a slavery-era Supreme Court decision. It seems Republicans will do anything to win besides just getting the votes–they are definitely scared y'all.    And of course we'll hear from you, our #NLPFam listeners! If you'd like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/   We are 68 days away from the election. Welcome home y'all!    —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram  X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com   Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:    Angela Rye as host, executive producer and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Tiffany Cross as host and producer, Andrew Gillum as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; Loren Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks  to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.  Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Aug. 28, 2024Fallout from Georgia State Election Board Decisions; Accusations that Texas AG Paxton's Raids Homes of LatinX Democracy Activists Were ‘Intimidation' TacticWe have updates on two state stories today.  New reporting suggests Georgia officials may seek to remove State Election Board members for recent fringe rule changes.   And the Texas attorney general is under scrutiny for raids on the homes of pro-democracy LatinX activists.To view the whole script of today's report, please go to our website.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Georgia Secretary of State - Raffensperger Defends Georgia's Election Integrity Act from Last Minute Changes Delaying Election ResultsProPublica - Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.Georgia Recorder - Congresswoman Lucy McBath, other Dems call for removal of Trump loyalists on Georgia Election Board Texas Attorney General - Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton's Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tion Divi­sion Exe­cutes Search War­rants in Frio, Atas­cosa, and Bexar Coun­ties in Ongo­ing Elec­tion Integri­ty InvestigationCBS News - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton raids Latino Democrats' homes, including those of LULAC membersTexas Tribune - LULAC condemns Paxton's election fraud raids as “intimidation”Groups Taking Action:League of United Latin American Citizens, Fair FightCheck Your Voter Registration U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State USA Vote Foundation – Registration, Eligibility, State Election Office Links Vote.Gov – Register to Vote in Your State Vote.Org – Check Your Registration to Vote Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!Are you a radio station?  Find our broadcast files at Pacifica Radio Network's Audioport and PRX#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #GeorgiaNews #TexasNews #VoterSuppression 

This week Shawn & Kenny for the middle of the month get some youthful advice on the better Michael Jackson video, how parents can tend to get emotional with each new school year for the kids, listening to vulgar music as an adult, the Kamala Harris and United Latin American Citizens connection ahead of the upcoming presidential debate, hard time and chicken wings being on the same plate, unhappy leave days being added to the work schedule, Lebron James getting spicy with a fan after the Olympics, the Tiny Desk performance from The LOX and a ton of other news that caught their radar this week! As always don't forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel for all updates and visit The FCP Shop with new merchandise dropping every week. www.Freedomcagepodcast.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8vICXH0TXIvWXjHF8GRfjg FCP Shop - https://the-fcp-shop.myshopify.com/ YT - bit.ly/3njvShH Follow the handles below and give us your thoughts, feedback & any questions you may have; Freedom Cage Podcast @FreedomCagePod on Twitter & @FreedomCagePodcast on IG Kenny @KenKapnik on Twitter and IG Shawn @SenorLee_FCP on Twitter & @SenorLee on IG

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 5, 2024Democracy News Wasn't All Bad in 2023;  MI, MN, NM, CT, PA, & NY All Passed Substantial Pro-Voter Legislation While some state legislatures are making it harder to vote, a 2023 recap from Voting Rights Lab shows a few states passed legislation to help people register to vote and to make voting more accessible to all citizens.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content.  To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Voting Rights Lab - The Top Ten Election Laws of 2023Michigan Advance - At Detroit NAACP, Whitmer signs voting rights billsMinnesota Public Radio - Voting rights restored to 50,000 under new Minnesota lawNew Mexico Governor's Office - Gov. Lujan Grisham signs New Mexico Voting Rights Act into lawAssociated Press - Connecticut Senate passes early voting bill, new system allows up to 14 days of in-person votingSpotlight PA/Votebeat - Pa. will now prompt people to register to vote when they get a driver's licenseDemocracy Docket - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Signs Package of Voting Rights LawsGroups Taking Action:Common Cause, League of Women Voters, Public Citizen, Declaration for American Democracy, NAACP, Native American Rights Fund,  League of United Latin American Citizens,  National Disability Rights Network Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #FreedomtoVote #VotingRights #LetUsVote

On the morning of Thursday, November 21st, 1963 President Kennedy had breakfast with his children. He said goodbye to his daughter Caroline when she left for school at 9:15. President Kennedy arrived at his office for the last time at 9:55. The President left the White House for the last time at 10:50AM. He flew to Andrews Air Force Base where he and the First Lady departed for San Antonio Texas. John Jr accompanied them to the airport. Once in Texas, he was at the dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center, Brooks Air Force Base. He then went to Houston. There he made brief remarks to the League of United Latin American Citizens at the Rice Hotel. He then addressed a dinner in honor of Representative Albert Thomas. Some of that speech was just heard. The President and First Lady then traveled to Fort Worth where they stayed at the Texas Hotel. He had speeches set for Fort Worth and Dallas the next day. In world news, Robert Stroud, “the birdman of Alcatraz” died while incarcerated in Springfield, Missouri. In Japan's general election, the Liberal Democratic Party retained a majority in the Shugiin (SHOO GEEN), or House of Representatives. While India began its space program with the launching of a rocket at the far south end of the Indian subcontinent. And by the time the President went to sleep, it was the 22nd in the UK. That day, The Beatles released their second studio album, With The Beatles. Produced by George Martin, it featured eight original compositions and six covers. The famous black and white portrait on the cover, with Ringo underneath John, George, and Paul, was widely copied afterwards.

The PA Conference for Women is coming up October 19th and, in its honor, we're talking to women who inspire. Today I speak to Lorna Kapusta Head of Women and Engagement at Fidelity Investments, one of the industry's largest and most diversified financial services companies, Lorna is responsible for a firm-wide initiative committed to helping women become more engaged in their finances and, more confident investors. You can follow along with Lorna on LinkedIn and in Fidelity's Women Talk Money community. Website: www.PAConferenceforWomen.org Facebook: Pennsylvania Conference for Women Instagram: @pennwomen X (formerly Twitter): @PennWomen I speak to the filmmakers and the subject of a documentary called FOUND: the King of Matsutake Ridge about renown chef and forager Phillip Manganaro whose innovative cuisine is based on the bounty of the natural world. For over a year, a team of award-winning creatives filmmakers Steve and Anastasia Forde Phil to his “wild farms” including his secret Matsutake mushroom site.Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC) is hosting its first housing fair for current homeowners, first time buyers, renters and landlords interested in learning more about homeownership, maintaining the home, development opportunities, and so much more. It takes place October 21, 2023, 10am-3pm at Temple University Aramark Student Training and Recreation (STAR) Complex 1816 N 15th St, Philadelphia, PA 19121. https://phdcphila.org/housingfair/ First an event that's delicious and for a good cause – I speak to Mari Gonzalez, of LULAC, League of United Latin American Citizens about Lechon Y Ron, an event full of music, fun Food and activities Sunday October 15th from 2-5 pm at Las Parcelas, 2242 Palethorp St., Philadelphia, PA 19125 Registration: https://nikqc6zl4qz.typeform.com/to/syip12sZ

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I'm here with your update for August 31, 2023.According to the National Weather Service it will be sunny with a high near 81 degrees on Thursday. On Thursday evening it should be clear, with a low near 52 degrees.Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not reinstate COVID-19 restrictions as hospitalizations across the state increase and cases of a new coronavirus variant prompt masking requirements and other restrictions to reemerge at some colleges and businesses in other parts of the country.In a statement issued by her office Wednesday, Reynolds said "concerned Iowans have been calling my office asking whether the same could happen here. My answer — not on my watch."In recent weeks, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been on the rise across the United States. This comes as the omicron variant EG. 5, recently designated as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization, became the newly dominant variant in the country.The World Health Organization said it has not seen evidence of an increase in the severity of illness under omicron variant EG.5, but the appearance of a new "highly mutated" variant dubbed BA.2.86 — which the Washington Post reports threatens to be the most adept yet at evading the body's immune response — has raised questions among virologists and health officials about what the coming months could hold.Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has appealed a recent district court decision that would allow certain voting materials to be printed in languages other than English.In a statement, Bird — a Republican — said the move is an effort to “protect election integrity and defend state law.”The appeal follows a June court decision in which a district court judge ruled that county election officials could provide voters with non-English voter materials, like registration forms.“The Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act is clear; all official documents are to be written in English — including voter registration forms,” Bird said in a statement. “We look forward to arguing our case in court to uphold the Act and secure the integrity of our elections.”The June decision overruled a long-standing interpretation of Iowa law that barred the state and counties from providing voter registration forms and other materials in languages other than English. The lawsuit was brought by the League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa against Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, the Iowa Voter Registration Commission and four county auditors.The Supreme Court will either take up the appeal or send it to the state Court of Appeals to decide.A Hiawatha man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Monday on federal charges that he left threatening voicemail messages threatening to lynch an Arizona county election official and the Arizona Attorney GeneralMark A. Rissi, 64, pleaded guilty in April to two counts of sending a threatening interstate communication.Despite the Justice Department's request for a 24-month sentence, U.S. District Judge Dominic Lanza, a Trump nominee, sentenced Rissi to 30 months in prison.In court on Monday, Rissi's attorney, Anthony...

This Roundtable features League of United Latin American Citizens, ALL RISE, Veteran Legislative Voice, Battle-Proven Leadership.August is National Wellness Month Host: Cliff Kelley Co-Host: Sean Claiborne Executive Producer: Glenda Smith Digital Media Producer: Ivan Ortega Scout's Honor Productions 4:00 PMCommunity Outreach with (LULAC) League of United Latin American Citizens Panelist:Danitza "Dee" James - US Iraq Army Combat Veteran, LULAC National Military and Veteran Affairs subcommittee Chair,  and CEO of Repatriate Our Patriots

Folks, Florida is on the front lines right now. There are huge safety concerns brought on by the cruel laws, restrictions, rhetoric, and policies of Ron DeSantis and his friends that are affecting many people. Because of this, Equality Florida, along with the NAACP and the League of United Latin American Citizens, have all issued travel advisories for the State of Florida. I wanted to find out more and am thrilled to introduce you to Brandon Wolf, the Press Secretary of Equality Florida. In April 2023, Brandon's organization, Equality Florida warned against traveling to the state of Florida for folks in the LGBTQ+ community saying it could be risky and potentially unsafe. The warning says: “Taken in their totality, Florida's slate of laws and policies targeting basic freedoms and rights pose a serious risk to the health and safety of those traveling to the state.”  The League of United Latin American Citizens issued its own warning, saying bluntly: “Traveling to Florida is dangerous.” The advisory goes on to say travel in Florida “can be unsafe for people of color, individuals who speak with an accent, and international travelers,” and people in those groups could face “a heightened risk of harassment, possible detainment, and potential family separation based on racial profiling.” From the New York Times: The NAACP became the latest to issue a travel advisory to the Sunshine State, warning that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis's “aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools” have turned the state into an openly hostile place for people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.” Donation link:  Equality Florida Website Equality Florida is on social media everywhere: @equalityFL  Brandon's Book is available NOW! Connect with Silvia Special thanks to my editor, Henry Smart-Denson Resources: National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Support this important work: Buy Me a Coffee Donate through my website Thank you! Join “The Empowerment Project” Group on Facebook. For everyone's safety, please know that if you don't answer the questions, we will not accept you into the group. #theempowermentpodcast, #theempowermentproject, #theempowermentpodcastybynaga, #empowermentselfdefense, #selfdefense, #nagacommunity, #equalityflorida

After months of anticipation, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis officially announced his 2024 presidential campaign from Miami, Florida on Wednesday evening. The state has become a hotbed for political controversy with the NAACP, Equality Florida, and the League of United Latin American Citizens all issuing travel advisories for the state, alleging to their members that the state's conservative policies showed the state "has become hostile" for minorities. Republican Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez believes this advisory is nothing more than a political stunt. Mayor Suarez joins the Rundown and shares his opinions on Governor DeSantis' 2024 campaign and discusses why he is still weighing whether or not he will join the GOP primary race as well. Despite two more candidates announcing their campaigns this week, former President Trump remains the front-runner Republican candidate in the polls. The Republican leadership has been focused on expanding their voter base ahead of the 2024 election in hopes that they can gain control of the House, Senate, and White House in the coming years. FOX News Sunday host Shannon Bream joins the podcast to discuss how former President Trump may navigate his GOP front-runner status as more candidates continue to join the field, what main policy issues will broaden the tent for Republican voters, and the latest on Supreme Court news and debt ceiling negotiations. Plus, commentary by Fox & Friends co-host and host of The Brian Kilmeade Show, Brian Kilmeade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After months of anticipation, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis officially announced his 2024 presidential campaign from Miami, Florida on Wednesday evening. The state has become a hotbed for political controversy with the NAACP, Equality Florida, and the League of United Latin American Citizens all issuing travel advisories for the state, alleging to their members that the state's conservative policies showed the state "has become hostile" for minorities. Republican Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez believes this advisory is nothing more than a political stunt. Mayor Suarez joins the Rundown and shares his opinions on Governor DeSantis' 2024 campaign and discusses why he is still weighing whether or not he will join the GOP primary race as well. Despite two more candidates announcing their campaigns this week, former President Trump remains the front-runner Republican candidate in the polls. The Republican leadership has been focused on expanding their voter base ahead of the 2024 election in hopes that they can gain control of the House, Senate, and White House in the coming years. FOX News Sunday host Shannon Bream joins the podcast to discuss how former President Trump may navigate his GOP front-runner status as more candidates continue to join the field, what main policy issues will broaden the tent for Republican voters, and the latest on Supreme Court news and debt ceiling negotiations. Plus, commentary by Fox & Friends co-host and host of The Brian Kilmeade Show, Brian Kilmeade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After months of anticipation, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis officially announced his 2024 presidential campaign from Miami, Florida on Wednesday evening. The state has become a hotbed for political controversy with the NAACP, Equality Florida, and the League of United Latin American Citizens all issuing travel advisories for the state, alleging to their members that the state's conservative policies showed the state "has become hostile" for minorities. Republican Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez believes this advisory is nothing more than a political stunt. Mayor Suarez joins the Rundown and shares his opinions on Governor DeSantis' 2024 campaign and discusses why he is still weighing whether or not he will join the GOP primary race as well. Despite two more candidates announcing their campaigns this week, former President Trump remains the front-runner Republican candidate in the polls. The Republican leadership has been focused on expanding their voter base ahead of the 2024 election in hopes that they can gain control of the House, Senate, and White House in the coming years. FOX News Sunday host Shannon Bream joins the podcast to discuss how former President Trump may navigate his GOP front-runner status as more candidates continue to join the field, what main policy issues will broaden the tent for Republican voters, and the latest on Supreme Court news and debt ceiling negotiations. Plus, commentary by Fox & Friends co-host and host of The Brian Kilmeade Show, Brian Kilmeade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

La Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos o LULAC (por sus siglas en inglés) propuso a la administración Biden que se aplique una moratoria de tres a seis meses en la aceptación de nuevas solicitudes de asilo y que se lleve a cabo una cumbre en la frontera. LULAC propuso a la administración Biden que se aplique una moratoria de tres a seis meses en la aceptación de nuevas solicitudes de asilo. “Esta pausa frenará la afluencia y el hacinamiento en la frontera, dando a las comunidades fronterizas tiempo para respirar", dice el comunicado de prensa de la organización. Para hablar de cada uno de estos puntos invitamos a Domingo García, el presidente de la Liga de ciudadanos latinoamericanos unidos (League of United Latin American Citizens).

What We're Grateful For In the Face of Attacks on Our DemocracyToday's LinksArticles & Resources:Brennan Center - Voter Intimidation and Election Worker Intimidation Resource GuideDemocracy Fund -  Democracy partners databaseNBC News - Election deniers overwhelmingly lost in battleground statesGroups Taking Action: League of Women Voters, Common Cause, Public Citizen, League of United Latin American Citizens, NAACP Today's Script:  (Variations occur with audio due to editing for time) You're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.Our democracy has been under threat in states around the country, and we at the American Democracy Minute want to express our gratitude for it and its resilience in these past two years.  We're grateful for our friends and neighbors who are poll workers.  They step up to make sure our elections are among the most well run and secure elections in the world.  And they do this in the face of disinformation from bad actors trying to sow doubt about our election system, and sometimes even under personal threat. We're grateful for courageous leaders who, at the risk of losing their seats and even their lives, have spoken out against the lies which have been knowingly used by their fellow politicians to further partisan power.  All Americans who care about our system of government owe them a debt of gratitude.We're grateful for the hundreds of nonprofit groups which diligently organize at the state level, assist voters to register and vote, and pressure state legislatures to advance reforms so ALL eligible citizens can exercise their sacred freedom to vote.  And finally, we're grateful to you, the voters, who do your homework on candidates, weed out the election deniers, and choose responsible, honorable leaders.  Thank you, and please continue to protect your democracy by voting, urging your friends and family to vote, and by staying involved in your government.  We have links to articles and resources at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org  For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.

The Iowa chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens is making a final push to get out the vote ahead of Election Day. We take a look back on the last five months of campaigning in Iowa's U.S. Senate race. Plus, how volunteer firefighters across the Midwest are especially feeling the pressure.

David Hernandez takes issue with Governor Ducey sending migrants to other states on buses. But if they go voluntarily, then why is it an issue?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U.S. Justice Dept. Files Suit to Block Arizona from Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Use Federal Election BallotCorrection - the audio podcast version has an error that has since been corrected for the syndicated radio broadcast. We referred to the National Voting Rights Act; it is the National Voter Registration Act. Sorry for the error! Today's LinksArticles:Arizona Star/Tuscon.com - Feds: Arizona could face lawsuit over voter ID lawAssociated Press - Feds sue over new Arizona citizenship proof law for votingGroups Taking Action:  Mi Familia Vota, Living United for Change AZ, League of United Latin American Citizens, Arizona Students Association, Arizona Democracy Resource CenterYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.We reported back in April about a bill passed by the Arizona legislature and signed by Governor Doug Ducey that requires that Arizona voters must have proof of citizenship when voting for President, a law at odds with the National Voter Registration Act..  The U.S. Justice Department just filed suit last week to block that new law.  Arizona has two ballots for elections; a state & federal elections ballot and a federal-only ballot, which was implemented when the State of Arizona implemented a proof of citizenship law in 2004 for state ballots. The federal-only ballot uses an affidavit to swear to citizenship on penalty of perjury, but does not require identifying papers.  It was used by about 12,000 voters statewide in 2020, some of whom are Native Americans who may not have the necessary documentation.  Election deniers pointed to baseless claims of voter fraud among these ballots when Donald Trump lost Arizona by just under 10,500 votes.  Voter fraud is extremely rare, and there was no evidence of widespread abuse in 2020.Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has made comments that allowing such voting without proof of citizenship was part of a widespread plan by “neo-Marxists” to allow non-citizens to vote.  But in addition to the Justice Department filing suit, two other voting rights organizations have filed their own suits, trying to protect the right of ALL Americans to vote.We have links to articles and groups taking action at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgGranny D said “Democracy is not something we have, but something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.

State Senator Joyce Elliott represents Senate District 31, comprising parts of Little Rock and Pulaski County. She was elected to the Senate in 2008, after having served three terms in the House of Representatives, from 2001 through 2006. In 2013 Senator Elliott received the Arkansas Municipal League Distinguished Legislator Award. In 2003 the Central Arkansas Labor Council honored her with the Marty Schuller Community Service Award. The same year WiLL (Women's Legislative Lobby) recognized her with its Pacesetter Award for leadership and commitment to the vision of a just, peaceful and inclusive world. Also, she was named by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as one of the Ten Best Legislators of the 2003 General Assembly and the 2005 General Assembly. In 2004, Elliott also was recognized by Women and Children First: The Center Against Family Violence for her advocacy. In 2004, Elliott was one of only 15 women state legislators nationwide to participate in the Foreign Policy Institute for State Legislators sponsored by the Center for Women's Policy Studies. She was also selected by the center as one of 16 women — six from the U.S. and 10 members of parliaments from 10 other countries — to participate in the GlobalPOWER Class of 2006, which focused on the status of women around the world. Senator Elliott was honored by LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) with the 2005 President's Award, was named by Power Play magazine as the 2005 Power Player of the Year, was honored by The Omni Center for Peace and Justice and Ecology with an Arkansas Heroes Award for Peace and Justice. In 2005, she was honored by her alma mater, Southern Arkansas University, with a Distinguished Alumni Award; by the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame with the Founder's Award; and by the Arkansas Public Service Association with an Advocacy Award. The same year, she was honored by the National Conference for Community and Justice with its 2006 Humanitarian Award, and the Democratic Party of Arkansas honored her with its Gressie Carnes Democratic Woman of the Year Award. In 2006, ACLU-Arkansas named Elliott the Civil Libertarian of the Year. In 2007, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families presented her its 2006 Legislative Friend of Children Award. Later that year, the Arkansas chapter of 100 Black Men recognized her with its Pillar Award for Education. Senator Elliott was born in Willisville, where she graduated from high school. She earned an undergraduate degree in English and speech from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia in 1973 and a graduate degree in English from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia in 1981. For 30 years Elliott taught high school juniors and seniors Advanced Placement and standard courses. She has taught in Florida, Minnesota and Texas. In 2004 Senator Elliott left the classroom and began working for the College Board, focusing on expanding access to AP classes for students currently underrepresented: African-American, Latino, rural and low-income students. Senator Elliott has been active with the Democratic Party at the local, state and national level, having served as first vice chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, a member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and its Resolution Committee. She is a member of Mosaic Church and enjoys reading, whitewater rafting, canoeing, traveling, walking/hiking, working out at the gym, listening to various types of music, dancing and seeking an overall balanced life. Senator Elliott has one son, Elliott Barnes of Little Rock. The next chapter for Senator Elliott is the start of her non-profit Get Loud Arkansas. Get Loud Arkansas is a non-profit organization working to register new voters, engage low propensity voters and mobilize all eligible voters to utilize the power of their vote to shape the future of Arkansas.

This week's episode covers three Supreme Court Orders that don't have long opinions, but cover interesting issues that may pop up a few years down the line.  This includes Netchoice LLC v. Paxton (instituting a stay on a Texas law that wants to ban social media platforms from banning Republicans), Louisianna v Biden (allowing an administrative agency to speculate the costs on greenhouse gases), and Guillen v. League of United Latin American Citizens (allowing depositions of Texas lawmakers for a Voting Rights Act case).  Law starts at (01:45).

This week, Adam and Arri discuss Chapter 21 - The House-Elf Liberation Front. Inside this episode you'll find: Dobby joining Fagin's gang from Oliver Twist, MORE F*****G SKREWTS, and anthropomorphic fruits (and I don't mean Adam). We are horrified by the recent tragic events from Uvalde, Texas. Here's a helpful guide compiled by NPR of ways to help the victims, the victims families, and the overall community of Uvalde. Arri and I have chosen to donate to The League of United Latin American Citizens and their fund to help victims families and survivors. In times such as these, it's important to show that there are still many out there who care and are willing to do whatever they can, no matter how small, to help. Furthermore, we hope if you're from the United States, you will reach out to your local, state, and congressional representatives to push for common sense gun control legislation. Rate! Review! Subscribe! Twitter | Instagram | YouTube We are a proud member of the The Ampliverse

Dr. Al Mijares was appointed as Orange County superintendent of schools in August 2012 and elected to full terms in 2014 and 2018. He previously served for six years as vice president of the College Board, where he worked to expand the high school-to-university pipeline as part of an effort to promote college readiness and success for all students.Before joining the College Board, Dr. Mijares served for more than 11 years as superintendent of the Santa Ana Unified School District, which received national recognition for successfully meeting the needs of a large and diverse student body. He has also served as superintendent of the Bakersfield City and Coachella Valley Unified school districts and as a principal in the Moreno Valley Unified School District in Riverside County.Dr. Mijares is treasurer of Comunidad Latina Federal Credit Union, a member of the Board of Trustees for Biola University, a past member of the advisory council of the Tiger Woods Learning Center Foundation, a member of the advisory board of Public Schools for Tomorrow, and former first chairman of the Santa Ana Empowerment Zone board of directors.He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the American Association of School Administrators Leadership for Learning Award, the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's 2005 Educator of the Year Award, the League of United Latin American Citizens' 2004 Excellence in Education Award, the Association of California School Administrators' Diversity Award, and the California School Board Association's Merit Award for Outstanding Leadership.Dr. Mijares earned his bachelor's degree in child development/special education from California State University, Northridge. While working in the San Francisco Bay area as a project specialist for physically disabled children in public schools, he earned his master's degree in social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley. He went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, and he holds several education credentials, including school psychology and school administration.Al and his wife, Jackie, are the proud parents of five grown sons, all of whom attended public schools and have graduated from college.​

Because you asked for it! We are highlighting a young leader who has found success in working with the Latino/a/x diaspora. Check out this episode and get to know our future policy maker and future Speaker of the House! Remember where you heard about her first. Jasmin Chavez is a dynamic leader with a track record in civic engagement, legislative advocacy, and organizing. She holds degrees in Political Science and Spanish from McDaniel College. At McDaniel, Jasmin founded McDaniel LULAC (The League of United Latin American Citizens) and served as president of the council for three years. Jasmin attributes her success to the experiences and commitment to the community within AARP's Legal Counsel for the Elderly and as the State Director for Virginia LULAC. Jasmin is an alumna of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, the UCLA Labor Center's Dream Summer Program, and HACU. Jasmin's commitment to uplifting her community has earned her recognition as a recipient of the LULAC National Woman of the Year Award in 2018 and as a recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship. Jasmin loves giving back to her community by serving on various boards including McDaniel College's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board, the Smithsonian Latino Center's Young Ambassadors Alumni Network, and Victoria for Congress. Jasmin is a fierce leader who is passionate about social justice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joseph-colon34/message

In this episode - the first in a new series this year on testimonial privileges that can impede your efforts to depose witnesses - Jim Garrity explains the "legislative privilege," applicable to legislators and others who engage in legislative functions. It's not the same as "legislative immunity," and as with all privileges, there are ways to depose witnesses who can assert it. In this episode, there are fifteen cases cited in the show notes. If you can't see all fourteen, click through to our home page. (Some podcast sites don't accommodate longer show notes.) Thanks!SHOW NOTES:(Cases with an ** were published after this episode first aired and have been added to enhance the value of the show notes).Bogan v. Scott-Harris, 520 3U. S. 44, 53 (1972) (focus of the analysis is on the nature of the accused act; held, ordinance in question was legislative, because it reflected a discretionary, policymaking decision implicating the budget priorities of the city and the services the city provides to its constituents)McKnight v. Brown, et al., 2022 WL 488607, Case No. 120-cv-03678-PAB-SKC (S. D. Colo. Feb. 17, 2022) (plaintiff may not assert otherwise-valid Fifth Amendment privilege to avoid answering any deposition questions, such as background questions, questions concerning his criminal convictions (if any) consistent with Fed. R. Evid. 609; and questions regarding his damages and injuries claimed in the case)Bannum, Inc v. City of Beaumont, Texas, 236 F. Supp. 2d 633 (E. D. Texas December 12, 2002) (granting motion for protective order as to city clerk, city council, and planning and zoning commission, because discretionary decision on the issue - where a halfway house should best be placed - was a policy decision implicating the interests of the city as a whole)Bryan v. City of Madison, 213 F. 3D 267, 274 (5th Circuit 2000) (concluding that actions involving a decision to rezone a property were entitled to legislative immunity)Singleton V. Merrill, 2021 WL 5979516, Case No. 2:21-cv-1291-AMM, and 2:21- CV-1530 -AMM (immunity and privileges lost when legislators actively participated in litigation pertaining to legislation they helped draft)Gross v. Winter, 1989 WL 54866 (D.C. Circuit May 26, 1989) (District of Columbia Council member not entitled to absolute legislative immunity, because termination of legislative researcher was administrative, not legislative act)Rateree, et al. v. Rockett, et al., 852 F.2d 946 (7th Cir. 1988) (actions of city commissioners in approving budget decision to eliminate jobs were “legislative actions,” rather than administrative actions, and thus commissioners were entitled to absolute immunity)Forrester v. White, 108 S.Ct. 538 (1988) (termination of probation officer did not give rise to absolute immunity from suit)Page v. Virginia State Board of Elections, 15 F. Supp. 3d 657 (E. D. Virginia 2014) (legislative privilege did not apply to independently-contracted legislative consultant retained by a political party)Rodriguez v. Pataki, 280 F. Supp. 89 (S. D. N.Y. 2003) (collecting cases on the contours of the concept of legislative immunity and privilege; immunity and privilege are distinct concepts; privilege not always absolute)Marylanders for Fair Representation, Inc. v. Schaefer, 144 F.R.D. 292 (D. Maryland 1992) (mixing concepts of immunity and privilege, referring to protection for legislators as “testimonial legislative immunity”)Trammel v. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 50 (1980) (discussing the impact of privileges on litigation, and observing that testimonial privileges should be very narrowly construed)Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Inc. v. State of Florida, Department of Health and Rehabilitation, 164 F.R.D. 257 (N. D. Fla. 1995) (analyzing differences between legislative immunity and testimonial privileges)E. E. O. C. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, 631 F. 3d 174 ( 4th Circuit 2011) (employment in personnel decisions by legislators are generally administrative acts and not protected by legislative immunity and privilege)Hicks v. Mount Airy-Surrey County Airport Authority, 2015 WL 8484453 (M. D. North Carolina 2015) (termination and nonrenewal of leases at airport was not legislative in nature because the decisions affect specific individuals rather than involving the formulation of broad policy or the adoption of perspective, legislative-type rules that affect the general policy affecting the larger population) **League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. Eddie Bernice Johnson, et al., No. EP21-CV-00259-DCG-JES-JVB, 2022 WL 1570858 (W.D. Tex. May 18, 2022) ( rejecting effort by Texas legislators to avoid deposition through invocation of legislative privilege; excellent discussion of the doctrine's contours)

--On the Show: --Chris Wallace quits Fox News and will join CNN on their upcoming streaming platform, CNN+ --Tucker Carlson now says that getting sick with COVID is "feminizing" --A leaked powerpoint shows that the entire Donald Trump January 6 coup plan was in writing, and very specific --Comedian Jim Breuer delivers a cringeworthy performance at a "Reawaken America" event --Donald Trump is interviewed by Laura Ingraham and it's as pathetic as it is disturbing, considering what they are likely planning for 2022 and 2024 --The League of United Latin American Citizens" officially drops its use of the term "Latinx," a very welcome decision --Anti-vaccine Republican William Hartmann, also a major pusher of the big lie that Trump won the 2020 election, has died of COVID --Voicemail caller asks what the fallout would have been if Donald Trump had indeed died of COVID --On the Bonus Show: CA Gov wants TX-like law to ban assault weapons, insulin prices could change big if Dems get their way, Rand Paul's hypocritical begging for relief, much more...

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia.

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latino-studies

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change (Princeton UP, 2021) examines the “contemporary population politics of national Latino civil rights advocacy.” The book challenges readers to generally understand democratic projections as problematic, political, and manufactured -- and specifically consider the case of how prominent Latino civil rights groups used such projections during the Obama and Trump administrations to “accelerate the when of Latino political power.” Groups like UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino believed that they could mobilize demographic data about the growing Latino population to increase political recognition and respect -- hoping to unify and inspire. But Figures of the Future urges us to be attentive to the manner in which projected demographics can be “objects of aspiration” but also weaponized and sources of frustration. Deploying three main sources of data (participation observation, interviewing, and the collection of primary material) Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz asks us to see that “it is politics -- not demography -- that governs what we think and feel about ethnoracial demographic change.” We don't need better data -- we need a more critical and vigilant eye to the political phenomenon. Dr. Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz is an assistant professor of sociology and Latina/Latino studies at Northwestern University. Daniella Campos assisted with and helped inspire this podcast. Susan Liebell is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

President and Mrs. Kennedy attended a meeting of The League of United Latin American Citizens at the Rice Hotel. The Kennedy's did not stay in Houston that night, but went on to Fort Worth, and then to Dallas. You can hear more from Bill Ingram weekday mornings on 89.3 KSBJ in Houston, TX, or listen online at ksbj.org.  "Welcome to Texas" with Bill Ingram is a part of Hope On Demand! Life can be hard and overwhelming, and you might not always know what to do. Through videos, podcasts and blogs, we help connect you more deeply with God so you can live with hope. You can watch, read and listen at hopeondemand.com.

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether Congress violated the equal-protection component of the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment by establishing Supplemental Security Income — a program that provides benefits to needy aged, blind and disabled individuals — in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and in the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to a negotiated covenant, but not extending it to Puerto Rico.DateProceedings and OrdersSep 04 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2020)Sep 11 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2020 to November 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.Sep 14 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2020.Oct 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Carlos Delgado Altieri, Mayor of the Municipality of Isabela, Puerto Rico filed.Nov 06 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Gregorio Igartua (11/17/2020) filed.Nov 09 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in Peña Martínez v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services filed.Nov 09 2020 | Response to petition from respondent Jose Luis Vaello-Madero filed.Nov 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Virgin Islands Bar Association filed.Nov 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed.Nov 24 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.Nov 24 2020 | Reply of petitioner United States of America filed. (Distributed)Jan 04 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.Jan 11 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.Jan 19 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.Feb 12 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.Feb 22 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.Mar 01 2021 | Petition GRANTED.Mar 17 2021 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.Mar 22 2021 | Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 1, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 16, 2021.May 27 2021 | Motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.May 28 2021 | Letter of supplement to request for further extension of time filed.May 28 2021 | Motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including June 7, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 30, 2021.Jun 07 2021 | Brief of petitioner United States of America filed.Jun 07 2021 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.)Jun 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Interamerican Institute for Constitutional Rights in support of neither party filed.Jun 14 2021 | Informative of Gregorio Igartua not accepted for filing. (July 23, 2021 - not type of document to be submitted electronically).Aug 21 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Plaintiff in Ruiz-Aviles v. SSA, et al. filed.Aug 30 2021 | Brief of respondent Jose Luis Vaello-Madero filed.Aug 31 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States of AmericaSep 02 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Jose Luis Vaello-MaderoSep 02 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed.Sep 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of AARP, AARP Foundation, Justice in Aging, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives filed.Sep 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), et al., filed.Sep 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in Peña Martínez v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services filed.Sep 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi and the New Progressive Party filed.Sep 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The District of Columbia, Guam, and 16 other states and territories. filed.Sep 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of University of Puerto Rico Amicus Justitiae Probono Project filed.Sep 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, et al. filed.Sep 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Disability Rights Network, et al. filed.Sep 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Hon. Jenniffer A. 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Check out the Entire ArticleIn recent years, NEA has also contributed money to a wide variety of leftwing advocacy groups, including: ACORN, the AFL-CIO, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, Campaign for America's Future, the Center for Community Change, the Children's Defense Fund, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Democracy Alliance, the Economic Policy Institute, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, the Human Rights Campaign, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, the National Partnership for Women & Families, the National Urban League, the National Women's Law Center, People for the American Way, Planned Parenthood, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Service Employees International Union, the Sierra Club, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, USAction, the Voter Participation Center (formerly called Women's Voices-Women's Vote), and the WAND Education Fund.In the 2008 and 2010 election-campaign seasons, the NEA gave a combined total of more than $15.3 million in Support the show (https://www.parentsrightsined.com/support-the-cause.html)

Resource Article about the NEA...In other words, it is possible that up to $90.5 million (the sum of the latter two categories of expenditures) was earmarked for leftist political candidates, organizations, and causes. Among these expenditures were the following:$5,070,192 to various Democratic political consultants and strategists$500,000 to Protect our Public Schools, to campaign against public charter schools in Washington state$300,000 to Citizens United to Protect Our Public Safety, to oppose property tax limits in Maine$25,000 to the National Coalition on Health Care, which supports a taxpayer-funded system of socialized medicine$5,000 to the National Conference of Black Mayors, a group representing the ideals of its overwhelmingly leftwing members$75,000 to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which seeks to help leftwing organizations “more effectively to fight for social, environmental, and economic justice”$45,000 to the League of United Latin American Citizens$25,000 to the North Carolina Democratic Party Building Fund$400,000 to the Fund to Protect Social Security, which seeks to defeat personal investment accounts$40,148 to Brazile & Associates, a firm headed by longtime Democratic Party consultant and campaign manager Donna Brazile, which provides diversity training for American businesses, and all types of training for political activists.“What wasn't clear before is how much of a part the teachers unions play in the wider liberal movement and the Democratic Party,” said Michael Antonucci of the Education Intelligence Agency, a California-based watchdog group. “They're like some philanthropic organization that passes out grant money to interest groups.”Support the show (https://www.parentsrightsined.com/support-the-cause.html)

Join drag queen Lady J Monroe and news anchor JC Estrada for Wey, ¿Sabes Que? A podcast about everything Latinx queer. Órale Wey Rewind!Immigrant and Activist José Ignacio Gaona joins us for this episode of Wey, ¿Sabes Que? From a young age, José has worked for the Latino community. While still in high school, he served as a trustee on the Fort Bragg, CA school board. He's worked for the Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, Bernie 2020 Presidential Campaign, and League of United Latin American Citizens or LULAC. Currently, José is the Development Coordinator at Unemployed Workers United, (UWU). In our 'tea session, we react to JLo reportedly hitting up her EX Ben Affleck; Rolling Stone profiles the tug-o-war between Selena fans and her family to keep her memory alive; and the Tamisha Iman vs Monét X Change feud.  Let's get the chisme started.FOLLOW US:➡️ Wey ¿Sabes Que? Podcast➡️ JC Estrada @Mr_JCE➡️ Julio Acevedo @_julio_aka_ladyj_OUR GUEST:➡️ José Ignacio Gaona IG: @joseigaona ➡️ José Ignacio Gaona Twitter: @JoseiGaona  ➡️ José Ignacio Gaona Facebook: @joseigaonaJOIN THE CONVERSATION:#WeySabesQue#OraleRewindOUR SPONSORS:➡️ LATINX HISTORY PROJECT➡️ DJ ALEX

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Wednesday, March 10. It has felt like spring in a warm weather sense so far this week. Wednesday we get the wet part of spring. According to the National Weather Service there will again be a high of 66 degrees in the Cedar Rapids area, but this will also come with a chance for rain. There is rain and the possibility of a thunderstorm predicted before 4 p.m. and a continued chance for showers throughout the evening. It will also be breezy, with a wind of 15 to 20 mph gusting as high as 35 mph. A lawsuit filed Tuesday is challenging Iowa's new elections law that restricts early and absentee voting. The lawsuit, filed in Polk County District Court, challenges some of the provisions included in the sweeping legislation signed into law Monday by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. The lawsuit claims the shortening of the state's early voting period, the time in which voters can request and return absentee ballots and the loss of an hour at Election Day polling places create undue burdens on the right to vote promised in the Iowa Constitution. It also questions why lawmakers feel the restrictions make the voting process more secure. The lawsuit was filed by the Iowa chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, with assistance from Democracy Docket, a Democratic legal organization that is monitoring elections laws nationwide. This legislative session has been marked by priorities pushed by a Republican majority that has sought no compromise with their Democratic cohorts. There were a few bills passed Tuesday that had strong support from both parties. One will open up a funding stream to make sure sexual assault victims will not have to pay for the processing of a sexual assault forensic exam, more commonly referred to as “rape kits.” This bill passed the Iowa House with rare unanimous support.  There are also a suite of bills supported by Republicans and Democrats that seek to improve childcare access in the state. On Tuesday the House also approved  $3 million a year in tax credits available to developers who build or rehabilitate child care centers. The University of Iowa Police Department is investigating a pair of sexual assaults that occurred over the weekend “during the same incident” in an east-side residence hall — attacks that prompting the university to issue its sixth sexual assault-related crime alert of the academic year. The two assaults reportedly took place in the early morning hours of Saturday, and officials reported, “Indications are the assaults were perpetrated by acquaintances.” The message isn't clear whether the assailants knew each other or the victims or both. The assaults mark the sixth and seventh UI has reported this year on or near campus — with five reported in residence halls and two in fraternities. Perpetrators in both fraternity-related assaults reportedly knew their victims. This briefing is sponsored in part by Corridor Careers. Are you looking for a job? https://www.corridorcareers.com/ (CorridorCareers.com) is a resource to local job seekers where they can get job tips, sign up for local job alerts, build a resume and more. Check it out at https://www.corridorcareers.com/ (CorridorCareers.com). Be sure to subscribe to The Gazette Daily news podcast, or just tell your Amazon https://www.thegazette.com/topic?eid=121774&ename=Alexa&lang=en (Alexa) enabled device to “enable The Gazette Daily News skill" so you can get your daily briefing by simply saying “Alexa, what's the news?" If you prefer podcasts, you can also find us on iTunes.

David Cruz is the head of the Economic and Business Development Council for the League of United Latin American Citizens; LULAC, as it is known, is the oldest Latino civil rights organization in the country. While LULAC itself has declined to take a position on California's hotly-contested Proposition 22, the Economic and Business Development Council has endorsed the measure. The proponents of Prop. 22 have spent $220 million on the measure - far outstripping the opposition, and - by a large margin - the most ever spent on an initiative campaign in the state's history. Despite the lavish spending, polls indicate that the race is very, very close. Cruz is clear that he is not an official with the Yes on 22 campaign, but he has been actively engaged in making the case to pass the measure, including an appearance in an October debate against Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, who is in opposition. David joined us by phone to discuss his support for Prop. 22, including a novel take on how to view the nearly quarter-billion dollars spent on the campaign.

What is with up with the torrent of election law cases coming out these days? IJ’s Diana Simpson and Anthony Sanders are here to give you the scoop. Actually, quite a few scoops, served up in the circuit courts of appeals the last few weeks, and even a couple Supreme Court cases, and a state supreme court case, thrown in. Cut down on just a smidgen of election confusion while time for that is running short. iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/short-circuit/id309062019 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1DFCqDbZTI7kIws11kEhed/overview Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/institute-for-justice/short-circuit Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iz26kyzdcpodkfm5cpz7rlvf76a Newsletter: ij.org/about-us/shortcircuit/ Want to email us? shortcircuit@ij.org Diana Simpson, https://ij.org/staff/diana-simpson/ Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/ Wise v. Circosta, https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/202104R1.P.pdf Texas League of United Latin American Citizens v. Hughs, http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/20/20-50867-CV0.pdf The New Georgia Project v. Raffensperger, https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202013360.pdf Richardson v. Hughs, http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/20/20-50774-CV0.pdf Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott, http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/20/20-50407-CV1.pdf Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute v. Hargett, https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0331p-06.pdf Priorities USA v. Nessel, https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0336p-06.pdf Democratic National Committee v. Wisconsin State Legislature, https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/democratic-national-committee-v-wisconsin-state-legislature/ Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-542.html

My guest today is Bryan Parra. Bryan is a current Grand Prairie ISD School Board Trustee representing Place 2 and an elementary assistant principal in DISD. Bryan grew up on the East Coast but moved to Texas in 2003, graduation from South Grand Prairie in 2005. He went on to get his bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M and his masters in educational leadership from DBU. Bryan is a very involved community leader and volunteer – he works closely with The League of United Latin American Citizens, he is a member of the Grand Prairie Host Lyons Club, and the North Texas Region Omega Delta Phi Alumni Association, among others. Today, Bryan and I talk about not only being a school board trustee but also an administrator during the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss the importance of kids getting back into school and the obstacles some of these students in our district are facing during online learning, including those in our hispanic community. Bryan is always such a nice person to talk to and I’m glad that even though he’s right in the thick of getting ready for the school year, he had time to talk to me! Find Bryan on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Bryan4GPISD/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/facesofgrandprairie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/facesofgrandprairie/support

At least 20 workers at meat processing plants have died from COVID-19, and around 5,000 have tested positive, but President Trump invoked an executive order to bar local governments from closing meat plants. We hear from meat plant workers and organizers about conditions during the pandemic and speak with Sindy Benavides, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which is supporting the workers with a virtual town hall on food worker safety with presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and calling for Meatless May Mondays. Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post “It's Very Scary”: COVID Surges in Meat Plants as Activists Demand Worker Safety & Meatless Mondays appeared first on KPFA.

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Jazmin May Issue: Immigration and Education. I am a DACA recipient. We need to find a pathway for Dreamers and their parents to obtain citizenship and grant us equal opportunity in this country. Bio: Jazmin May has a passion for community work and advocacy. She believe that every member of the community has a right to access the resources they need to be successful. Jazmin had a lot of helping getting to where she is today. She came to the United States when she was five years old. Knowing no English she was places in 1st grade where she took it upon herself to learn English very quickly and do well in school. From a young age Jazmin loved learning and school. As she got older she knew the challenges that came with being undocumented. Applying to college and getting financial aid would be difficult. That however motivated her even more to work harder in high school. With the help of many of her teachers and the AVID program Jazmin was able to go to her dream school, Westminster College. The DACA program that started in 2012 created under the Obama administration helped Jazmin to get her work permit and be able to contribute to her education. But as luck would have it, not only did Jazmin get accepted to Westminster but she received a full tuition scholarship to attend. During her time at Westminster, she was very involved on campus. She was a tour guide, a class senator, on the student government events team, an orientation leader then assistant. Jazmin also mentored incoming first year students through a mentoring program on campus. Eventually she was the coordinator for that program in her last two years of college. All this helped her to become the student body president for Westminster. Jazmin found her passion to help people and empower others. She knew many people had helped her with her own goals that she wanted to give back to the community. During her college years she worked at East High School as an Outreach mentor in the GEAR UP program. She helped students get ready and understand college, how to apply for scholarships and financial aid etc. She understood what it was like to be undocumented, wanting to go to college but not knowing how to get there or if it was a possibility. That is why she wanted to guide others who are undocumented or come from minority backgrounds. Jazmin graduated with a degree in Communication, she received the Board of Trustees Charter Award at commencement. Afterwards Jazmin went to work for a charter school. There she got to see what education was like from the inside and how our current system impacts english language learners. And how we should be doing more for them. Jazmin is part of League of United Latin American Citizens and also worked for mayoral candidate Luz Escamilla, who inspired her to continue her path in politics. From there, Jazmin went to work for a presidential candidate and is currently working for Devin Thorpe for Congress. Jazmin hopes to continue working in politics to make sure the right people get elected. To ensure communities are being heard and we are understanding what the needs of the people are. To help show that a DREAMer can be involved in politics and create change to help her community. Twitter: @1jazminmay Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jazmin.may.9 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jazmin-may Instagram: @jazzymay2 Photo credit: Ezra Schofield #plugintodevin #UtahValues #BoldSolutions #UTpol

The wave of worker, student, and renter strikes is growing into a campaign for a general strike that begins on May 1 and continues at the first of each month from there. The government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic collapse, a purely neoliberal money grab, has revealed that the only way we are going to survive and maintain social programs is by fighting for them. We speak with Mark Dimondstein, the president of the American Postal Workers Union, about Congress' failure to provide necessary funding for the US Postal Service as revenue has fallen by 50%. The USPS faces the real possibility of going bankrupt and the administration is openly saying it will let it fail in order to privatize it. We also speak with Joe Henry, political director of the League of United Latin American Citizens in Iowa, about the Meatless Monday campaign for meatpackers and against factory farming. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

Parts 1, 2, and 3 COMBINED: Originally produced December 9, 1994: Blacks, Whites, and Latinos discuss and debate California Proposition 187: Illegal Aliens. Ineligibility for Public Services. Verification and Reporting. GUESTS: PART 1: Kevin Ross (Deputy District County Attorney), Dennis Schatzman (L.A. Sentinel), and Gregory Grant* (Detective with the LAPD Southeast Division); PART 2: Jim Franco (LULAC, League of United Latin American Citizens, a so-called Civil Rights organization), again with Dennis Schatzman and Gregory Grant; PART 3: Again with Jimmy Franco, Dennis Schatzman, and a straight white male citizen**. **ALSO SEE: Jesse Lee Peterson Shuts Down Univision Reporter 'Are You Racist?' PROP 187 Rally Los Angeles, 1996 (classic video) — straight white male citizen bleeding from the head after being assaulted by illegal supporters who threw a frozen coke can at Americans https://youtu.be/MREnHjatoMQ *Gregory Grant’s prior 1992 interview on blacks and police: https://youtu.be/RzeglAeNTdM and https://youtu.be/tmh0EwVmIOU The Jesse Peterson Show, produced at Continental Cablevision, South Central Los Angeles, 1994 Song "Stand Up" by Jeff Spann SUPERCHATS https://streamlabs.com/bondactioninc/v2 SILENT PRAYER http://silentprayer.video AUDIO https://soundcloud.com/rebuildingtheman/silent-prayer JESSE HAS 3 SHOWS: The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (M-F 6-9am PT) http://jlptalk.com The Fallen State (in-person interviews) http://thefallenstate.tv Church (Sunday 11am PT) http://rebuildingtheman.com/church Support: 800-411-BOND (or 800-411-2663) https://rebuildingtheman.com/donate/ https://streamlabs.com/bondactioninc/v2 https://www.patreon.com/jesseleepeterson https://www.subscribestar.com/jesseleepeterson https://www.paypal.me/jesseleepeterson OTHER CHANNELS: BOND https://youtube.com/bondrebuildingtheman TFS https://youtube.com/thefallenstatetv Hake https://youtube.com/thehakereport ARTICLES: https://www.wnd.com/author/jlpeterson/ BOOKS: http://www.bondinfostore.org T-SHIRTS: JLP https://teespring.com/stores/jesseleepeterson BOND https://teespring.com/stores/rebuildingtheman TFS https://teespring.com/stores/shopthefallenstate TWITTER/FB: https://twitter.com/jlptalk https://www.facebook.com/jlptalk https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJesseLeePeterson ALT MEDIA: https://dlive.tv/jesseleepeterson https://www.bitchute.com/jesseleepeterson/ https://www.minds.com/jesseleepeterson https://gab.ai/jesseleepeterson https://www.twitch.tv/jlptalk DISCORD (new link) https://discord.gg/6d3ahn3

Happy Thanksgiving! Got a turkey to cook? Put this on in the background. Got to hit the road to see family? You know you're going to be stuck in traffic forever, so pass the time with SLMLMbutok!  Sasha and Katie sit down with special guest Julie Contreras who is the commissioner of League of United Latin American Citizens of Illinois’ Immigrant Affairs Commission. She is one of the most outspoken advocates protecting the Latinx community from being exploited by Herbalife. "Betting on Zero", the critically acclaimed and award-winning documentary that uncovers the controversy over both the short and Herbalife's business practices, highlights her quest for reparations and justice. Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders & Ashleigh Walls Visit our website at slmlmbutok.com for the rest of our social media information, Patreon, and merch! Need holiday gifts? We got the shop stocked with more to come! Just Say No shirts and buttons, Boomer the Purr-a-Mid Scheme Tabby mugs and clothing, and ... perhaps some holiday cards? They're in the works! Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders & Ashleigh Walls Our NEW website! Donate to our Patreon (we've got great rewards!) or buy some merch. BOOMER MERCH IS COMING, IF NOT ALREADY OUT BY THE TIME THIS EPISODE DROPS. This is our new hub - you can find all of our social media here, too: slmlmbutok.com Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @ScamBamTYMaam 

The League of United Latin American Citizens is suing in several states for a more proportional distribution of Electoral College votes, opposed to the "winner take all" system. But would this really be better? With this plan of action, more elections would go to the House, further removing them from the "will of the people". We had a lot of things to discuss on the matter on Wednesday's show, listen in.

The League of United Latin American Citizens is suing in several states for a more proportional distribution of Electoral College votes, opposed to the "winner take all" system. But would this really be better? With this plan of action, more elections would go to the House, further removing them from the "will of the people". We had a lot of things to discuss on the matter on Wednesday's show, listen in.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Brent Wilkes, the national executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens. The government is heading directly for a shutdown as Senate Republicans admit that they do not have the votes to extend federal funding, even for the short term. Meanwhile, President Trump tweeted today that the Children’s Health Insurance Plan should not be part of a Continuing Resolution, but instead should be part of a long-term solution, along with his border wall.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson backpedaled yesterday on US plans for Syria’s border with Turkey, saying that the US would not arm a Kurdish border force and adding that the US owes Turkey an explanation. Tillerson said further that the US plans to maintain a military force inside Syria even after ISIS is defeated. Ambassador Peter Ford, the former United Kingdom ambassador to Syria, joins the show.President Trump is set to address by satellite Friday’s March for Life, the annual anti-choice gathering that is gaining new ground under the Trump Administration. Brian and John speak with Karina Garcia, a reproductive justice organizer.Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Mick Mulvaney has requested no funding for the next quarter, stating that the reserve fund has $177.1 million, plenty to fund the agency, which expects $145 million in costs—essentially defunding the reserve. This is after his announcement on Tuesday that the agency will delay and revisit regulations on payday lending, a predatory system long understood to target the poor. Jim Kavanagh, the editor of ThePolemicist.net, joins the show.A little more than a year after then-President-elect Trump stood before cheering workers at a Carrier manufacturing plant in Indiana and promised to keep their Rust Belt jobs from moving to China, those same workers are feeling betrayed, as more than 1,500 were laid off, the final 200 just this week. Pete Dolack, an activist and writer with Trade Justice New York Metro joins Brian and John.Members of the Catalonian parliament elected a separatist as Speaker yesterday in their first meeting since the central government in Madrid dissolved the region’s parliament. Dick Nichols, the correspondent for Spain and Catalonia for Green Left Weekly, joins the show.More than 120 prisoners took control of a French prison outside Paris in response to a demonstration by hundreds of prison guards a day earlier, during which the guards burned tires and wooden pallets in protest about various grievances. Brian and John speak with Ksenia Kozlitina, Sputnik France correspondent and news analyst.

So, parents of juniors (and parents of freshmen and sophomores who are thinking ahead) you have had your first two assignments in the college search process. We hope we are keeping you busy, but—more importantly—interested in what can be a fascinating and actually enjoyable process. So far, we have had you expanding your teenager’s long summer list of college options so that you are truly ready to narrow it in the fall. And we have had you check out key admission standards for the colleges on that list—namely, average high school GPA, high school class rank, and SAT or ACT scores of admitted and/or enrolled freshmen. 1. Your Assignment #3 Download the Assignment #3 Worksheet In this episode, we will examine a fourth admission standard that you and your teenager should be looking at carefully. I think it is the one that is less often considered and more often taken for granted—and that is the courses that applicants are expected to have taken in high school, usually listed in terms of credits in each subject area, but also sometimes including specifically named courses, especially in math and science. You should have your teenager go to the website for each college on your teenager’s long summer list of college options and find the high school courses that an applicant should have completed or the number of credits of each subject that an applicant should have earned. This information can virtually always be found by starting with the Admissions home page. You will find that the high school course or credit expectations of colleges do, in fact, differ, usually according to how selective the college is. But there are always a few surprises (like colleges that require students to have earned career and technical education credits in high school, for example). Have your teenager write down the required and the recommended courses or credits. Then you can compare them from college to college, and you can see how well they match up with what your teenager has taken so far and will be taking as he or she finishes up high school. As we have said in earlier episodes of USACollegeChat, the courses that kids take in high school matter, including the courses that kids take in their senior year. Colleges will tell you that slacking off in the senior year is never a good move. So, ideally, your teenager’s program next year would still include the next real step in core subjects, like math and science, rather than a bunch of random electives. In other words, a fourth year of math and a fourth year of science would be the best ticket, for most kids—and might be a mandatory ticket for entrance to some college programs, like engineering, for example. If your teenager doesn’t have a rigorous senior year planned, changes can still likely be made when school starts next fall. It is worth thinking about—hard. 2. Just a Word About Foreign Languages And let me say one word (or maybe two) about one of my favorite, and often overlooked and underappreciated, subjects, and that is foreign languages—sometimes called “world languages” or “languages other than English” these days. As I said in my ParentChat with Regina blog some months ago, you might want to read up on the value of foreign language study in two thought-provoking articles in Education Week, written by Global Learning blog curator Heather Singmaster, assistant director of education at Asia Society—“Bilingualism: Valuable for the Brain and Society” and “Foreign Language Policies: Is Everyone Else Really Speaking English?”: She talks about economic, socioeconomic, cultural, cognitive, and national defense arguments in favor of increased attention to language study in U.S. schools. She talks about reasons that are important to our country and reasons that are important to individual students. She talks about language learning requirements in other countries and how we stack up—or actually don’t.  Some of it is common sense, and some isn’t. For example, here is something I didn’t know, and it should be especially interesting to you if you still have any elementary school children at home. Ms. Singmaster writes about Jared Diamond’s book, The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies: An entire chapter is devoted to the importance of bilingualism and multilingualism, and the development and spread of languages. In traditional societies [like those in New Guinea and the Amazon Basin], multilingualism was (and is, for the very few that remain) widespread. While many in the West fear that our children will be confused if they are exposed to more than one language at a time, kids in traditional societies begin learning additional languages from birth—and not just one or two. Diamond can’t think of a single person he has met in New Guinea that speaks fewer than five languages (and yes, they are all “mutually unintelligible languages,” not dialects). (quoted from the article)  We have been told that the early years are the best for learning another language; it is one argument that has been used in favor of elementary school foreign language programs for a long time. But Diamond’s work in New Guinea takes that argument to a whole new level. And, by the way, there is also research available that shows that bilingual children can communicate better with others and have better social skills than children who speak just one language. Some benefits even accrue to children who are exposed to multiple languages, even if they are not bilingual themselves. (Thank you, Katherine Kinzler, in her article in The New York Times entitled “The Superior Social Skills of Bilinguals,” March 11, 2016). Of course, we cannot claim that taking even four years of a foreign language in high school would make a student bilingual, but it would certainly “expose” them to another language.  Last fall, I visited a school district in a Far Western state. The state awards scholarships for college study to its high school graduating seniors. Among the requirements are two years of foreign language study and three years of math and three years of science in high school or no foreign language study and four years of math and four years of science. How does that make sense? In what world are two years of foreign language study equivalent to a fourth year of math and science, regardless of which you believe to be more important? If those were college distribution requirements, no college in the country would agree to that swap. While I am not arguing against the value of a fourth year of math and science (indeed, I just argued in favor of that), I am arguing that studying a foreign language (or more than one) provides students with a completely different kind of intellectual and cultural experience—one that students shouldn’t miss out on in high school. It goes without saying that being able to communicate in a second language—even at the most basic level, which is all a student is likely to get out of two or even three or four years of high school study—could be a help to students as they enter the working world, especially if they live in or move to a location that has a large population of workers who speak other languages, as many urban and rural areas do. Furthermore, there are still many colleges, including most of our best colleges, that are expecting to see foreign language study on your teenager’s high school transcripts. Two years of foreign language study would be the minimum that they would be looking for. Some great colleges are requiring, or at least strongly recommending, three or even four years—ideally of the same language. While it might be too late for you to fix your teenager’s foreign language study if he or she is entering the senior year, it is not too late for you parents of younger high schoolers to solve this problem. In winding up today’s episode, let me turn to the case of Florida. A bill passed in the Florida Senate in March to allow computer coding classes to substitute for foreign language requirements and to require public higher education institutions in Florida to accept two computer coding credits in lieu of two currently required foreign language credits. The bill was later defeated in the Florida House, but other states are considering similar measures. The sources of opposition to the Florida bill were interesting to see. According to Madison Iszler in an article in USA Today (March 1, 2016, “Florida Senate approves making coding a foreign language”), the NAACP’s Florida Conference and Miami-Dade branch, the Florida chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, and the Spanish American League Against Discrimination offered the following statement:  Our children need skills in both technology and in foreign languages to compete in today's global economy. . . . However, to define coding and computer science as a foreign language is a misleading and mischievous misnomer that deceives our students, jeopardizes their eligibility to admission to universities, and will result in many losing out on the foreign language skills they desperately need even for entry-level jobs in South Florida. (quoted from the article) So, parents, beware of such a bill that might be coming to your state. Until we know for sure that colleges will accept computer coding credits as a substitute for foreign language credits, this seems like a risky swap to me. Further, what about the more selective colleges that either require or strongly recommend those three or even four years of a foreign language? Will there be three or four years of computer coding available in high school as a substitute?  The bottom line here is this: Parents, look over your teenager’s course selection carefully—for the senior year and, indeed, for every other year. Check out what good colleges expect his or her four-year program of courses to look like. Notice the differences in the course requirements among the colleges on your teenager’s long summer list of college options. Note that some colleges require an explanation on the application if a student does not have all of the required high school credits. Keep in mind that foreign languages could be a stumbling block for your teenager if you are not careful. P.S. I know that Marie is surprised that I got through this entire discussion of foreign languages and never once mentioned that Latin is the most important language to study (ideally, followed by a modern foreign language, in addition). Well, Marie, I almost made it. But that’s a different episode. Download the Assignment #3 Worksheet The Kindle ebook version of our book, How To Find the Right College, is on sale for $1.99 all summer long! Read it on your Kindle device or download the free Kindle app for any tablet or smartphone. The book is also available as a paperback workbook. 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When you have election law and constitutional law scholar Lori Ringhand on your show, you start, of course, by talking about the problem with email, the uses of texting, and apps like Periscope. Lori thinks Christian should read more novels. Fueled by listener Bunny’s small-batch, home-roasted, fine coffee, we move on to the much easier topics of race, voting, and gerrymandering. What do you do when the Supreme Court’s color-blindness understanding of the Equal Protection Clause collides with the Voting Rights Act? And why do geographic voting districts with single winners make sense anyway? Voting’s hard to make fair amirite? This show’s links: Lori Ringhand’s faculty profile and writing Periscope About Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake Lori’s last appearance on the show The SCOTUSblog page for Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (which includes links to briefs and oral argument) Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama About the Voting Rights Act, including a brief outline of its major provisions Shelby County v. Holder About cracking, packing, and other redistricting shenanigans; see also more on this in ProPublica’s Devil’s Dictionary About multiple-winner voting methods and single-winner voting methods (which distinction roughly tracks some of the issues we raised) Shaw v. Reno, which was followed by Miller v. Johnson Partisan gerrymandering cases: Davis v. Bandemer (1986), Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004), League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (2006) Christopher Elmendorf, Representation Reinforcement through Advisory Commissions: The Case of Election Law Links to the oral argument in the Arizona case Smiley v. Holm and Bush v. Gore (and it was Justice Rehnquist’s concurrence) Special Guest: Lori Ringhand.