Marshall Fitz is the Managing Director of Immigration of the Emerson Collective. The Emerson Collective “develop(s) strategies to remove barriers to opportunity, and work with community partners to advance common sense solutions to systemic problems.” Marshall joins host Chris Lyon to discuss the Emerson Collective’s work in immigration, as well as the Title 42 […]
Douglas Rivlin is the Director of Communication for America’s Voice and America’s Voice Education Fund. The mission of America’s Voice and America’s Voice Education Fund is to build the public support and the political will needed to enact policy changes that secure freedom and opportunity for immigrants in America. Rivlin joins host Loren Steffy […]
The attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, has generated waves of lies, conspiracy theories and fodder for internet trolls. But there’s one narrative that has been largely overlooked. The assault underscores the long-overdue need for immigration reform. Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker, David DePape, was in the country illegally, according to the Department of […]
Mariko Hirose is the U.S. Litigation Director at International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP.) Mariko joins host Loren Steffy to discuss IRAP’s work in aiding refugee’s worldwide and here in America. They also discuss IRAP’s recent letter of recommendation to the US government on how to help refugee’s trying to make it to America. Check […]
Mr Biden spoke in Egypt after US mid-term elections delivered better-than-expected results for the president. He claimed the US is a global leader on climate after it passed sweeping laws to tackle global warming. About 35,000 people are in Sharm el-Sheikh for the two-week meeting. “The climate crisis is about human security, economic security, environmental […]
In Pakistan, flooding this summer killed 1,700 people and left one-third of the country underwater. In Fiji, entire villages are retreating inland to escape rising seas. In Kenya, persistent drought has killed livestock and devastated livelihoods. They are among scores of developing countries that face irreversible damage from climate change but have done little to […]
Tran Dang is the founder and executive director fo the Rhizome Center for Migrants. Their mission is to support and defend forcibly displaced persons and uprooted people at risk around the world. Dang joins host Melissa Brannan to discuss the work of the center, as well as the problems facing bi-national families at the border […]
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,” the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to ”cooperate or perish,” on avoiding further climate catastrophe, singling out the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States. He was not the […]
As countries gather in Sharm el-Sheikh next week for the COP27 climate conference, slow progress on promises from the 2015 Paris Agreement has prompted growing alarm. The national emissions pledges to date, experts warn, won’t be able to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7F) — and governments aren’t even fully implementing those pledges. […]
What a difference a year makes. In November 2021, business leaders showed up in force in Glasgow at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), pledging to take on the challenge of reaching net-zero greenhouse-gas-emission goals by 2050. While no one believed that the path to net zero would suddenly become easy, commitments made to target […]