Unlike other unions over the last 30 years, CWA has continued to strike—and continued to win. Their enduring preparedness starts with something as simple as wearing red.
Marcia Brown
Marcia Brown is a former Prospect writing fellow who is now a correspondent for The Capitol Forum, a subscription-based corporate investigation outlet. She has also written for The Intercept, The New Republic, and The Progressive.
Posted inLaw and Justice
An Obscure Supreme Court Case Has Big Implications for Undocumented Immigrants
The Court heard a case about whether to allow states to set immigration policies. Here’s what it was like inside the courtroom.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Federal Judges Have Stopped Trump’s Scheme to Block Millions of Legal Immigrants
The ‘public charge’ rule won’t take effect today. But its origins show the Trump administration’s true intent.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Asylum Seekers Stuck in Mexico Have Staged a Protest. These Are the Conditions They Endure.
In refugee-style camps from Matamoros to Tijuana, hundreds of asylum seekers are forced to wait under the Remain in Mexico policy—with dangerous implications for public health.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Immigration Courts on the Border Could Become (and May Already Be) a ‘Deportation Machine’
As part of Trump’s Justice Department, immigration courts are compelled to enforce his political agenda.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Cancel Student Debt—Almost All of It
An obscure, decades-old provision called “compromise and settlement” authority could allow the Department of Education to opt out of collecting trillions in debt.
Posted inAmerica and the World
How Mexico Is Doing America’s Deportation Work for Us
Seeking to relieve the pressure from asylum seekers in border towns, Mexico bused asylum seekers south. The country’s practices could violate international law.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Sonia Sotomayor Fears for the Judiciary—and for Justice
Last week, Trump took his fight against asylum seekers straight to the top, and the Supreme Court okayed it. Sotomayor and Ginsburg thought that set a scary precedent.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
African Asylum Seekers to the U.S. Stuck on the Mexico-Guatemala Border
Long-distance victims of Trump’s war on immigrants, African migrants have few options for refuge and fewer ways to support themselves while they wait.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
New Jersey Moves to Rein In Wasteful Tax Breaks for Businesses
Inspired by a recent Kansas-Missouri pact, Garden State lawmakers may warm to reforms that scale back competition with New York and Pennsylvania over jobs.