Mural at At San Francisco’s Balmy Alley. Image: Oren Rozen via Wikimedia Commons
Local, state, and federal officials in San Antonio spoke out last night against the punitive federal practice of separating asylum-seeking families at the U.S.-Mexico border. They were joined in front of a crowd of hundreds by the director of RAICES (Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services), which operates a variety of refugee-assistance programs (See flyers below). Juan Mancias, tribal chair, of the Carrizo-Comecrudo Nation brought an indigenous perspective to the current crisis by alluding to the long practice of migration through the region by native peoples.
Deceleration Founder/Managing Editor Greg Harman is an independent journalist who has written about environmental health and justice issues since the late 1990s.
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A medida que las «crisis» climáticas afectan cada vez más a las zonas más prósperas de Estados Unidos, se extienden como una sombra sobre esta región fronteriza.
At a former Catholic convent chapel in San Antonio, Azul Barrientos and guests confront ICE violence, state brutality, and what persists in the midst of community unraveling.
Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming.
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