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Nadia Lathan CalMatters Fue en marzo cuando un grupo de legisladores de California decidió abordar un tema delicado: el matrimonio infantil. Durante los próximos tres meses, los demócratas idearían un plan para persuadir a sus colegas reticentes de que finalmente prohibieran esta práctica y se enfrentarían a los grupos...
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Nadia Lathan CalMatters It was March when a group of California lawmakers decided they’d broach a sticky topic: child marriage. Over the next three months, Democrats would devise a plan to persuade reluctant colleagues to finally outlaw the practice and contend with special interest groups that might work against...
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Un año después de la segunda toma de posesión de Donald Trump, se perfila una tendencia. A través de docenas de órdenes ejecutivas, memorandos de agencias, decisiones de financiamiento y cambios en la aplicación de la ley, la administración ha debilitado la legislación federal sobre derechos civiles y los...
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One year after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of executive orders, agency memos, funding decisions and enforcement changes, the administration has weakened federal civil rights law and the foundations of the country’s racially inclusive democracy. From the start, the U.S. was not built to include...
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Civil rights advocates are warning President Donald Trump’s recent executive order rolling back cashless bail reforms for certain crimes is a step backward, arguing it punishes individuals with lower incomes. Nationwide, nearly two-thirds of the more than 526,000 people in jail are awaiting trial, most because of unaffordable bail....
Nadia Lathan CalMatters Fue en marzo cuando un grupo de legisladores de California decidió abordar un tema delicado: el matrimonio infantil. Durante los próximos tres meses, los demócratas idearían un plan para persuadir a sus colegas reticentes de que finalmente prohibieran esta práctica y se enfrentarían a los grupos...
Nadia Lathan CalMatters It was March when a group of California lawmakers decided they’d broach a sticky topic: child marriage. Over the next three months, Democrats would devise a plan to persuade reluctant colleagues to finally outlaw the practice and contend with special interest groups that might work against...
Un año después de la segunda toma de posesión de Donald Trump, se perfila una tendencia. A través de docenas de órdenes ejecutivas, memorandos de agencias, decisiones de financiamiento y cambios en la aplicación de la ley, la administración ha debilitado la legislación federal sobre derechos civiles y los...
One year after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of executive orders, agency memos, funding decisions and enforcement changes, the administration has weakened federal civil rights law and the foundations of the country’s racially inclusive democracy. From the start, the U.S. was not built to include...
Civil rights advocates are warning President Donald Trump’s recent executive order rolling back cashless bail reforms for certain crimes is a step backward, arguing it punishes individuals with lower incomes. Nationwide, nearly two-thirds of the more than 526,000 people in jail are awaiting trial, most because of unaffordable bail....