Adult Education and Family Literacy (AEFL) week, which is September 19-25, recognizes the importance of investing in adult education services for workers, families, and our economy.
If signed into law, the American Dream and Promise Act, or H.R. 6., would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and citizenship for Dreamers and other immigrants who call this country home. Here we list provisions in the bill that would promote the safety of beneficiaries and their families.
In a recent New York Times magazine article, actor Steven Yeun said, “Sometimes I wonder if the Asian-American experience is what it’s like when you’re thinking about everyone else, but nobody else is thinking about you.” These words hit me harder than expected, particularly during a year where Asian Americans have been disparaged physically, emotionally, and economically while the “progressive” community remains silent.
“No child should have to worry where her next meal will come from or whether she will have a place to sleep each night in the wealthiest nation on earth.”
The Equality Act may help members of the LGBT community when they face discrimination on the job, but it doesn’t address the discrimination that keeps us in low-paying jobs and continually falling into poverty.
A value statement doesn't dismantle generations of injustice deeply entrenched in our ways of doing and governing, but publicly acknowledging that racism—through structural disadvantages and the “weathering” of daily experiences—is a public health crisis gives us a place to start.
This year we celebrate Black History Month amid a set of unparalleled crises: the continuing COVID-19 public health emergency and a deepening economic recession.
A new report provides details on poverty within the LGBTQ community, outlines how it uses public benefit programs for basic needs support, and also offers recommendations for federal agencies to expand access to public benefits, as well as increase data about LGBTQ recipients of public benefit programs.
