This week, Cecilia Muñoz tells me why our outdated immigration system can’t keep up with the number of people trying to come to the US. “The entire system of laws…was designed for the border we had 30, 40 years ago… And that is not the border that we have now.” Listen:

Thank you Cecilia Muñoz (Cecilia Muñoz) for launching our 2024 #DeansSymposium with a great keynote conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes—and to Kellen Epstein and student J'Mauri Jackson for asking questions on behalf of our audience and community.

couldn't decide whether I needed to put sunscreen on to watch the eclipse....

Honored to work for a President and Vice President who continue to live my grandfather’s values and legacy in the work they do and vision they hold for the future of our communities.

Press Forward Chicago RFP is out for local news providers to apply. Two-year grants ranging between $100,000 and $125,000. (And looking forward to other Press Forward chapters joining and launching soon too, alongside national and aligned funds.)
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It didn't get much attention, but last night Biden hinted at what could become a central project of a second term: a care agenda.

When he asked Americans to 'imagine a future' in which billionaire tax receipts were reinvested, that's what he conjured.

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Nobody better.

If you want to know the ins and outs of how the federal budget and the arcane processes that surround it work, Bobby Kogan is your guy.

Episode 3 of Evidence in Action, Urban’s new #podcast is live! Hear what Cecilia Muñoz, former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, has to say abt using evidence to understand complex problems & shape specific interventions. Listen urbn.is/48G0W3I.

To understand what American families need to thrive, the New Practice Lab did something simple: we asked them. newamerica.org/new-practice-l… Anne-Marie Slaughter🇺🇦 Cecilia Muñoz Amira Boland Elizabeth Garlow Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General

The DC Circuit’s delay is unconscionable. To the Judges: all Americans for whom you work are required to meet deadlines in our jobs all the time. Voters are entitled to know whether Trump is guilty or not before the election. Honor that deadline and quit the delay. Get it done.

Hardly seems possible that so bright a light has left us. I had the honor of meeting her when President Obama awarded her the Medal of Freedom in 2009. She gave me chills. Gracias, #ChitaRivera - what a life!
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'It means that people in desperate circumstances, who need protection, who need to leave, who need to flee their options, will be more limited, which increases the likelihood they choose the dangerous option of coming to the border.'

Read the article → bit.ly/3OhC4qV

A recent The New York Times article shared the consequences for individuals and families fleeing war as the U.S. debates immigration funding and legislation. Cecilia Muñoz, co-chair of Welcome.US, explained what can happen if the use of humanitarian parole is restricted. (1/2)

No words.
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Seeing so many top notch Latino journalists let go today from LA Times.

Comes a week after 200 layoffs at Univision.

One of the greatest losses of Latino journalism talent and experience and community memory ever.

Heartbreaking as a journalist and someone who cares about

One of the only Latina columnists in the entire US media ecosystem, a truly incisive and important voice 👇

Dream Team. @julieR2022 and ⁦Jen O'Malley Dillon⁩ are battle tested partners from the last campaign and the White House. I can think of no better pair for this crucial moment in which democracy itself is on the line. nytimes.com/2024/01/23/us/…

Important thread on a really timely report from Protect Democracy

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