NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.

📣 Hands off our speech! 🤚 On July 2nd over 50 organisations in 17 countries participated in a European Day of Action against SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), defending the right to speak out in the public good. ⚖️ We are saying #HandsOffOurSpeech

How many construction sites have you worked on?

Yesterday, @Politico ran an article about this week’s California Energy Commission - ⚡#CalEnergy meeting claiming that climate and environmental justice groups are lining up behind a plan that would “pump the brakes” on the transition away from fossil fuels. It’s time to set the story straight ⬇️⬇️

What’s happening: In the last year, two refineries in CA have announced plans to close – and Big Oil is taking the opportunity to shakedown taxpayers and maximize profits on their way out, making Californians foot the bill for their pollution ❌❌ stoptheoilshakedown.org

We must follow the leadership of EJ groups in the Valley directly impacted by dirty drilling, and the many groups that have spent over a decade facing down threats of unchecked drilling expansion – groups like Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment, CCEJN and CVAQ - Central Valley Air Quality Coalition

What hasn’t made headlines (yet): @CAGovernor and #CAleg have an urgent mandate to create a comprehensive transition plan for refinery closures, invest in fenceline communities and workers, and ensure no one is left behind. Will @CAGovernor and #CALeg meet that call to action?

California farmers are finally saying the quiet part out loud: immigrant workers are the backbone of our food system. No, Medicaid recipients and machines can’t replace them—and they shouldn’t have to. Respect the labor. Protect the workers.

Awful: Stephen Miller is urging red states to build their own versions of "Alligator Alcatraz." And buried in the budget bill is funding that states can try to tap for exactly that. This could become a route to MAGA glory for young GOPers. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/197899…

Nationwide the average electric bill could rise by as much as $280 by 2035, thanks to the Republican's big bill.

It was an honor to speak to my Brothers and Sisters LIUNA about the need for cross union solidarity in the face of extremism No two unions have been more active in standing up for immigrant workers, organizing and taking the fight head on than IUPAT and LIUNA Solidarity!

The person working the register at your local grocery store should… indeed… be able to afford housing, healthcare, food, and more with their income.

Solar and batteries are a game-changer: New Ember analysis in Carbon Brief shows that in major sunny cities, such as Las Vegas or Mexico City, solar + batteries can now get more than 90% of the way to continuous generation, at costs below those of coal or nuclear power.

"Who were these people? Had I been a good enough person if today was my final day? I was relieved to have finished filing my taxes, but I couldn’t shake the thought of a book I needed to return to the library." vanityfair.com/news/story/rum…

ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days. They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention. Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-arm…

Racial profiling is illegal-- period. The fact that a judge has to remind the Trump administration this shows just how deep their discrimination runs. But we're fighting back, in the courts and peacefully in the streets. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it. Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.

Texas data centers are projected to use 49 billion gallons of water this year, as the state faces a prolonged drought.

Recklessly firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner because you don’t like the new jobs numbers won’t do a thing to change the clear and simple fact: President Trump’s policy choices are costing hardworking Americans their jobs.

At the height of the pandemic, when layoffs were surging & supply-chain snarls were shutting down businesses, NYC needed workers to disinfect its subway. Hundreds of immigrant workers answered the call. Five years later, where are they now? Read below! inthesetimes.com/article/new-yo…