BREAKING: SCOTUS has taken away our right to abortion and overturned Roe v. Wade
Today’s decision, ends the constitutional right to abortion and leaves it up to states to decide. While many people in states across the country will continue to have access to abortion care, there are 13 states with trigger ban laws that will immediately make abortions illegal with 13 others soon to follow. Make no mistake, […]
Defund Hate: Ahead of Full Committee Markup, Defund Hate Coalition Demands House Appropriations Cut Tax Dollars for ICE and CBP
Washington, DC — Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 2023 fiscal year spending bill, that includes approximately $8.4 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $15.7 billion for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will head to the full Appropriations committee for markup. The Defund Hate Coalition issued the following statement about the proposed […]
Free To Tell Our Stories: Immigrant Youth at United We Dream Counter Conservative Attacks on Young People with Second Volume of Immigrant Made Zine
Washington, D.C — Today, immigrant youth from United We Dream launched the second volume of the zine, Immigrant Made. The zine features poetry, personal essays, stories and artwork by Black, brown, immigrant, and queer young people who are unapologetically reclaiming their histories, experiences, and reaffirming their existence. The second volume arrives in the midst of […]
Immigrant Made Zine: Vol. 1 & 2
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The Abrazos Agreement
The Abrazos Agreement (2021)* By Ayling Dominguez Illustrated by Karla Rosas Facebook Twitter AN ACT To put an end to exclusion, and proliferate care. Whereas in the opinion of collectives of care spanning the globe there is a remarkable need for a love ethic. Therefore, Be it enacted by the people, Arriving by earth and […]
On Monday the Border Vanished
On Monday the Border Vanished By Ayling Dominguez Illustrated by Karla Rosas Facebook Twitter On Monday the border vanished cactus needles formed a choirand the desert soils danced  reached across unobstructed clay-rich horizons to hug itself and know its joined-again partsonce-dividedand the dry heat felt lavishinfused with release, and deliverance from centuries-old power imbalance and anguish On Tuesday Diosito lloro […]
Dark & Light
Dark & Light By Bo Thai Illustrated by Kazayra Miranda Facebook Twitter i pour my heart like liquordark and lightit’s all on paper cause in front of others it’s out of sightout of mindkeep it hidden cause it don’t matter never mind menot like it’s going to make a difference am i oversharing are my thoughts overbearingthe […]
A Prayer to the rat god
A Prayer to the Rat God By Bo Thai Illustrated by Kazayra Miranda Facebook Twitter i pray to the rat god please please pleasemake this cat stop chasing mei just wanna eat cheese and chill in peacego on a date with my babygirlkick it and not need to play games i’m tired of yearning for […]
Necklace
Necklace By Bo Thai Illustrated by Kazayra Miranda Facebook Twitter i’ll be with you when you choose toi was made specialnot because of what i ambut by the intention and prayers channeled into meby children who become ancestorsby daughters who becomes mothersand strangers who become family i’m rare but not exclusive one of a kind not because i’m […]
Go
Go By Alex Martinez Illustrated by Felix Quintana Facebook Twitter i am exhausted and running out of gas, but friends want a selfie. The sign behind me says welcome to Arizona and I can’t help but wonder if I am really welcomed. Midwestern states were a blur. 2020 was a blur, one that sneaks up […]