The future of thousands of young adults has been impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program made in June 2020. However, legislation is needed to ensure lasting protection for these undocumented young people who arrived in the U.S. as children.

“We as a country cannot operate in a one-size-fits-all paradigm, especially with something as crucial as our right to vote. We need to prepare ourselves for a 2020 election that enfranchises everyone’s vote. Mail in voting should be expanded … but it should not be the only option.”

With unprecedented access to ICE operations, as well as moving portraits of immigrants, this 6-part docuseries takes a deep look at U.S. immigration today. Now streaming on Netflix.

Roberto Primero Luis set out across the U.S.-Mexico border last year as previous Guatemalan migrants had. But the crossing has changed.

Poll workers are essential to our democracy. They play a crucial role in ensuring our elections run smoothly. Poll workers set up voting locations, guide voters through the voting process, and help guard the integrity of our elections. Arizona needs your help!

Juan Carlos Ruiz, a Mexican pastor in Brooklyn, does everything from human-rights advocacy to grocery delivery.

The only way to adequately meet the needs of a reeling economy, struggling families, and cash-strapped states and localities is for President Trump and Congress to come to agreement on a robust, bipartisan economic relief package.

Social Security provides a foundation of income on which workers can build to plan for their retirement. It also provides valuable social insurance protection to workers who become disabled and to families whose breadwinner dies.

On Tuesday August 4, it was reported that half the population of the Whetstone Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex (Tucson), 517 individuals, have tested positive for COVID-19.

As of August 4, the response rate of the census stood at only 62.9 percent; the response rate in Arizona is significantly lower, at 59.7 percent. That means that unless the deadline for the census is extended, Arizona stands to lose millions of dollars in federal funding every year until the 2030 census is complete. Download the Arizona fact sheet.

On any given day, nearly 570,000 people experiencing homelessness are staying in shelters or living on the street, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. Many of them are unaccompanied youth or young adults, children, seniors, or people with disabling conditions.

Most years, the U.S. Congress recesses for the month of August. Senators and representatives return to their home states to reconnect with constituents. Use this guide to engage with elected officials, ask questions and share concerns.

ELCA Advocacy provides some timely questions and talking points based upon ELCA Advocacy priorities of hunger, police reform, housing and homelessness, migration, international aid, and inequality.

Join Arizona Interfaith Network (AIN) statewide clergy and leaders and sign on to the letter calling on Arizona Senators to act immediately to keep Arizona families safe by supporting the full $600/wk federal supplemental unemployment insurance that expired July 31.

In order to avert the worst effects of climate change, it is vitally important to drastically cut greenhouse gases by stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, and transition to 100% clean, renewable energy. The only way toward a clean, renewable energy future is to ban fracking and to stop all new fossil fuel development.

The author write, “As I listened to the debate happening on the floor of the UNHRC in Geneva condemning institutionalized racism, I thought about the institutions of which I am part in the United States and the ways in which racism and anti-blackness permeate and fester in all areas of society, even within our houses of worship.”

The Phoenix City Cou​ncil has developed a comprehensive “Strategies to Address Homelessness Plan” that focuses on service priorities and sustainable solutions for both those experiencing homelessness and the community impacted by encampments. ​​​The city needs your feedback on the proposed strategies and commitment to help make this plan a reality by August 28.

What is the next step as America confronts its racism? A broadcast spectacle, New York Times critic Wesley Morris writes, that could look like court, a telethon, therapy, an Oprah show — and more.