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Dallas opts to take immigrant children

July 9, 2014

Up to 2,000 immigrant children will be cared for in Dallas under a plan announced by County Judge Clay Jenkins at the Texas Democratic Party Convention June 28.

“We are the mayor:” Newark inaugurates new mayor

July 9, 2014 By Estevan Bassett-Nembhard

A large and enthusiastic Newark crowd celebrated the inauguration of its 40th mayor, Ras Baraka, last week at the city's New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Child refugee crisis: battle for America’s soul

July 9, 2014 By PW Editorial

Since 2011, the number of "unaccompanied" children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has skyrocketed; since Oct. 2013, 52,000 have arrived, and the total may soon reach 90,000.

Worth repeating: July 4th should inspire us toward third revolution

July 3, 2014 By PW Editorial

Nine years ago we published a still-relevant editorial about the Fourth of July, titled "Toward a third revolution." What we said then bears repeating.

Republicans use child refugees to block immigration reform

July 2, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The arrival in South Texas alone of over 50,000 child refugees without immigration papers has been seized on by Republicans to block immigration reform.