Politics

Immigrants give America color

Olivia Dean is a granddaughter of an immigrant

Committed to world without racism where Black people enjoy equitable opportunities

NAACP advocates agitates litigates for civil rights due to Black America

Legacy is built on grassroots activism by civil rights pioneers and sustained by activists

Work is rooted in racial equity civic engagement and supportive policies for marginalized people

Pink Franklin was sentenced to death under law resembling debt servitude despite concerns

After advocacy Franklin's sentence was commuted and he was paroled in 1919

60-day notice of intent to sue is prerequisite to filing lawsuit under Clean Air Act

State prisons nor jails are permitted to hold someone past scheduled release date

California department of corrections and rehabilitation runs the state prison system which cooperates with ICE in limited circumstances

Department of Homeland Security issued press release claiming California plans to release more than 33000 undocumented criminals from state jails if detainers are not honored

More counties are pledging to work with the agency since state law allows sheriffs to decide collaboration level

Trump has criticized Joe Biden for not tightly controlling presidential memoranda signed by "autopen"

Trump has referred to developing nations as "shithole countries"

Civil rights advocates say Trump’s rhetoric has become increasingly bold normalized and politically permissible

Trump was criticized last year for depicting Hakeem Jeffries with a superimposed handlebar mustache and a sombrero

In December Trump described Somalis as "garbage" who should be thrown out of the country

Donald Trump condemned but did not apologize for a video depicting Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes on his social media account

The White House first defended the racist post then deleted it 12 hours after it appeared