Thursday, October 17, 2024

The Case for Immigration Policy

Although immigration is a source of significant strength for the U.S. economy, the current immigration policy regime squanders too many of its potential benefits by depriving immigrants of their full rights as workers.  For example, immigration overall has led to better wages and work opportunities for U.S.-born workers.  Yet, it's also evident that when workers are denied full and equal labor and employment rights, as some immigrants are when their immigration status is used against them—it makes their lives more precarious and can harm the people with whom they work side-by-side in the same industries. 

 

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Choosing Democracy: Trump as Fascist

Choosing Democracy: Trump as Fascist:   Heather Cox Richardson. Trump as Fascist. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-13-2024 ?   As previously reported.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Harris has significant lead among college students.


Johanna Alonso
October 9, 2024
Inside Higher Ed
A new Inside Higher Ed/Generation Lab survey shows Harris leading nationally by 38 points, with around a third of students reporting they are more likely to cast a ballot because she’s top of the ticket.

An argument that we should be concerned more about our own demographic, not the students.

 

Turn Out Will Determine in Critical Central Valley Districts

 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/california-elections/article293676049.html?