Month: July 2017

January 8, 2017: This Is Fear: ICE Raids on Parents and Children (N. Hiemstra)

Posted csellersLeave a commentPosted in Publications

Huffington Post, January 8, 2017 By Nancy Hiemstra At the end of December, The Washington Post reported that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would being rounding up Central American immigrants for deportation. This past weekend, the raids began, with parents and children being detained in military-style operations in several southern and border states. Fear has spread through […]

180 total views, no views today

July 1, 2017: Trump and Pruitt Are the Biggest Threat to the EPA in Its 47 Years of Existence (C. Sellers)

Posted inequalityLeave a commentPosted in Environmental Justice Studies, Publications

Vox, July 1, 2017 It’s been quite a week for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. On Thursday, we learned — thanks to reports in Climatewire and the New York Times — that he met with coal executives and lobbyists at a meeting of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity and promised them “red team, blue team” exercises to evaluate climate […]

184 total views, no views today