For good reasons, the spotlights of media have been shining brightly on the fate of our electoral democracy; undoubtedly this intense focus…

The pandemic has helped raise awareness of the essential roles that millions of low-wage workers play

With midterm elections coming up, voting rights groups and other organizations must significantly scale up voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts. And unions must play a central role in this mobilization

To ensure human rights at home, not only in other countries, legislation is needed to open a path to full citizenship, not just provide a temporary fix

More than at any time in the recent past, Congress and the Biden administration have the means to open a path to citizenship to millions of undocumented residents

And a Reminder of Our Hollowed-Out Democracy

If a path to citizenship can indeed be opened for the first time in 35 years, it will not mark the end of these debates, nor the end of the struggle over national identity

Citizenship, and the voting rights that go with it, are ultimately issues of agency, power, and voice

The administration is helping to reinforce an extensive system of institutions, policies, attitudes, and values that cast migrants as criminals

As long as the Biden administration cedes center stage on a critical issue like climate migration, other voices will dominate the stage and define the narrative