PERSPECTIVES
Social justice commentaries and perspectives from the Foundation and our grantees.
Seizure of Identification Documents by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Creates Hardships for Immigrant Families
For almost two decades, United States Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) has maintained a practice of confiscating passports, birth certificates, visas, and other essential documents from immigrants seeking to enter the United States. Children’s Legal Center explores this longstanding practice and shares the stories of individuals and families impacted by ICE’s pattern of abuse.
Fighting to Reverse New York Courts’ Erosion of People’s Basic Due Process Rights
Over the past two decades, debt buyers—companies that buy old debts for pennies on the dollar—have filed millions of debt collection lawsuits and obtained millions of default judgments, against low-income New Yorkers, mostly those in predominantly Black and brown neighborhoods. 2022 Grantee New Economy Project explores the decades-long legal tactic disproportionately impacting disadvantaged New Yorkers and the legal progress being made to remedy this significant issue.
Fighting Back Against a New Wave of Attacks on LGBTQ+ Equality
The story of the movement for LGBTQ+ equality over the past half century has been one of remarkable progress punctuated by moments of anti-equality reaction. Christopher Stoll, Senior Staff Attorney from the National Center for Lesbian Rights discusses the significant progress towards LGBTQ+ equality and how it has become increasingly challenged by anti-equality groups and legislation across the country.
Five Civil Rights Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Term
Civil rights activists ask with much trepidation how much this term will the conservative Supreme Court, with its 6 to 3 majority, damage the pursuit of social justice in the United States? Foundation President Jerry Hartman analyzes the five cases that pose the threat of the loss of valued and treasured civil rights.
The Supreme Court’s Regrettable 2022 Social Justice Decisions
The five Supreme Court decisions affecting social justice issues in the Country this past term will have a profound effect on American lives for years to come. Foundation President Jerry Hartman recounts the five decisions that will most significantly erode core rights valued by so many Americans.
Wendi, Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Member, Leads the Way
Our 2022 grantee, Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), pursued legal action to safeguard the rights of asylum seekers and ensure they are able to work legally and obtain Social Security numbers. In this Blog, ASAP conducted an interview with Wendi, a single mother from Guatemala who played a central role in ASAP's grant-funded case.