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Two women who said they were survivors of sexual assault angrily confronted Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona in an elevator Friday morning over his decision to vote yes on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Women’s March and the Center for Popular Democracy spearheaded a mass arrest action to kick off a week of protests in support of Dr. Ford, whose allegations against the Supreme Court nominee have sparked turmoil.
Había un activismo entre la diáspora puertorriqueña en Estados Unidos, pero era más cultural enfocado en las paradas y en realzar los valores puertorriqueños, pero nada fuerte”, dijo Julio López Varona, portavoz de varias coaliciones de organizaciones puertorriqueñas en Connecticut, Pensilvania,
The movement against ICE is born at the grassroots. Groups like Indivisible Project and the Center for Popular Democracy have also called for defunding ICE.
Over 200 people were arrested during the four days of hearings, held Sept. 4 to 7, for disrupting the hearings.
Los oradores incluyeron a Jaime Contreras , vicepresidente del sindicato 32BJ , Mary Cathryn Ricker , vicepresidenta ejecutiva de la Federación de Maestros de EE.UU.
A year after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, there is a debate about whether the storm has created political winds that will prompt Connecticut’s Puerto Ricans to shed their reputation as unlikely voters.
Vigils will be held Thursday in Hartford and Bridgeport to mark one year since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico.
One year after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, the island is still feeling the effects of the devastating storm. In this special episode, "After the Storm," Tanzina Vega explores questions of status, economic resilience and activism at the ground level.
Julio López Varona, director de campañas del Centro para la Democracia Popular (CPD), destacó que aunque es cierto que el Gobierno federal no ha tratado a los damnificados con ninguna consideración y ha fallado en su obligaciones, la responsabilidad de velar por el bienestar de las víctimas cae e
