Evening Roundup, July 23
How to fix our immigration crisis, demand justice for ICE victims, Calls to Action, WHCD is back and worse than ever, Sandy Brondello's refreshing apology to Angel Reese, & April Ryan w/ Charles Blow
Spotlight Story
How We Fix Our Immigration Crisis
This month, Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers killed another unarmed individual. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father of three U.S. citizen children, lived in the United States for 35 years and had no criminal convictions. He was driving to a construction job site with three co-workers to build homes in Houston’s suburbs when ICE ag…
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Demand Justice for ICE Victims, Protect Our Wildlife
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The White House Correspondents' Dinner Redo Is an Affront to a Free Press
“He’s not Putin. And this is not Russia,” Jim Acosta, former White House correspondent for CNN, said of Donald Trump. Acosta is sending a strong message before the latest attempt for a 2026 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, a Friday night redo of the April 26 event marred by gunfire at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
Culture Corner
Sandy Brondello and the Lost Art of the Sincere Apology
By Carron J. Phillips
The WNBA coach made a despicable comment about Angel Reese. However, her remorse has been refreshing, given our current administration’s aversion to accountability.
I'm glad that you addressed the immigration crisis. There's a new social media documentary series that launched last week on YouTube. It's called FRACTURED: The Stories of Those Left Behind: https://www.youtube.com/@FracturedStories_Docu/ The first two episodes focus on families, community members, employers, immigrant rights attorneys, etc., as well as detainees who've returned to their homes. They talk about thephysical, emotional, psychological and financial toll of ICE's reign of terror — and how they're soldiering on in the aftermath. Have some tissues on hand before you watch their stories.
Nayna Gupta has an excellent column on immigration reform and policy. This is a must read!