A Dream Deferred
by Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
The U.S. Role in the Current Central American Migration Crisis
The Case of 1954 Guatemala Coup
BY SUE WEISHAR, PH.D.
Our Better Angels
by Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
In the recently ended regular session of the Louisiana legislature, immigrant advocates worked hard to convince state legislators that the bias-free policing policies adopted by the NOPD and Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office [1] did not make New Orleans a “sanctuary city,” and that a bill introduced to prohibit New Orleans’ bias-free law enforcement policies, HB 1148, should be opposed because it scapegoats immigrants and would undermine community safety.
Rhetoric and Reality
by Edward "Ted" Arroyo, SJ, Ph.D.
Pope Francis’ recent prayer at the Juarez/El Paso border led to this airborne response to a journalist’s question: “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.” These simple words opened up in the blogosphere floodgates of anti-papal as well as anti-immigrant inundations reaching far beyond the Rio Grande’s tiny arroyo dividing the U.S. and Mexico.
From Sea to Shining Sea, We Welcome Thee
by: Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
Creating a Culture of Encounter
by Susan Weishar, Ph.D.
Compassion, Gratitude, Solidarity
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced he would take Executive Action on immigration that includes several provisions, including a policy that will provide temporary relief from deportation and work authorization for approximately 3.9 million undocumented immigrants for up to three years. In his speech to the nation the President explained that although the U.S. Senate had passed a bi-partisan comprehensive immigration reform bill in June 2013, because the U.S.
Is Amnesty a Dirty Word?
by Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
"We Belong to Each Other": Forgetting Our Oneness at a Town Hall Meeting
by Sue Weishar, Ph.D.
Honduran Agony
The Spiral of Voilence and Corruption
By Sue Weishar, PH.D. and Mary Baudouin