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07.08.20

The Leslie Marshall Show: The DACA SCOTUS Decision and What Comes Next

Generation Progress guest hosts Edwith Theogene and Emily Leach are joined by Claudia Flores, the immigration campaign manager on the Center for American Progress’s Immigration team, and Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, the state and local policy manager at United We…

06.17.20

The Leslie Marshall Show: Black Trans Lives Matter

Pride Month gives us all a chance to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and reflect on what has been done, and what still must be done, to achieve full equality for LGBTQ+ people. Pride also commemorates the Stonewall Riots of June…

06.10.20

The Leslie Marshall Show: Dismantling Systemic Racism

Over the past two weeks, we have seen protests across the nation to call out the systemic racism in policing and the cyclical injustices faced by Black Americans for over 400 years in this country. In many cities, these protests have…

Advisories, Statements and Releases

06.18.20

STATEMENT: Generation Progress Applauds Supreme Court’s Ruling on DACA and Calls on Congress to Provide Protection for Dreamers

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s 2017 decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful. The decision is a significant victory for all Americans, and especially for the young immigration activists and DACA…

06.17.20

STATEMENT: Generation Progress Condemns Discriminatory Rule From the Department of Education That Excludes Undocumented Students From CARES Act Relief

On June 11, The Department of Education proposed a new rule for American colleges and universities regarding the emergency relief funds that the CARES Act allocated for students. This rule, which went into effect on June 17, comes on top…

06.03.20

STATEMENT: Police Violence Against Protesters Underlines Need to Dismantle Systems Built on White Supremacy

Following a week of protests across the country to demand justice for Black Americans killed at the hands of police and an overhaul of a policing system rooted in racism and violence, Brent J. Cohen, executive director of Generation Progress,…