“The role of history is critically important, to bring in a more contemporary conversation about what’s going on now. When we disconnect what’s happening in the present moment from historical context, it allows people to…
If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would know — Beatrice Ocwee If I did…
“I escaped because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan.” — Samuel Akena “We had mothers whose children were crying. Sometimes government troops and helicopter gunship…
“Those who were not able to walk were killed then. And then the greatest challenge was walking long distances for examples of 8 miles without any drinking water. There were those who were drinking the…
“I hate mornings. There’s nothing worse than waking up from your dreams to a cell whose 6×9 confines stretch into the horizons of your future.” — Emile DeWeaver We share this special holiday reprise…
Traditions. We all have them. Some good and, well, some not so good. Think for a minute. When you were a kid, what were your holiday traditions? Do you still follow some of them today?…
The polls got it wrong. What matters in the end, on election day, is who has the right to vote and who goes to the polls to cast their ballot. Due to strict voter ID…
2017 has been a terrible year for tens of thousands of people. Fires in northern California and record-setting torrential hurricanes and floods in Texas and Puerto Rico have meant that families have lost their homes…
“As incompetent and bumbling as the Trump Administration has been in so many areas, they have been brutally ruthless on immigration.” — Jose Chito Vela, Immigration Attorney and Candidate for Texas State Legislature It’s been…
Nearly two years ago on January 26, 2016, Life of the Law presented Un-DACA-mented, a report on the Obama Administration’s DACA Program, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program, begun in 2012, offered undocumented…
