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November 2019 marked the launch of Protect Press Freedom, a campaign using radio, video, print, and social media to promote a simple but important truth: 鈥淭o remain free, we must be informed.鈥�

In the world we want, regular people take this truth to heart, working together to reverse the erosion of civil liberties at the national, state, and local level. Cities will follow New York City鈥檚 lead in creating initiatives like the Hate Crimes Task Force, with the goal of protecting vulnerable groups, including Muslims, Jewish people, LGBTQ folks, and people of color. Communities that saw their federal rights rolled back will find allies in the halls of power, invited into the decision-making process by an ever-more diverse and socially conscious Congress.

Meanwhile, grassroots organizations that are successfully choking off investment in private immigration prisons are expanding their targets for even greater impact. Tech workers are organizing to pressure their employers to stop providing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with technology to surveil, incarcerate, and deport immigrants. And as climate change exacerbates migration, policymakers look to countries with their own complex political histories, such as Colombia (accompanying story), for models of humane immigration policies that respect the human rights and fundamental dignity of all people.

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Lornet Turnbull is the former civil liberties editor for 猫咪社区!, a Seattle-based freelance writer, and a regional freelance writer for The Washington Post. An award-winning enterprise reporter who's worked in media for more than 20 years, Lornet has covered everything from the auto industry and labor unions in Michigan, to real estate and statehouse politics in Ohio, to homelessness in Seattle, to refugee children in the West Bank, and sex workers in Mexico City. She speaks English.

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