Publisher of Colorlines.com and president of the Applied Research Center, which launched the “Drop the I-Word” campaign in 2010 in order to remove the term “illegals” from everyday use and public discourse.
Special guests Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe and more came together to celebrate 30 years of Democracy Now! at a sold out Riverside Church event in NYC on March 23, 2026.