Select pieces written by Cecilia Muñoz
The foundations of pluralistic democracy pervade the article by John Bridgeland, Cecilia Muñoz, and Danielle Allen. Articulated through the Five Democracy Goals, the authors call for higher education to reassert its central role in strengthening democracy by catalyzing action and confronting the inequities that continue to define our imperfect democracy even in modern times.
Danielle Allen, John Bridgeland and Cecilia Muñoz, Change: the Magazine of Higher Learning, April 2024
Read MoreLarge numbers of people from all corners of the country are stepping up to sponsor refugees and other migrants. This surge of welcomers signals that our immigration politics don’t have to be stuck at an impasse.
Cecilia Muñoz, Univision Contigo June 20, 2023
While the media fixates on some red-state governors cynically sending migrants to blue states on buses, their own constituents are opening their arms to welcome newcomers. This is what Americans do — and have done throughout our history — when we are at our best.
Cecilia Muñoz, The Messenger May 29, 2023
Read MoreInspired by the engagement of the American public in this work, the U.S. Department of State has just announced a new “Welcome Corps” that provides an avenue for American sponsors to resettle up to 5,000 refugees from all over the world.
John Bridgeland and Cecilia Muñoz, Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 29, 2023
Read MoreMany Americans see their families’ lived experience in the turmoil that forces people from their homes. Others see welcoming as an opportunity to strengthen our communities with the skills, energy and contributions that newcomers bring. Whatever the reason, welcoming others is what we do when Americans are at our best
Nazanin Ash, John Bridgeland and Cecilia Muñoz, The Hill, March 30, 2022
Read MoreAfter the evacuation of Afghans from Kabul, Americans from all backgrounds, sectors and politics moved toward the challenge of helping them relocate.
John Bridgeland and Cecilia Muñoz, USA Today, February 4, 2022
There is a clear, legitimate pathway on the reconciliation bill to allow immigration legislation that the public — if not their Republican senators — clearly supports. This is the time. If the Senate parliamentarian will not follow the clear path that allows her to get to “yes,” the Senate should overrule her and get the job done.
Cecilia Muñoz, The Hill, September 26, 2021
Read MoreTo help, we are launching something that has never existed before in refugee resettlement efforts — a single point of entry and clearinghouse that will provide Americans concrete ways to assist in this vital work. Called Welcome.US, this new effort works with resettlement agencies, Afghan Americans, refugees, community groups, businesses, faith-based organizations, veterans, mayors, governors and the federal government.
By Cecilia Muñoz and John Bridgeland, The Hill, September 14, 2021
Read MoreWe have never regretted the moments that Americans welcomed total strangers in need to become our neighbors and fellow Americans.
By Cecilia Muñoz and John Bridgeland, The Hill, August 24, 2021
Read MoreIf we fail to contain the spread of COVID-19 around the globe, it will affect our health, our economy, and our standing in the world.
Cecilia Muñoz The Hill, June 30, 2021
Read MoreThe Trump administration broke the federal government’s relationship with cities, but President Biden can repair it, unlocking the potential for transformative change.
Cecilia Muñoz US News and World Report, June 30 2021
Read MoreCecilia Muñoz Considers Policy Debates, the US-Mexico Border, and the Trump Administration
By Cecilia Muñoz / LitHub, April 29, 2021
Read MoreThe situation at the U.S. Mexico border is rightfully generating headlines because of the scale of migration, the compelling stories of the migrants themselves, and the dramatic shift from the Trump administration’s failed attempt to deter migrants through brutal treatment to the Biden administration’s more humane approach.
By Cecilia Muñoz / The Hill, April 12, 2021
Read MoreThe U.S. shouldn’t turn children away. But as a legal matter, the country’s borders are not open.
By Cecilia Muñoz / The Atlantic, March 30, 2021
Read MoreThe numbers are appalling. Over the last several weeks, health officials, think tanks and journalists have begun to absorb and analyze new and distressing statistics revealing racial and ethnic disparities in the rates of illness and death from Covid-19.
By Cecilia Muñoz / CNN.com, June 26, 2020
Read MoreAs women of color, we are among a generation accomplishing “firsts”—whether the first in our families to attend college, enter a traditional workplace, or embark on a nontraditional path. There was nobody that looked like us or who grew up like us taking on these roles before we did. Our stories have largely not been written because they are still unfolding.
By Cecilia Muñoz / Latina Style, April 27, 2020
Read MoreTechnology companies have demonstrated their potential to generate wealth at city-disrupting scale. Amazon’s HQ2 selection process—and its subsequent withdrawal from its promised expansion to New York—underscored both the appeal of tech-fueled economic development and the backlash against how unequally its benefits tend to accrue.
By Cecilia Muñoz / New America, April 4, 2019
Read MorePresident Trump’s suggestion conveys a grave misunderstanding of what migrants are facing. Democrats need to show that they have a better plan.
By Denis McDonough and Cecilia Muñoz / The New York Times, July 11, 2019
Read MoreWe must get better at including the people who are the point of policymaking in the design and implementation of the laws and policies that affect them. America is the epicenter of global innovation; we are the designers of tools that are ubiquitous, fit in our pockets, and are transforming the way humanity lives and works.
By Cecilia Muñoz / Politico, 2019
Read MoreThe White House and its allies are promoting a misleading immigration term with an ugly history.
By Cecilia Muñoz / Politico, January 26, 2018
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