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Tenants Launch US’s First Ever Rent Debt Strike Against Corporate Landlord
Nine tenants organized by the Debt Collective are refusing to pay back rent, hoping to inspire others to do the same.
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Universal Child Care Is Popular. New Mexico Showed Us How We Can Win It.
A vibrant, grassroots, bottom-up movement was behind the victory, offering a template that other states can follow.

If You’re Thinking of Snagging a Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First
Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Strike Down State Bans on Conversion Therapy
Conversion therapy is a discredited anti-LGBTQ practice that many health experts say is akin to torture.

Sanders: Health Insurance Premiums Will Double for Millions Due to GOP Cuts
Republicans’ budget bill will stick Americans with thousands more in insurance costs while giving tax cuts to the rich.

Israel’s “Safe Zones” in Gaza Offer No Safety. Many Can’t Afford to Flee Anyway.
Displacement costs, which many call “the fees you pay to become homeless in the south,” have reached nearly $5,000.
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Video Shows ICE Agents Shooting Protesting Pastor With Pepper Ball From Rooftop
The minister said he was praying, inviting the agents to repent when they struck him.

Trump Admin Promises to Fund WIC With Tariffs. It Can’t Legally Do So.
Previous Trump budget proposals sought to cut funding to the program, which helps parents buy essentials for their kids.

Pissed-Off Doctors Aren’t Enough to Combat Trump’s Attacks on Public Health
Organizing in the South shows everyday people must step in when a society lurches off its rails.

“Just End the War and Return Me to My Neighborhood”: Report From Southern Gaza
The despair we are living through keeps us clinging to the news, scanning for headlines containing the word “ceasefire.”

Government Shutdown Gives Trump Yet Another Opportunity to Expand His Power
Project 2025 architect Russell Vought wants to seize the shutdown to further slash spending with mass federal layoffs.

Lawmakers Demand Information About Potential Use of Paragon Spyware by ICE
The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech.”

ICE and the Israeli Military Are 2 Sides of the Same Coin — We Must Resist Both
Opposing ICE in the US while backing genocide in Gaza is senseless. These struggles are intertwined.

Ukrainians Find Little Clarity From Trump About How War With Russia May End
Kyiv’s Independence Square has turned into a makeshift memorial for Ukrainians killed in the last three years of war.
Immigration

ICE Escalates Raids as Illinois Officials Denounce Troop Deployment to Chicago
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Attorney Says Video Undercuts DHS Account of Border Patrol Shooting in Chicago
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Illinois Lawsuit Seeks to Block Trump’s Deployment of National Guard to Chicago
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Charges Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia Appear “Vindictive,” Judge Rules
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Florida Awarded $608 Million Grant for Migrant Jails Under FEMA Program
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Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago
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Stephen Miller Accused of Spreading “Authoritarian Propaganda” After Judge Ruling
“My personal experience underscores how projects such as this watchlist are not really about protecting ‘civil debate’ and ‘free speech,’ as some of [Charlie] Kirk’s fans have argued.”
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Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation

UK Gears Up for Mass Protest Against Banning of Palestine Action
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Computer Science Lecturer at Berkeley Is on Day 36 of His Hunger Strike for Gaza
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In Gaza City, I Have Been Rendered Homeless in My Homeland
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Here’s What Life Is Like Inside One of Gaza’s Last Remaining Hospitals
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Israel Bombed My High-Rise Apartment This Week. We Barely Survived.
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15K Gaza Students Have Been Killed. Survivors Are Denied Their Education.
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Israel Demolished 50 High-Rises in Two Days. Will My Apartment Building Be Next?