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Trump’s Economic Agenda Could Push the Housing Crisis Over the Edge
Organizers say desperate tenants are being pushed to the brink of revolt as Trump slashes assistance.
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Trump Officials Deport Brown University Doctor, Seemingly Defying Court Order
The administration has been ordered at least twice to respond to allegations that it has openly defied court orders.

Trump’s Attacks Are Designed to Exhaust Us. Here’s How We Fight Back.
Our fatigue under Trump is deliberately engineered. We must understand burnout as a tool of control in order to resist.

Trump Threatens Media, Opponents With Legal Action in DOJ Speech
In his speech to the Department of Justice, Trump baselessly accused the media of “illegal” behavior.

As DOGE Mauls Social Security, Profit-Hungry Private Equity Is Swooping In
Three private equity veterans are weaseling their way in, reportedly on the orders of the presumptive SSA commissioner.

Pro-Palestine Campus Organizers: Demilitarization & Democratization Go Together
Campus-based Palestine solidarity organizing is global. It’s not backing down.
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Millions Could Die Within a Year Due to Musk-Led Foreign Aid Cuts, Report Finds
On an average day, 9,000 people may die due to the US’s aid cuts, a new estimate finds.

Miami Beach Mayor Aims to Evict Theater Over Oscar-Winning West Bank Documentary
The city plans to vote on a resolution that aims to to end the theater’s lease on Wednesday.

“Parasite” Director’s New Sci-Fi Film Holds Up a Mirror to Life Under Trump
Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” is both a critique of gangster capitalism and an argument in favor of proletarian revolution.

Khalil Case Shows How Migrant Justice and Palestine Solidarity Are Tied Together
The detention of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil was made possible by the normalization of deportation.

Democratic Attorneys General Sue Trump to Protect Education Department
Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general have filed suit to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education.

Duterte’s ICC Arrest for Crime Against Humanity Strikes a Blow Against Impunity
Under the guise of his “war on drugs,” the former president of the Philippines murdered political opponents.

Pro-Israel Groups Urge Trump to Sanction Palestinian NGOs Out of Existence
A coalition of pro-Israel groups are pressuring the US Treasury Department to sanction Palestinian human rights groups.

Escalation With Panama Exposes Finance Firms’ Role in US Rivalry With China
As Trump orders the military to look at “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, companies like BlackRock stand to profit.
Immigration

Trump Invokes Wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for Deportations
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Trump Takes Effort to End Birthright Citizenship to Supreme Court
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FEMA Wants the Names and Addresses of Migrants That Texas Nonprofits Helped
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ICE Prisoners Report Food Shortages, Delayed Medical Care Amid Rising Detention
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Humanitarian Groups Are Offering Trans Migrants a Safe Haven on the Border
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As Mass Incarceration of Immigrants Rises, Detention Centers Eye New Contracts
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Landlords Fined $80K for Threatening to Call ICE on Chicago Tenants
“Trump’s aggressive posture toward Panama, and BlackRock’s takeover of key canal ports, signal continuity with a long tradition of U.S. empire in Latin America.”
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Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19

Five Years After COVID’s Onset, the Republican Party Wages War Against Vaccines
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Don’t Forget the History of COVID in Prison: An Interview With Victoria Law
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COVID Rates Are Up in What Experts Are Calling a “Silent Surge” Across the US
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Progressive Dems Are Handing Trump a Weapon Against Dissent With Mask Bans
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Experts Sow Confusion About State of COVID Pandemic Amid Another Serious Wave
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The US Government Has Abandoned Us to Endless COVID. We Can Do Better.
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Sentenced to Death by COVID — How US Prisons Became an Epicenter of the Pandemic