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Jewish Organizations Are Fighting Back Against Khalil Deportation
As the Trump administration weaponizes accusations of antisemitism to justify repression, the Jewish left is rising up.
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Why Does “National Security” Always Mean More War, Not More Health Care?
We already have the money for social programs. We just choose to spend it on war instead of on people.
“Youth Are Going to Die Because of This”: Trump Defunds Violence Prevention
Trump cut short crucial research on violence prevention, halting studies that have been underway for months and years.
My Father Is a Doctor in Gaza. Israel’s War on Hospitals Has Been Agonizing.
Gaza doctors have been forced to watch as patients die due to Israel’s attacks on hospitals and the ongoing blockade.
Another DC Plane Collision Puts Trump and Musk’s FAA Cuts in the Spotlight
The administration has fired key employees and threatened to cancel major contracts, making plane crashes more likely.
This Passover, We Must Reckon With Israel’s Massacre of Children in Gaza
The Passover story decries a ruler who inflicts atrocities on children. The Israeli military is doing that now in Gaza.
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Florida Teacher Loses Job for Using Student’s Chosen Name
“Every child deserves to be educated in an environment where they feel respected,” a petition backing the teacher says.
House Passes Bill Limiting Judges’ Ability to Place Injunctions on Trump Orders
Republicans are blasting injunctions placed on Trump, but celebrated such orders on Democratic presidents in the past.
Bernie Sanders Demands a $17 Minimum Wage as Trump’s Tariffs Embarrass GOP
Hungry for an economic populism that challenges Trump, Democrats line up behind Sanders’s latest minimum wage push.
Trump’s Tariffs Buck the Global Neoliberal Order — But Still Serve the 1 Percent
Trump’s tariffs threaten to widen inequality in the US, making the rich richer and impoverishing the working class.
Trump Revived the Law Used to Intern Japanese Americans, and SCOTUS Let Him
This week the Supreme Court left the door open for Trump to continue invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport people.
Fetterman Joins GOP in Voting to Confirm Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel
Huckabee once said that he believes there’s “really no such thing as a Palestinian.”
10 Years Ago, Baltimore Cops Killed Freddie Gray. Here’s How the City Rose Up.
Organizers, journalists, students, and others involved in the uprising reflect on its impact and where things stand now.
History of Hollywood Red Scare Offers Insight Into Trump’s Free Speech Attacks
The book “Policing Show Business” shows how Trump’s attacks on “radical leftists” are like a sequel to the Red Scare.
Immigration
Trump Axes Temporary Protected Status for Afghan and Cameroonian Immigrants
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Trump’s Mass Deportations May Be Hampering Efforts to Avert Bird Flu Pandemic
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ACLU Exposes Trump Admin’s Plan for Massive Expansion of ICE Jail System
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Trump Admin Lists Many Living Immigrants as Dead in Social Security Database
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SCOTUS Orders Trump Admin to Return Man Wrongfully Deported to Salvadoran Prison
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The State Department Has Revoked the Visas of Over 600 Students at 100+ Schools
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Trump Border Czar: ICE’s Word Is Enough to Prove Someone’s a Gang Member
“What we are witnessing is not a creeping threat, but a fascist movement already here, demanding to be acknowledged and confronted.”
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Voting Wrongs
Trump Assumes Unheard-of Powers in Ordering Federal Overhaul of Elections
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Illinois Bill Would Restore Voting Rights to Thousands of Incarcerated People
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GOP Gerrymandering in NC “Tipped the Scales” of Congress, Outgoing Lawmaker Says
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Noncitizens Can’t Vote — 8 States Just Passed Amendments Forbidding It Anyway
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The Fight for the Presidency May Not End on Election Day
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Pro-Trump Activists Are Using Jim Crow-Era Laws to Disenfranchise Voters
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Right-Wing Activists Are Pushing States to Use Their Voter Roll Purging Software