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EPA Deletes Pollution Tracking Tools as It Offers Exemptions to Polluters
A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration's removal of environmental justice maps and datasets.
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“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.
Trump Has Issued 8 “National Emergencies” Since Reentering the White House
Trump's many national emergency declarations take “misuse of this law to a new level," one critic said.
Mahmoud Khalil Writes From Prison: “Democracy for Some Is No Democracy at All”
“I lie sleepless … in Jena, Louisiana, far from my wife, Noor, who will give birth to our baby in two weeks,” he wrote.
Chinese Students and Scholars Faced Targeting Before Trump. Now It’s Escalating.
As the US and China jockey for dominance, anti-Chinese bigotry is driving visa denials for students and scholars.
Abortion Bans Criminalize People — and Not Just Those Who Are Pregnant
Post-“Roe,” pregnancy outcomes — and even actions taken to help pregnant people — face escalating criminalization.
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Van Hollen Meets Abrego García After Saying Officials Breaking International Law
Officials are in “violation of international law” by barring Abrego García access to legal counsel, the senator said.
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Birthright Citizenship Clause
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case on May 15.
Kilmar Abrego García Case Shows Constitutional Crisis Is Here
“Depriving due process is the domino that causes the rest of the legal system to fall,” one constitutional scholar said.
DOGE Aims to Embed Agents in All Nonprofits That Receive Federal Funds
“We can only surmise that these tactics seek to silence us,” said one nonprofit that has been targeted by Trump.
To Combat Trump’s Attacks on Public Education, We Need Democracy in Our Unions
Education workers are mobilizing for a day of action on May 1. Building toward a national walkout should come next.
Fascism Isn’t Coming — It’s Here. Now What?
“We don’t get to choose the people who show up for us and who save us sometimes,” says organizer Ejeris Dixon.
Los Angeles Teachers’ Union Defends Students From Trump’s Anti-Migrant Crackdown
Some unions like United Teachers Los Angeles are including immigrants’ rights protections in their bargaining proposals.
To Resist Trump’s Academic Purge, Campuses Must Unite With Each Other
Trump’s attack on US universities is escalating. Here’s how we resist.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia
SCOTUS Halts Deportation of Venezuelan Migrants After ACLU’s Emergency Petition
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Cop Who Alleged Abrego García’s Gang Ties Was Deemed Unfit by State’s Attorney
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Van Hollen Denied Visit With Abrego García as Republicans Take Selfies at Prison
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Trump Adviser Compares Opposing Abrego García’s Detention With Backing Terrorism
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Judge Says He May Find Trump Officials in Contempt of Court for Defying Orders
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19-Year-Old Was Not Whom ICE Was Looking For. Now He’s in an El Salvador Prison.
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Abrego García’s Senator Vows to Go to El Salvador If He Isn’t Released
“Trump’s assault on education isn’t a distraction — it’s the strategy: the leading edge of enforcing fascism today, and an attempt to indoctrinate the next generation to accept it as normal.”
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Movement Memos
Let’s Be Politically Promiscuous
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We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build Together Across Difference
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Fight Fear, Build Power: Community Defense Works
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Let’s Learn and Live Lessons in Collective Survival Together
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We Won’t Take Risks Alone. Our Relationships Make a Better World Possible.
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How Immigration Organizers Are Gearing Up for Another Trump Era
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We Must Contest the Christian Right’s Agenda in Every Venue of Our Lives