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“Our First Country Is Palestine,” Say Refugees in Syria’s Yarmouk Camp
“It’s not possible to stay for hundreds of years as refugees; we need a just solution,” says a Palestinian from Yarmouk.
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Organizers Call for Shutdown of Immigrant Jails as Trump Expands Incarceration
Despite public outrage, Trump is doubling down on deportation policies designed to incarcerate 100,000 immigrants.

Medicaid Is Giving ICE Access to Data of 79M Enrollees, Including Ethnicity
Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for Medicaid, but DHS says the data will aid their immigration crackdown.

Voters Want a Third Party. They Just Don’t Want Musk in Charge of It.
Nearly two in five Democratic-leaning voters would consider joining a non-Musk-led third party.

Trump Admin Seeks 1-Day Sentence for Cop Convicted in Killing of Breonna Taylor
The Trump administration is effectively seeking impunity for the police in the killing that sparked nationwide protest.

Texas Plays Cynical Racial Gerrymandering Game to Save House Majority for Trump
Trump’s Justice Department gave political cover for Gov. Greg Abbott to mingle gerrymandering with disaster relief.
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Slovenia Bans Israeli Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir for “Genocidal Statements”
Ben-Gvir and Smotrich incite “serious violations of the human rights of Palestinians,” the government said.

Trump Threatens to Sue Wall Street Journal for Publishing Letter to Epstein
For decades, Trump had a strong friendship with Epstein, a disgraced financier and child sex trafficker.

Pushing Military Spending and Neoliberal Austerity, French PM Emulates Trump
Both the left and the far right in France see the government budget plan as something of a class war budget.

Trump Admin’s Focus on Child Labor After California Raids Is a Bait and Switch
The Trump administration’s raids are part of the same immigration system that makes child labor conditions possible.

Trump Is Trying to Dismantle Public Health — and Replace It With a Police State
It’s time to return to the kind of bottom-up struggle that helped establish modern public health in the first place.

Israel’s Decimation of Transportation Is Adding to Gaza’s Death Toll
When movement is restricted and ambulances are scarce, the smallest wound can become a death sentence in Gaza.

“Sappers” Are Working to Demine Ukrainian Fields at Great Personal Risk
Humanitarian volunteers are doing perilous work to remove land mines that Russian soldiers left behind in 2022.

US Leaders Gave Up on Diplomacy With Iran. We Must Make Them Return to It.
Building an antiwar movement means preventing the systemic US aggression that creates the conditions for war.
Immigration

Trump Plans to Hand Taxpayer Data to Homeland Security to Speed Up Deportations
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Rep. Maxwell Frost: Trump Admin Is “Trying to Ethnically Cleanse” the US
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Farmworker Dead and More Than 300 More Detained in California ICE Raid
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LA Judge Orders ICE to Cease Indiscriminate Raids and Racial Profiling
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Farmworker Falls to His Death During Violent California ICE Raid
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Public Support for Immigration Reaches Record High Amid Mass Deportation Efforts
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Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Administration for $20 Million Over Unlawful Detention
“Water is scarce in Gaza. We search for it in far-off places, then carry it home through harsh, punishing paths. Even a sip of water has become a journey of pain.”
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Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Ex-UN Special Rapporteur: Francesca Albanese Deserves Nobel Prize, Not Sanctions
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By Ruling Against Nationwide Injunctions, SCOTUS Affirms the Imperial Presidency
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US Weighs Deeper Involvement in Israel’s Illegal Attacks Against Iran
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As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Service Members Have Duty to Disobey
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Veterans Launch 40-Day Fast to Protest Israel’s Starvation of Gaza
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Stephen Miller’s Argument for Suspending Habeas Corpus Is Legal Garbage
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US and Hungary Stand Alone at ICJ in Favor of Israel’s Blockade on Gaza