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Trump’s First 100 Days Show Immigrant Jails Are Authoritarian Testing Grounds
Trump has a plan to triple ICE’s incarceration capacity, enabling it to detain an additional 84,000 people at any time.
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Sanctions Don’t Weaken US Adversaries — But They Do Enrich Oligarchs
Trump officials admit that sanctions don’t accomplish stated US foreign policy goals, but they’re still using them.
Polls Show Most Voters View Trump’s First 100 Days as “Chaotic” and “Scary”
Trump broke his own record of having the lowest presidential approval rating within his first 100 days of office.
“60 Minutes” Host Rebukes Paramount Over Encroachment on Show’s Independence
Host Scott Pelley explained that corporate influence on the show's editorial direction led to Bill Owens's resignation.
Amid Growing Health Threats, Nurses Are Still Fighting for Basic Protections
Health care workers know from experience that only organizing will lead to enforceable standards and better conditions.
Pope Francis Refused to Be Silent on Gaza. Will His Successor Follow Suit?
Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
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As RFK Downplays Measles, CDC Reports Nearly 900 Infections Counted in 2025
The vast majority of people diagnosed with a measles infection this year were unvaccinated, the CDC reported.
Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals May Be the Next Front in Trump’s War on Public Health
Trump and his commerce secretary are threatening to make medications more expensive by slapping tariffs on them.
Buffalo Is a Union Town — But for Hotel Workers, Union-Busting Runs Rampant
Buffalo hotel workers are facing off with a Trump-aligned developer in their battle to unionize.
Facing 100 Lawsuits, Trump Admin Walks Back Student Visa Record Terminations
The administration says that it is restoring student visa records while it drafts a new policy to allow terminations.
Rights Groups Detail “Authoritarian” Reality of US Surveillance in Report to UN
Trump is weaponizing a high-tech surveillance state in violation of international human rights law, experts say.
Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate Democratic Fundraising Site ActBlue
ActBlue said that Trump’s order was his latest move to “stamp out all political, electoral and ideological opposition.”
The Kafkaesque Case of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Is a Warning to Us All
In a clear case of racial profiling, immigration police in Florida unlawfully arrested and held a US-born citizen.
The “Parental Rights” Movement Takes Its Anti-LGBTQ Agenda to SCOTUS
The right-wing movement wants the Supreme Court’s help to alienate students from LGBTQ-inclusive books.
Immigration
Deportations of US Citizen Children Raise Fears for Mixed-Status Families
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ICE Deports 3 US Citizen Children — Including a Cancer Patient
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Private Prison Companies Are Raking in Profits From Increased Deportations
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ICE Admits They Didn’t Have a Warrant When They Abducted Mahmoud Khalil
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FBI Arrests Judge Who Blocked ICE From Detaining Immigrant in Her Courtroom
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Connecticut AG Warns Airline: Deportation Flights Jeopardize Its Tax Breaks
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Tlaib: CBP Has Detained 200 in Michigan Where People Took Wrong Turn to Canada
“Rising fascism has always been connected to attacks on education — and these attacks were only reversed when people collectively built resistance.”
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Human Rights and Global Wrongs
Orbán Faces ICC Investigation After Refusing to Arrest Netanyahu in Hungary
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Appalled at Funding Genocide, Over 2,000 US Taxpayers Turn to the UN for Redress
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Mahmoud Khalil’s Attorney: “This Is the McCarthy Era All Over Again”
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Duterte’s ICC Arrest for Crime Against Humanity Strikes a Blow Against Impunity
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By Refusing to Obey Court Orders, Trump Is Provoking a Constitutional Crisis
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Trump Plan for Gaza “Worse Than Ethnic Cleansing,” Says UN Human Rights Expert
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Trump’s Blitz on Immigration Aimed to Overwhelm. Here’s What You Need to Know.