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Having Pardoned His Son, Biden Faces Pressure to Enact Mass Clemency
Advocates say Biden must repair harm caused by harsh anti-drug and crime laws he championed in the 1980s and '90s.
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Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Shows How Gender Essentialism Harms Us All
Everyone who cares about bodily autonomy should fight for trans health care.
Tlaib: Congress “Can No Longer Deny” Israeli Genocide After Amnesty Report
Advocates are reigniting calls for an arms embargo on Israel after landmark findings that Israel is committing genocide.
Trans Rights Activists Hold Sit-In at Capitol to Protest Johnson’s Bathroom Ban
“Everyone deserves to use the restroom without fear of discrimination or violence,” an organizer of the protest said.
Academic Labor Unions Are Key to Fighting Trump’s Repressive Higher Ed Agenda
AAUP President Todd Wolfson says unions like his are key to fighting Trump’s attacks on the bedrock of democracy.
The Right Has a 150-Page Battle Plan to Shut Down Progressive Civil Society
Attacks on Palestine solidarity are the opening salvo in the right’s stated plan to suppress social justice groups.
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UN Palestine Expert: Israel Should Be Removed From UN Over UNRWA Attacks
Francesca Albanese and others say that unseating Israel may be one of the only ways for the UN to stop the genocide.
Elon Musk Spent Over a Quarter of a Billion Dollars to Help Elect Trump
A total of 14 billionaires will be in the Trump White House, a number that could go up depending on future appointments.
How Immigration Organizers Are Gearing Up for Another Trump Era
“It’s inherently a racial justice fight and economic justice fight,” says organizer Silky Shah.
Will Trump Weaponize the FCC to Crack Down on Media Outlets He Doesn’t Like?
Trump could use the Federal Communications Commission to carry out his fantasies of revenge against the media.
South Koreans Prove Democracy Can Survive in the Face of Authoritarianism
Offering a model for resisting authoritarianism, South Korean activists say they will “fight for democracy at any cost.”
ICJ Hearings Offer New Chance to Get Rich Countries to Pay for Climate Crisis
The UN’s court will soon clarify nations’ legal responsibility to avert the human rights impacts of climate catastrophe.
Former Israeli Defense Minister Recognizes Ethnic Cleansing Is Underway in Gaza
Center right politician Moshe Ya’alon ignited a firestorm by acknowledging that Israel is engaged in ethnic cleansing.
Trump Is Using “Unitary Executive” Theory in His Bid to Amass Supreme Power
Trump is claiming total executive power that would eclipse the legislative “co-equal” branch of government.
Immigration
California Lawmakers Begin Legislative Special Session to “Trump-Proof” State
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Trump’s Next Term Could See Massive Expansion of ICE’s Surveillance Regime
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Private Prison Contractor Sues to Block California’s Health Inspections
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Trump Border Czar Vows to Slash Funding for States That Oppose Mass Deportation
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Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Can’t Happen If US Military Members Resist It
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ICE Isolates Me From Community So Corporations Can Profit From My Imprisonment
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Let’s Translate Our Outrage Over Trumpism Into Action
“Now, Gaza has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world — many losing limbs and undergoing surgeries without even anesthesia.”
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The Road to Abolition
Abolition Work Shows Us There’s Joy to Be Found Even as the World Is on Fire
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“An Imagination Party”: How My Toddler Fuels My Vision for Liberation
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Victims of Family Policing Are Leading a Movement to Abolish It
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Dispatch From Missouri: Mourners Decry Execution of Marcellus Williams
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In Vermont, Abolitionists Are Fighting a Prison-Building Boom
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Illinois Aims to Spend $900 Million Revamping Prisons. Let’s Close Them Instead.
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Viral TikTok Videos Erase Kamala Harris’s Record as California’s “Top Cop”