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Phone Calls Are a Lifeline in Prison. Trump Is Set on Keeping Them Exorbitant.
New federal regulations were set to reel in steep costs for calling loved ones in prison. Then Trump returned.
Jamaica Prepares for One of the Most “Devastating Hurricanes on Record”
Cuba, Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, and Haiti are also within reach of Hurricane Melissa’s impacts.
Trump Admin Alters White House Website to Include Alleged Dem Scandals
The changes came as senators have called for an investigation into Trump’s destruction of the White House’s East Wing.
Library Admins Are Using Public Money to Hire Union Busters Against Workers
“We don’t want to be fighting for what we already agreed to,” said a Maryland public library worker.
These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against “Antifa”
If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.
The US Is Criminalizing Homelessness and Expanding Incarceration. Who Profits?
From private prisons to health care scams, the attack on unhoused people is about exploitation, not safety.
ICE Keeps Detaining Pregnant Immigrants — But We Don’t Know How Many
Quantifying the exact number of pregnant, postpartum, or nursing immigrants in ICE custody has become impossible.
Leonard Leo Doesn’t Need Trump’s Backing to Further His Anti-Abortion Agenda
The co-chairman of the Federalist Society has established a network of attorneys general who will do it for him.
A Torturous Sanitation Disaster Is Unfolding in Gaza’s Displacement Camps
Every morning we wake to disease, dust, and the unbearable stench of open sewage.
Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy, and Unaccountable Federal Police Force
“We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening,” said one former senior DHS official.