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A Children’s Guantánamo on the Border Is the Heartless US’s Latest Nightmare
No one familiar with Gitmo could have missed the parallel.
Preventing Crimes Against Humanity in the US
The threat of genocide is present wherever a country’s political leadership tolerates hateful acts targeting certain groups.
Abusive Employers Are Threatening to Call Immigration Authorities on Domestic Workers
Some hope Texas will be next in the fight for domestic workers' rights.
Attorneys Rush to Protect Families as Trump Calls for Stripping Due Process
House legislation and two legal challenges to family separation and detention could move forward Wednesday.
Supreme Court’s “Janus” Ruling Could Hurt Children
This case is the culmination of the conservative movement’s decades-long effort to strike at the heart of workers’ ability to organize.
EPA Will Finally Strengthen Standards Protecting Children From Lead
Advocates have demanded stronger lead standards for years, but it took a court order.
Trump Is Handing Us the Weapon We Need to Avert Climate Catastrophe
Nationalization could be used to shut down, rather than prop up, a failing fossil-fuel system.
Big Brands: The Missing Voice in the Fight to End Gender-Based Violence at Work
Women workers are uniting across borders to demand work that is free of gender-based violence.
Nicaragua at the Barricades — and a Crossroads
To blame everything that happens in the country on puppet masters in Washington denies Nicaraguans their own agency.
“Zero-Tolerance” Immigration Policy Is Big Money for Contractors, Nonprofits
Many well-known companies fulfill contracts with ICE.