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How a Mutual Aid Network Built Direct Support for Migrants Across Minnesota
“There’s nothing like getting to give someone their rent money,” says mutual aid organizer Ashley Fairbanks.
We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack
Historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland discusses how schools have become a key site of struggle amid rising fascism in the US.
Mohsen Mahdawi: Columbia’s Capitulation to Trump Made DHS Abduction Possible
Even though Ellie Aghayeva was released, the university has long failed to stand up for its students, says Mahdawi.
Trump’s Economy Is Hurting Americans — and Setting Us Up for Long-Term Collapse
Trump boasts of a booming economy. He’s dead wrong. A year into Trump 2.0, the affordability crisis is worse than ever.
Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish Police
“What’s happening now has happened before,” Kelley said, underscoring the anti-Blackness foundational to US fascism.
Committee to Protect Journalists Reports a Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025
For both 2024 and 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings.
DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address
“I was arrested for standing up,” says Rahman, who was removed from the chamber Tuesday and spent several hours in jail.
Climate Crisis Will Intensify Strong Winter Storms, Climate Scientist Warns
The Trump administration is defunding FEMA as well as climate research, making responding to such storms more difficult.
Despite So-Called Ceasefire, “It’s Still a Genocide, Ongoing,” Says Gaza Poet
Israel continues to carry out strikes inside Gaza despite the US-brokered “ceasefire” that went into effect in October.
The Black Anti-Fascist Tradition Recognized Fascism Didn’t Begin in Europe
Black anti-fascists have long warned about creeping fascism, from slavery to mass incarceration to ICE terror.