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Gaza Is Not for Sale — No Matter What Trump Says
Trump’s absurd plan to annex Gaza will never be tolerated by Palestinians.

Erasing History, Erasing Democracy: Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on Education
Trump appears bent on ridding schools of dangerous practices like critical thinking and an unsanitized study of history.

Trump Inherited a Booming Anti-Migrant Industry
Climate change is spurring the industry’s rapid growth, which is expected to reach nearly $1 trillion by the 2030s.

Migrant Sex Workers’ Resistance Offers a Blueprint for Fighting Authoritarianism
Hyper-criminalized migrant sex workers show us how everyday people evade, defy and resist state control and punishment.

Trump’s January 6 Pardons Were a Green Light to Far Right Paramilitaries
The GOP’s silence after the pardons made it complicit in Trump’s decision to normalize paramilitary violence in the US.

In Gaza, Disease and Illness Are Hidden Horrors of Genocide
From hepatitis to scabies and food poisoning — the war has caused countless devastating, and often deadly, ailments.

The War on Gaza Has Taken My Home, My Dreams and My Grandmother. What’s Left?
The famine that Israel’s war imposed on Gaza slowly devoured my grandmother, and bombs have reduced my home to rubble.

Trump Evokes Global Symbol of Torture With Plan to Send Immigrants to Gitmo
Defense attorneys point to a long history of rights abuses at Guantánamo, including mistreatment of Haitian refugees.

Here’s How Faith Leaders Are Standing Between ICE and Their Congregants
As Trump ramps up his deportation agenda and revokes “sensitive location” policy, religious groups are fighting back.

We Aren’t Powerless in the Face of Trump’s Outrageous, Anti-Trans Edicts
We can’t prevent all of this administration’s harms, but we can greatly diminish their impacts if we organize.