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US and Israel Have Laid the Groundwork for War With Iran. Will Trump Set It Off?
For decades, the US political establishment has treated war with Iran as an inevitability. We must reverse course.

“I Am a Political Prisoner,” Writes Mahmoud Khalil From ICE Jail
In the weeks ahead, students, advocates and elected officials must unite to defend the right to protest for Palestine.

Israel’s Bombs Rained Down at 2 am, Killing Hundreds Around Me in Gaza
The ceasefire was still difficult, but we believed we would wake up alive. Now, Israel has taken even that away from us.

Big Tech Push for AI Arms Race Will Leave the World More Desperate and Dangerous
Alex Karp and other tech moguls in Trump's orbit are pushing a terrifying vision for the future of US military power.

Trump’s Attacks Are Designed to Exhaust Us. Here’s How We Fight Back.
Our fatigue under Trump is deliberately engineered. We must understand burnout as a tool of control in order to resist.

Will Dems Draw a Line? Budget Capitulation Raises Questions Over Fights to Come.
It’s not hard to imagine Democrats who didn’t hold the line for Medicaid won’t hold it for trans health care, either.

I Was Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech Amid AI-Generated Smears
Rather than investigate the source of these allegations, Yale Law School accepted them at face value.

Khalil Case Shows How Migrant Justice and Palestine Solidarity Are Tied Together
The detention of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil was made possible by the normalization of deportation.

They Came for Mahmoud Khalil in the Night, and They Will Come for Us, Too
We must treat attacks on our communities as an effort to silence every voice of dissent, because those are the stakes.

DOGE’s Cuts to HUD Will Make It Harder to Afford Housing, Exit Homelessness
Department of Housing and Urban Development funds have been disrupted, sometimes through means that are likely illegal.