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Op-Ed
Queer and Trans People Were Under Attack in 2025. Here’s How We Fought Back.
From ICE jails to public libraries to Instagram, queer and trans people battled fascism on every front this year.
In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance.
The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.
In Prison, Holding Handwritten Cards Is a Rare Joy. Illinois Is Taking It Away.
When mail is digitized, it becomes sterile – no longer a precious handwritten card that smells like my gramma’s perfume.
Group Offers Guidance to Help Keep Getting Care After New Trump Anti-Trans Rule
Organizations like the Trans Youth Emergency Project will be essential in navigating a rapidly shrinking care landscape.
Bondi Beach Attack Is Weaponized to Suppress Palestine Solidarity in Australia
The state’s response includes sweeping new powers, intensified surveillance, and a crackdown on organizing.
Trump’s Response to Reiner’s Death Shows the Cruelty at the Core of His Politics
This language is not Trump’s alone. It is the language of MAGA politics and everything that enables it.
Billionaires Are Encroaching on the Free Press. Let’s Act to Defend It in 2026.
Independent grassroots journalism committed to the pursuit of liberation is an antidote to billionaire-dictated media.
Rep. Sarah McBride Condemns Republicans’ Upcoming Anti-Trans Votes
One bill proposes a national felony ban on trans youth health care, another aims to bar Medicaid from covering care.
Federal Agencies May Soon Lose Power to Regulate Independently of Trump’s Will
SCOTUS has signaled a willingness to no longer insulate agency personnel from decisions made by the executive branch.
Zionism Remade the Story of Hanukkah in Its Image. We Celebrate an Older Truth.
Zionism turned the moral of the Hanukkah story on its head to praise militarism. In truth, it is a holiday of peace.