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Lawyers Turn to Activism as Civil Liberties Come Under Attack
A new generation of social justice attorneys has risen to defend against the policies of the Trump administration.
Lancaster Shows How to Say No to For-Profit Prison Company
A Pennsylvania county goes up against GEO Group, a giant of the private prison industry, and comes out victorious.
Remembering Ron Dellums Who Fought Against War, Apartheid and Poverty
Legendary anti-war activist, former Oakland mayor and longtime Democratic congressmember Ron Dellums died Monday at 82.
The Haitian Uprising Was Spurred On by More Than Just a Fuel Price Hike
CounterSpin interview with Jocelyn McCalla, director of the National Coalition for Haitian Rights, on Haiti's uprising.
How Amazon Cooperates With Trump’s Deportation Machine
Movimiento Cosecha is calling for Amazon to stop cooperating with ICE.
Meet Two of the Activists Who Secretly Entered a Nuclear Submarine Base
Martha Hennessy and Carmen Trotta discuss their action.
We Are Nurses and We Won’t Back Down
Some 1,800 nurses at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington took to the picket lines for two days.
Mass Protests Meet Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki
Heidi Hautala discusses more.
Caravan of Grandmothers Heads to Mexico Border
The group leaving from New York will onboard other “grannies” and allies along the way to support migrating families.
Abolishing ICE Is a First Step Toward Abolishing Borders
The Occupy ICE movement is growing across the US as some demand a radical transformation toward border abolition.