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US Is Legally Obligated to Provide Asylum. SCOTUS May Help Trump End It Anyway.
The federal government is appealing a case from Trump’s first term to reinstate an asylum ban at the southern border.
Coast Guard Removes “Hate Symbol” Designations Despite Assurances It Wouldn’t
Instead of classifying swastikas and nooses as hate symbols, the Coast Guard now defines them as “potentially divisive.”
New “Trump Cards” Debut, Expediting Visa Process for Those Who Pay $1 Million
The president was vague regarding how the funds from the Trump Card program would actually be used.
Trump Is Using National Guard Attack to Collectively Punish Communities of Color
Trump has wreaked collective punishment on immigrants following the shooting of two National Guard members in DC.
ICE Targets Somalis in Minneapolis as Trump Calls Them “Garbage”
“When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don’t want them,” Trump said.
Massachusetts Advocates Resist Dystopian Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Bill
Massachusetts is now one of only two states that don’t use specialized courts to mandate forced psychiatric treatment.
Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza. Then Came Backlash.
Medical institutions are silencing their staff and impeding efforts to build solidarity with medical workers in Gaza.
In These Times, We Need Consciousness Raising — and Radical Unlearning
We must unlearn fear, individualism, and the inability to act in order to confront the threats of this moment.
This Isn’t the First Time Chicago’s Been Used as a Laboratory for Policing
Ilā Ravichandran says the current anti-immigrant policing in Chicago builds on attacks on Black Lives Matter protesters.
Cuomo Under Fire for Islamophobic Comments as Campaign Deletes Racist AI Ad
The video was swiftly taken down by the campaign, which said the ad was put up in error by a junior staffer.