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Faculty Want Answers on University Supplying Equipment for “Alligator Alcatraz”
The disclosure intensified existing anger over the university’s police partnership with ICE and ongoing labor disputes.
Judge Blocks Attempt by Trump Administration to Deport 600 Guatemalan Kids
The children, who faced deportation over Labor Day weekend, are between 10 and 17 years old.
FEMA Employees Speak Out After Attacks on Workers Warning of Looming Disaster
“The danger posed to our collective communities ... is very real,” said one employee who signed a public letter.
France, Germany, UK Push to Reimpose UN Sanctions on Iran, Make War More Likely
The countries insist Iran resume talks with the US, yet they don’t demand that the US refrain from bombing again.
Black Louisiana Community Coated in Toxic Fallout After Explosion at Oil Plant
“We need help over here and we’re not getting it,” said a resident of the city where 90 percent of kids live in poverty.
Trump Refuses to Participate in UN Review of the US’s Human Rights Record
The move sets “a terrible precedent that would only embolden dictators and autocrats,” said one ACLU official.
Canada Considers Anti-Immigrant Bills as Haitian Immigrants in the US Flee North
Canada is not making it easy for asylum seekers from the US to find safe harbor.
Head Start Advocates Warn Program Could Be Fundamentally Altered Under Trump
Head Start has been thrown into uncertainty by an unprecedented directive to ban undocumented children from the program.
CDC Director Fired for Challenging RFK Jr.’s Policy; Other CDC Officials Resign
“Our evidence-based systems are being undermined from within," warned the purged director’s legal team.
Michigan AG Warns Capitulating to Trump’s Trans Health Care Ban May Be Illegal
State attorneys general will play a decisive role in halting preemptive compliance with Trump’s anti-trans threats.