ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push
“It’s being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal."
Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked by Man at Minneapolis Town Hall After She Called for Noem’s Impeachment
Omar has long been a favorite target of President Donald Trump and his supporters, and the attack on her comes just days after Florida Congressmember Maxwell Frost was punched by…
From George Floyd to Alex Pretti: ‘Copaganda’ Author on Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing
Police-tracked crime, “contrary to what you have been told in the news every single day for the last several years, is actually down,” says Karakatsanis.
‘An Abomination’: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ & Threat to Democratic World Order
“Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law and creating the circumstances for him to create…
FBI Raids Home of Washington Post Reporter as Attacks on Press Freedom Intensify Under Trump
By Democracy Now! The FBI raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson this week and seized her electronic devices, part of a leak probe into a government contractor…
Journalist Tests ICE Recruitment; Surprised to Find Herself Hired with No Background Check
“It seems like the answer to the question, 'Who are they hiring?' is: They don’t know.”
“Federal Invasion” of Minnesota
Posted by Joshua Scheer As Minnesota reels from an unprecedented surge of armed federal agents, Saint Paul City Council Vice President Hwa Jeong Kim delivers one of the clearest on‑the‑ground…
‘All the Walls Came Down’: L.A. Fire Survivors Fight Foreclosure & Demand Justice in Altadena
Timoner says Southern California Edison, which has taken responsibility for the Eaton Fire, has refused to tap its emergency funds.
‘What Are You Hiding?’ Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Says ICE Killing of Renee Good Must Be Investigated
“This is an unprecedented attack on American institutions.”
Norm Solomon on ‘How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy’
“If you don’t examine real history, then you’re in a cycle that repeats the same problems,” says Norman Solomon.
What’s Behind Trump’s Christmas Strikes on Nigeria? Anti-Christian Genocide or Appeasing MAGA Base?
Adegoke says Trump’s religious framing has more to do with U.S. culture wars and appeasing his base of evangelicals than seriously reckoning with issues of poverty and violence in Nigeria.
Budour Hassan Sounds Alarm as Israeli Settlements Expand, Deepening Apartheid and Threatening Palestinian Statehood
Joshua Scheer Israel’s far-right government has recently approved the construction of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. These settlements are considered illegal under international law, as the West…
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Trump Claims Economic Triumph, Doubles Down on Immigrant Scapegoating
By Joshua Scheer In a nationally televised primetime address from the White House, President Donald Trump spent much of the speech defending his economic record and touting the strength of…
Chile’s Trump? Ariel Dorfman on the Election of Pinochet Admirer José Antonio Kast
“It is a political and ethical earthquake,” says acclaimed Chilean American writer Ariel Dorfman.
Ralph Nader on Trump’s ‘Entrenching Dictatorship,’ Reclaiming Congress, and the Fight Against Big Money
Nader discusses the legacy of his book, the current state of government regulation and why Congress must reclaim its authority from an out-of-control Trump administration.