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MLK’s Struggle Against Policing and Surveillance Is Still Alive in Memphis Today
From surveillance of racial justice organizing to terror under Trump's Memphis task force, we face ongoing repression.
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A Tech Bro Think Tank Is Trying to Roll Back Evidence-Based Homelessness Policy
Housing First policies are being replaced with punitive reforms that could push 170,000 people back into homelessness.
Coretta Scott King Publicly Opposed Vietnam Before MLK — and Urged Him to Follow
Coretta Scott King's vision shaped MLK's politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis.
Immigrant Rights Advocates Say Trump’s First Year Was “Much Worse” Than Expected
“Trump wants us to hang our heads and give up, but that's not happening,” says organizer Rossy Alfaro.
Deaths in Detention Warn of Horrors Behind ICE’s Prison Walls
At least 32 people died in ICE jails in 2025, and four more have already died in ICE custody this year.
Battle Over Facial Recognition in New Orleans Will Shape Future of Surveillance
Edith Romero, an organizer in New Orleans, discusses the dangers of the growing surveillance state.
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Immigration Agents Teargas Minneapolis Family’s Car With 6 Kids Inside
The family’s 6-month-old baby stopped breathing and was unconscious for several minutes after the attack.
Renee Good’s Extrajudicial Killing Escalated the Normalization of State Terror
What happens next will determine whether Good’s killing sets a precedent for more state violence.
AHA’s Leaders Vetoed Its Members’ Condemnation of Scholasticide in Gaza — Again
American Historical Association members are undaunted by the veto: “We educate. We organize. We have to keep fighting.”
Iran’s Protesters Are Caught Between State Repression and Foreign Intervention
Both Trump and the Iranian government are treating Iranian protesters as political pawns.
Fed Agent Shoots Second Person, Days After Miller Claims Agents Have “Immunity”
Miller lied to ICE agents, saying, “Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you … is committing a felony.”
The Response to Renee Good’s Killing Shows the Power of Bearing Witness
The Trump administration is making every effort to criminalize community observing. That only proves its power.
Here’s How We Pressured an Airline to End Its Contract With ICE
ICE is not invulnerable. The Avelo Airlines win proves what happens when we refuse inevitability and fight together.
Will Rafah Crossing Ever Open? Palestinians in Egypt Await Promised Reentry.
Former Gaza residents who fled to Egypt in 2023 and 2024 anxiously await news on whether they can return home.
Minneapolis
Trump’s DOJ Is Investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
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Federal Judge Orders ICE to Stop Retaliating Against Minnesota Demonstrators
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Trump Threatens to Use Insurrection Act Against Demonstrators in Minnesota
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Afraid But Undeterred, Minnesota Greets Trump’s ICE Surge With Demonstrations
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Omar Says Trump’s Minnesota Operations Seem to Be Pushing Toward “Martial Law”
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JD Vance Says Americans Should Actually Thank ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
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Minneapolis Schools Cancel Classes Amid Violent Federal Immigration Crackdown
“The murder of Renee Nicole Good is a warning. It reveals how quickly policies written in bureaucratic language can become lethal when combined with impunity.”
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Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation
With Their Breadwinners Killed, Gaza’s Children Turn to Begging to Survive
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UN Security Council Abandoned Palestinians. Humanity Must Refuse to Follow Suit.
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Gaza Will Mark Christmas With Silent Bells, Frozen Nights, and Grief
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Children Are Dying of Cold Exposure as Winter Hits Gaza
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Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire”
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Here in Gaza, We See Our Horror and Grief Mirrored in Sudan
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Prosecutors at International Tribunal on Palestine Accuse Israel of Ecocide