Politics & Democracy

796 posts

ICE raids in Los Angeles are a declaration of war, and Angelenos are primed for battle

Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent the city a message when its agents showed up in full force, and that message was responded to in kind by the people of LA

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4 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Haitian TPS holders and labor union challenge deportation threat in federal court

A federal court is expected to rule this week on the Trump administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 200,000 Haitians

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

You can find America’s future in El Salvador

In right-wing Washington circles, Nayib Bukele is the hip, youngish, minority mask donned by Republicans in an effort to modernize and expand their movement

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6 Min
By: Avik Jain Chatlani

As the genocide in Gaza rages on, the U.S. does nothing to stop Israel from killing American citizens in the West Bank

The Israeli military has killed several U.S. citizens, and each time, the State Department does little more than request an investigation

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8 Min
By: Jenna Martin

Another way out: Fighting back against inaction

Revolutionary change is not ordered like a meal or some product online. It is also not voted in by exporting decisions to a representative. It is fought long and hard and won through persistent struggle

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6 Min
By: William C. Anderson

Fasting for survival: California activists mobilize against federal budget cuts to health care and social services

Hundreds of activists committed to 12-hour fasts to protest the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22 and now awaits a Senate vote

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6 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

NYU draws widespread condemnation for withholding pro-Palestine graduation speaker’s diploma

New York University has been cracking down on pro-Palestine speech and activism for years, community members told Prism

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4 Min
By: Eric Santomauro-Stenzel, Kristi Yang

Pro-Israel group’s threats to Palestine organizers send shockwaves through campus communities

Betar US’s former head claimed in an interview with Prism that the group works with the Trump administration and police to identify protesters. Student organizers say Betar’s actions, including distributing “pagers,” are making students feel unsafe

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11 Min
By: Neha Madhira

Illinois moves to safeguard autistic residents’ medical records amid federal registry proposal

Gov. JB Pritzker issued an executive order after the National Institutes of Health announced plans for an autism database using private medical records to discover a “cure”

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5 Min
By: Noah Berlatsky

Violence deconstructed: Trump’s actions during his first 100 days mimic the tactics of domestic abusers

The president and those enforcing his fascist agenda are hyperfocused on weaponizing irrelevant aspects of their victims’ pasts to frame them as imperfect victims and undeserving immigrants

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6 Min
By: Kylie Cheung

Drowning: New Orleans’ water utility is under attack from all sides—and within

The Sewerage and Water Board has been at the center of multiple scandals and crises—none of which are more alarming than the utility’s inability to prevent rainwater from wreaking havoc

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11 Min
By: Brian Fairbanks

FIU faculty pushes back against controversial ICE partnership: ‘This is already harming our students’

Florida International University applied for the 287(g) Task Force Model late last year, potentially granting immigration enforcement powers to campus police officers

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7 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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