Politics & Democracy

796 posts

NYC street vendors face rising fines and fractured community amid slow reform

For over a decade, New York City has failed to issue permits that street vendors need. A reform package promises to change that, but it’s not without controversy

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11 Min
By: Ana María Betancourt, Maggie Morett, Óscar Flores

Another way out: How denying reality aids fascism

Fascism doesn’t just thrive on hate—it also feeds on denial. As institutions crumble and history is rewritten, the refusal to confront reality becomes one of the most dangerous political acts of all

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5 Min
By: William C. Anderson

Vetoed California bill divides Indian Americans over protecting political dissidents from foreign threats

SB 509 proposed to train local police to recognize “transnational repression.” Sikh and Hindu advocacy groups split over whether the bill protected vulnerable immigrant communities or infringed upon free speech

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9 Min
By: Nevin Kallepalli

A Yemeni man fleeing persecution requested asylum in the U.S. ICE deported him as the Trump administration bombed Yemen

Deported by the U.S., captured by the Houthi militia, and tortured in Mexico, there are few places left for Ali to turn

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9 Min
By: Kate Morrissey

60 years on, landmark protections in the Voting Rights Act are being eroded

Legal experts lay out unprecedented challenges to fundamental protections laid out in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which emerged during the civil rights movement

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4 Min
By: Matt Olszewski

Arrested for being Iranian: How a war in the Middle East gave ICE new targets at home

After the U.S. joined Israel’s war against Iran in June, ICE arrests of Iranian immigrants surged, data shows

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7 Min
By: Kourosh Ziabari, Meghnad Bose

Chicago fights back against Trump administration’s sweeping violence

ICE raids and attacks against protesters have brutalized Chicago-area communities. But local organizers are committed to coming together to protect their neighbors

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5 Min
By: Noah Berlatsky

‘Trump wants to turn Gaza into a colony’: Gazans respond with skepticism to U.S. peace proposal

Gazans warn that President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan sidelines Palestinians and risks erasing Gaza’s rights and identity

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4 Min
By: Malak Hijazi

Judge’s reopening of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ raises ethical concerns

Advocates say Judge Barbara Lagoa, whose husband represents the state of Florida in other legal cases, should have recused herself from ruling on the detention center

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8 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

The right-wing pipeline for Gen Z teen girls is subtle, insidious, and hidden in wellness trends

It wasn’t just organizations like Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA that prompted young women to become right-wing influencers. Their paths were first paved by “clean girl” morning routines and “what I eat in a day” vlogs

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9 Min
By: Kenneal Patterson

Trump is using visa cuts to bully African nations, some Nigerians say

Nigeria is one of four countries facing restrictive changes to U.S. visa rules in what some believe is a pressure tactic for African nations to accept U.S. deportees

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6 Min
By: Taiwo Hassan

After some states repeal HIV criminalization, activists hope to continue momentum

North Dakota and Maryland became the fourth and fifth states to completely repeal laws that make it a crime to expose someone to HIV without their knowledge

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5 Min
By: Adam Rhodes

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