President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump are in Texas today touring different sectors of the Southern border, a spectacle that encapsulates how central immigration is to each of their reelection campaigns. It is Biden’s approach to immigration in recent months, however, that has been a source of
A Georgia bill that would require cash bail for more than two dozen additional criminalized acts is moving forward in the state legislature. Senate Bill 63 passed through the Georgia General Assembly on Feb. 6 and now waits to be signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp. If passed, SB
A Florida bill that would ban houseless people from sleeping in public places and force them into encampments is progressing through the House and Senate after receiving vocal support from Gov. Ron DeSantis. Senate Bill 1530 and House Bill 1365 would prohibit city and county governments from allowing houseless people
Georgia legislators have introduced a bill that opponents are calling “mandated discrimination.” On Feb. 7, lawmakers introduced House Bill 1128, which would end all legal recognition of transgender people by redefining biological sex. It would also remove sexual orientation and gender identity from the state’s criteria for hate crimes,
A grassroots collective of queer and trans people of color, anti-Zionist Jews, and Southwest Asian and North Africans is fed up with Israeli pinkwashing of the genocide against Palestinians. No Pride in Genocide launched on Valentine’s Day with a campaign called “Break Up with Genocide,” which included a march
As students at New York City schools increasingly experience the impact of environmental injustice, climate activists are urging Mayor Eric Adams to electrify, ventilate, and retrofit hundreds of public school buildings in the city by 2030. Schools in New York City have long lacked resilience to environmental challenges, particularly in
Utah lawmakers recently struck down a proposal to pay disabled people minimum wage
The House of Representatives approved a bill on Jan. 31 that will expand the child tax credit in exchange for reinstating three corporate tax breaks. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 was passed with bipartisan support and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. A
LGBTQIA+ solidarity with Palestinians has a long, rich history, and it’s growing despite years of Israeli pinkwashing
The Chicago City Council passed a ceasefire resolution, making it the latest city to demand an end to the U.S.-backed Israeli assault on Gaza
Update 1/31: On Jan. 31 Chicago City Council passed the #CeasfireNOW in Gaza Resolution making Chicago the largest city in the U.S. to do so. One week after Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago called for a ceasefire in Gaza, the City Council will vote on a resolution
At a rally on Jan. 19, protesters affiliated with Columbia University’s chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) said they were attacked with a chemical substance known as “skunk,” leaving numerous participants seeking hospital treatment. According to attendees, two individuals dispersed a
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