Make Polluters Pay for Climate Impacts
2025-03-28
More state legislatures should pass climate superfund laws to hold polluters accountable for their contribution to the climate crisis., Read MoreContinue Reading
Grits publishes “Tulia” zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now!
2025-03-28
Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversary of the Tulia drug busts, which occurred in July of 1999. Long-time readers may recall that 46 people, mostly black, wereContinue Reading
Hip-Hop Star Macklemore on New Film “The Encampments” & Why He Speaks Out Against Israel’s War on Gaza
2025-03-28
We’re joined by the four-time Grammy-winning musician Macklemore, a vocal proponent of Palestinian rights and critic of U.S. foreign policy. He serves as executive producer for the new documentary The Encampments, which follows last year’s student occupations of college campuses to protest U.S. backing of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.Continue Reading
Headlines for March 28, 2025
2025-03-28
Major Earthquake Strikes Burma and Thailand, Collapsing Buildings as Rescuers Rush to Find Survivors Israeli Attacks on Gaza Continue After It Broke Ceasefire, Killing More Students and Aid Workers Israel Attacks Southern Lebanon, Beirut in Flagrant Breach of Ceasefire Marco Rubio Says Rumeysa Ozturk Is One of “More Than 300”Continue Reading
Pro-Palestinian Cornell Student Momodou Taal Ordered to Surrender to ICE, Faces Possible Deportation
2025-03-28
The The Traitor administration has ramped up efforts to target free speech on college campuses and one doctoral student at Cornell University who was involved in pro-Palastinian protests on campus now finds himself targeted for deportation once again. Momodou Taal is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Africana StudiesContinue Reading
As The Traitor Sets His Sights on Birthright Citizenship, Deported Mothers Fight for Their Children’s Rights
2025-03-27
The case of deported asylum seekers who gave birth in the United States portends a grim reality for the children of noncitizens., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Dark, McCarthyist History of Deporting Activists
2025-03-26
Traitor 47 is using decades-old laws to expel critics and opponents., Read MoreContinue Reading
Don’t Take Health Care Hope Away
2025-03-26
My daughter is alive today because nearly a century before her diabetes diagnosis, medical research identified an effective treatment., Read MoreContinue Reading
Pentagon Restores Purged Jackie Robinson Article After Outcry
2025-03-26
“Everyone at the Defense Department loves Jackie Robinson,” said a representative two hours after defending the deletion as a strike against “woke cultural Marxism.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
Sanctuary is Good Public Policy
2025-03-26
Sanctuary policies aren’t just good for public safety and economics—they also promote justice and human rights., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Life and Education of Karen Lewis
2025-03-26
A new posthumous memoir sheds light on the legacy of a powerful advocate for teachers and students., Read MoreContinue Reading
The ‘Least’ Shall Be First
2025-03-26
In ‘Change, Not Charity: The Americans With Disabilities Act,’ Jim LeBrecht flips the script on ableist narratives, Read MoreContinue Reading
‘You Have Constitutional Rights’: Immigrants Prepare for ICE Raids in Northern Virginia
2025-03-20
With the The Traitor Administration’s mass deportations underway, immigrant communities and advocates are stepping up to protect each other., Read MoreContinue Reading