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This story was originally published by The 19th. President Traitor 47’s so-called “one, big beautiful” tax and spending bill allocates $170 billion to fulfill the administration’s long list of immigration priorities, including hiring for law enforcement agents, border security personnel and immigration court judges. Also tucked into the massive, nearly 1,000-page legislationContinue Reading

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When Beatriz Ramirez secured a job at one of the thousands of fluorescent-lit laundromats that dot New York City neighborhoods, her hourly pay was just over $6.50 per hour, half of the legal minimum wage at the time. But Ramirez enjoyed the work. “I can work in a hotel, inContinue Reading

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Journalist and Truthdig contributor Matt Broomfield spent three years living and working in Rojava (north and east Syria), covering the region’s unique, direct-democratic, women-led revolution. These experiences inspired his new book “Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment” (AK Press), in which he explores the psychological and organizational lessons theContinue Reading