A little more than four years ago, Zohran Mamdani announced from a lectern in Manhattan’s City Hall Park that he was about to go on hunger strike. He hoped that, by doing so, he would push politicians to provide debt relief for New York City cab drivers. “I will be on strike for as long […]
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The Moment That Made Mamdani Read Post »
The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that it needs to send the military into American cities because of the unique danger faced by federal agents enforcing immigration laws. In October, President Donald Trump claimed the National Guard was required in Illinois to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents facing a “coordinated assault by violent groups.” […]
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How Dangerous Is It Really to Work for ICE? Read Post »
On Saturday, countless people gathered at “No Kings” protests in thousands of cities and towns across the United States and the world. Their focus was on President Donald Trump and his administration’s increasing turn towards authoritarianism. In the lead up to the protests, top Republicans had tried to portray demonstrators as a mix of left-wing […]
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Here’s What “No Kings” Looked Like Across the World Read Post »
Perhaps the most notable thing about President Donald Trump’s Friday decision to commute the prison sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is how unsurprising it is. In the end, one felon from Queens has come to the aid of another felon from Queens. The president hasn’t done so because he believes Santos was falsely […]
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George Santos Leaves Prison After Trump Commutes Sentence Read Post »
After bringing white South Africans to the United States as refugees earlier this year, the Trump administration is now reportedly considering granting protection to members of far-right European parties. According to the New York Times, the proposal that President Donald Trump is now weighing would prioritize Europeans who are allegedly “targeted for peaceful expression of […]
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Trump Could Soon Make America’s Refugee Program a Tool for White Nationalism Read Post »
Last weekend, President Donald Trump flew to the Middle East to celebrate a ceasefire his administration helped broker between Hamas and Israel, after over two years of war. Still, despite celebrations and the release of surviving hostages, much remains unknown about what will happen next. To cut through the bluster and assess the significance of […]
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“No Actual Plan”: Why the Ceasefire Does Not Mean Peace Read Post »
Eswatini, the landlocked nation formerly known as Swaziland, is Africa’s last remaining absolute monarchy. It is the kind of place where King Mswati III—who took the throne as an 18-year-old four decades ago—can warn in a speech in 2023 that nobody should “complain if mercenaries kill” political activists. When one of the country’s leading human […]
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ICE Is Sending People to a Prison in Africa’s Only Absolute Monarchy Read Post »
Former government officials rarely write good books. Whatever insights they may have acquired tend to be buried by self-justifying recriminations, personal loyalties, and the fear that unsolicited candor will prove disqualifying in some future administration. Tomorrow Is Yesterday, a new book by the veteran peace negotiators Robert Malley and Hussein Agha, is an exception. The […]
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How the Two-State Solution Became a “Big, Expedient Lie” Read Post »
On Tuesday, William G. Young—a federal district court judge in Massachusetts and a Reagan appointee—issued a decision filled with obvious contempt for the unconstitutional actions of the current president of the United States. The ruling comes in a case brought by academic associations seeking to block the Trump administration’s policy of targeting and arresting noncitizens […]
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A Reagan-Appointed Judge Just Wrote a Blistering Anti-Trump Decision Read Post »
A group of more than 60 Democratic legislators sent a letter to the Trump administration on Wednesday that expresses “grave concerns” about ongoing removals to so-called “third countries” to which immigrants have no connection. The legislators are requesting that the Trump administration provide “basic information” about the scope of the third country removal program, which […]
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Democrats Demand Answers on Third Country Deportations Read Post »
A group of more than 60 Democratic legislators sent a letter to the Trump administration Wednesday that expresses “grave concerns” about ongoing removals to so-called third countries to which immigrants have no connection. The legislators are requesting that the Trump administration provide “basic information” about the scope of the third-country removal program, which the administration […]
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Democrats Demand Answers on Third-Country Deportations Read Post »
In July, one week after a whistleblower accused contractors from the American security firm UG Solutions of deploying stun grenades and shooting live ammunition toward Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a new song appeared on the SoundCloud account of “Jameson G.” Titled “demon-in-the-desert,” the dubstep track featured artwork of an alien with a dagger stabbed through […]
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“Amateur Hour”: The Man Sending US Military Contractors to Gaza Read Post »
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