Cecelia Lizotte owns Suya Joint, a celebrated Nigerian restaurant in Boston. She’s a rising star in the city who was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2024 and operates two restaurants and a food truck. But last year, a key employee—who happens to be her brother—was detained by ICE. “I’m not able to operate […]
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Elon Musk, who formally distanced himself from the White House last year, hasn’t stopped trying to influence American politics. Musk took a step stepped away from the Department of Government Efficiency—the agency he crafted and wielded against long held federal spending practices. But, contrary to what some expected, that didn’t signal indefinite distance from Republican […]
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Elon is Back? (Edit: He Never Really Left). Read Post »
This past year, official social media accounts from the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, and other government agencies have adopted a distinct voice online. The posts look like memes, utilizing dramatic AI-generated art, general patriotic slogans, and cinematic language about “defending the homeland” and shaping America’s future. But if you look closer, a […]
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The US Government Will Not Stop Sharing Nazi Propaganda Read Post »
The first time I noticed it was last month, when he asked for a hug. And not just any hug. “I could use a HUGE MAGA hug!” he wrote. “I love you. Do you STILL love me?” The love note was adorned with little hearts—and a request that I send him some money. I didn’t respond. […]
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“I Love You, So Will You Fix This for Me?” Read Post »
Security detail for President Donald Trump’s budget chief and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought is being paid for by what’s left in funding for the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. There isn’t much left of USAID after Trump and Vought worked together to dismantle the agency […]
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Russell Vought Raided USAID Budgets He Helped Gut to Pay for His Own Security Read Post »
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s not just federal headwinds that threaten to constrain renewable energy development. State and local restrictions on solar and wind are spreading across the United States, too. Few states highlight this fact as well as Ohio does. The Buckeye State makes […]
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Ohio Lawmakers Consider Bill That Would Essentially Ban Solar and Wind Projects Read Post »
From the moment I learned of “The Call,” an appeal to religious professionals across the country to come to Minneapolis to join with local clergy and bear witness against aggressive and now deadly ICE operations in that city, I knew that I had to go. Our mission would also involve shielding vulnerable neighbors, community members, […]
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I Went to Minneapolis to Bear Witness—and to Make Amends Read Post »
In the summer of 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr. took the stage at the NAACP’s 47th annual convention in San Francisco. Speaking at the precipice of the Civil Rights Movement, King cautioned that “the guardians of the status quo are always on hand with their oxygen tents to keep the old order alive.” Over the […]
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How the NAACP Signed Up to Abolish ICE Read Post »
Early voting in the primaries for a hotly contested North Carolina US Senate race began today, with a field that includes a moderate former Democratic governor, a January 6 rioter, and a Trump-backed Republican. Winning the battleground state’s Senate race is vital for Republicans who want to keep the seat—and the Senate—and for Democrats, who […]
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Early Voting Just Began in North Carolina’s Highly Anticipated Senate Primary Read Post »
Federal officials from the Department of Homeland Security were eyeing a Kansas City warehouse for one of their next detention facilities for immigrants. The company that owns the Missouri warehouse, Platform Ventures, announced on Thursday that it is not moving forward with the sale. The move comes after steep pressure from locals who have been […]
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ICE Wanted This Kansas City Warehouse. The People Resisted and Won. Read Post »
Bianca Sonnenberg’s uniform has become her security blanket. Before ICE arrived in Minneapolis, she would change when she finished her route. Recently, she’s hoped her identity as a US Postal Service worker would protect her from getting targeted by ICE operations. She’s Native American, and over the last few months, she’s heard about ICE detaining […]
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I’m a Minneapolis Postal Worker. This Is What I Saw. Read Post »
After more than two months of an aggressive—and deadly—occupation of the Twin Cities, top immigration official Tom Homan said during a press conference on Thursday that the Trump administration is scaling back “Operation Metro Surge.” Yet some local officials who have long been at odds with federal leaders aren’t buying it. Elliott Payne, the president of […]
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DHS Claims to Be Winding Down in the Twin Cities. Local Leaders Are Still Pissed. Read Post »
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