The War on Immigrants
Trump Is Coming for Chinese Students. Who Will Protect Them?
Universities should reject Republicans’ requests for information about Chinese students, academic worker unions said.
Justice
Pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Count” Activist Lands Top Job at the Interior Department
Interior Department appointee Daniel Gustafson is a longtime Trump loyalist who participated in a protest to “stop the count” of Michigan ballots in 2020.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Agents Are Camped Outside Immigration Courts to Make Arrests
The tactical shift accelerates the erosion of limits on ICE — and appears to be aimed at speeding up the pace of deportations.
Why Does GOP Budget Bill Focus on Punishing People Who Leak Tax Returns?
Targeting tax leakers seems like an odd fit for a budget bill, but on page 1,081 of the Republican draft is a provision doing just that.
Voices
Trump Is Prosecuting a Congressional Democrat for Doing Her Job. The Media’s Response: No Big Deal.
You’d never know reading the New York Times that charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver are nothing but an authoritarian attack.
What is “Efilism,” the Obscure Anti-Natalist Ideology of the Palm Springs Bomber?
Palm Springs bomber Guy Bartkus was an adherent of an anti-natalist ideology sometimes known as “efilism.” But was he really “anti pro-life”?
Chilling Dissent
Nonprofit Killer Provision Quietly Disappears From Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
Trump tried to sneak the controversial measure in, but after far-right Republicans tanked the larger bill, the nonprofit provision disappeared.
Chilling Dissent
Audio Analysis: Eurovision Broadcaster Muted Sounds of Crowd Booing and Shouting “Free Palestine!”
Despite Eurovision’s denials, an analysis reveals that the broadcast silenced crowd discontent during Israeli singer Eden Golan’s performance.
Voices
Government Lawyers Trying to Deport Mahmoud Khalil Won't Stop Whining
A judge asked a very basic legal question and the Trump administration lawyers complained that they were very busy.
Voices
Nakba of the Children: How Israel is Targeting the Palestinian Future
This war is not just about death. It is about making life impossible.