Chilling Dissent
Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges for Wearing All Black
The government won on most of its charges, including convicting defendants for moving a box of radical zines.
Justice
Voices
I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From a Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a Terrorist.
My little horror movie review was introduced to prove a conception of antifa that — like many of the monsters we scream at in horror flicks — isn’t quite real.
Chilling Dissent
Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury
The Prairieland case is a major test of the Trump administration’s push to label “antifa” protesters as terrorists.
Chilling Dissent
Islamophobic Think Tank Helped Write Indictment Against ICE Protesters
The far-right Center for Security Policy, led by anti-Muslim activist Frank Gaffney, is best known for peddling conspiracy theories.
The War on Immigrants
Columbia Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings
The policy has been in place for at least a year — but school security keeps letting ICE agents in.
Chilling Dissent
Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live”
Immigration authorities in Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes.
The War on Immigrants
Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to “End Public Education as We Know It”
A Tennessee bill would take the right to education away from undocumented children. The Heritage Foundation is pushing it in other states.
Voices
Trump Uses the Courts to Intimidate Critics. The Media Must Fight Back.
Federal agencies are using investigations to stifle speech and chill the questioning of those in power.
Chilling Dissent
Pro-Palestine International Students Have Won in Court. Why Hasn’t Mahmoud Khalil Won His Freedom?
One of Trump’s tricks is to send people to Louisiana where they get harsher treatment. Mahmoud Khalil is pointing out the iniquity of it.
The War on Immigrants
Zohran Mamdani Kept Columbia Student in New York — Then Phoned With Trump to Secure Her Release
ICE agents pretended to be New York Police Department officers to get into Columbia housing, a member of the New York city council said.