This Is Not About Antisemitism, Palestine, or Columbia. It’s Trump Dismantling the American Dream.
I accompanied one of the students who fled Trump’s crackdown. It gave me clarity on what’s at stake.
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Trump and Biden Financed Duterte’s Crimes. They Too Should Pay for It.
Will the international community hold accountable those who financed and were complicit in Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody, state-sanctioned killing campaign?
Texas Starts Arresting Abortion Providers
The arrest of a midwife for allegedly providing illegal abortions is the latest attack on reproductive care.
Trump Reasserts U.S. as the World’s Policeman With Massive Yemen Escalation
Trump’s bid for regime change in Yemen should be anathema to both America Firsters and Democrats, but will anyone speak out?
The Right Loves Free Speech — Unless It’s Pro-Palestine Speech
Conservative critics of “cancel culture” were quick to defend Trump’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil over his political speech.
If Trump Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil, Freedom of Speech Is Dead
It’s illegal to deport people for political speech, but that’s exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student.
Columbia Bent Over Backward to Appease Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks — And Trump Still Cut Federal Funding
Instead of outrage, the school’s interim president responded to the cuts by vowing to continue its misguided crackdown.
Gavin Newsom’s Cynical Embrace of the Anti-Trans Agenda
By abandoning trans rights and praising Reagan, Democrats embrace a fangless politics with a track record of electoral failure.
Latin America’s New Right Ushers in Pan-American Trumpism
The last right-wing American president before Trump galvanized a resurgent Latin American left. Where will the region go now?
Iowa Becomes the First State to Repeal Civil Rights Protections for Trans People
GOP lawmakers said that they couldn’t enforce bathroom bans with the civil rights protections on the books.