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Signs are left on the ground including two that read “This was a kidnapping” and “Bring Kilmar home now!” as protesters break outside the US District Court for the District of Maryland on May 16, 2025, in Greenbelt, Maryland. Protesters rallied outside the court during a hearing for a Maryland resident from El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was detained in a notoriously violent maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is just the latest example of cases in which the administration is finding the flimsiest of reasons to label undocumented immigrants as “criminals.”

Jun 13, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Sly Stone, 1969.

You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone

His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding. 

Jun 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore

People in Chicago protesting against recent ICE raids and President Trump.

“Every Single Day I Pray”: Young People Protest ICE in Chicago “Every Single Day I Pray”: Young People Protest ICE in Chicago

Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in their city and President Trump’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles.

Jun 13, 2025 / StudentNation / Ava Menkes

A statue of Thomas Paine in Paris.

From Tom Paine in 1776 to Main Street in 2025: No Kings! From Tom Paine in 1776 to Main Street in 2025: No Kings!

Americans have a right to assemble and a right to petition for the redress of grievances. They will use those rights this weekend to resist Trumpism.

Jun 13, 2025 / John Nichols

Transgender Day of Visibility

We Have a Lot to Learn From the Fight for Trans Rights We Have a Lot to Learn From the Fight for Trans Rights

It’s long past time we foregrounded trans people in the fight for dignity and democracy.

Jun 12, 2025 / Aaron Scott, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Moses Hernandez McGavin

A protester holds a sign that reads, ''Free Mahmoud Khalil.''

America Has Betrayed Palestinians. We Will Still Prevail. America Has Betrayed Palestinians. We Will Still Prevail.

We have returned the question of our future to ourselves. It will be guaranteed by no passport, protected by no brutal superpower.

Jun 12, 2025 / Sarah Aziza

Boiling Summer Heat

Boiling Summer Heat Boiling Summer Heat

Amphibians are dying to warn us.

Jun 12, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A woman stands at a podium, speaking to the crowd.

Los Angeles Stands Up to MAGA Los Angeles Stands Up to MAGA

Will Los Angeles become Trumpism’s last stand? If the growing and deepening movement resisting the city’s occupation is any indication, si se puede!

Jun 12, 2025 / Bill Gallegos

Students protest European rearmament and government school policies during a “Money for Schools, Not War” event on April 4, 2025, in Turin, Italy.

The False Premise of European Rearmament   The False Premise of European Rearmament  

Have European leaders stopped to consider the Orwellian implications of gearing up their nations for perpetual war?

Jun 12, 2025 / Robert Skidelsky

NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence

NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence

Civil servants usually keep a low profile. These NIH employees are putting themselves at risk by calling out the Trump administration.

Jun 12, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

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