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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

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

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during Snowflake Summit 2025 at Moscone Center on June 02, 2025 in San Francisco.

We All Suffer From OpenAI’s Pursuit of Scale We All Suffer From OpenAI’s Pursuit of Scale

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Karen Hao on the danger that Sam Altman poses.

Jun 12, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

How to Save the Amazon

How to Save the Amazon How to Save the Amazon

Listen to the people who live there, the slain journalist Dom Phillips advised.

Jun 12, 2025 / Jonathan Watts

ABC News suspended journalist Terry Moran over a social media post calling President Donald Trump and his policy strategist Stephen Miller “world-class haters.”

Truth-Telling Now Gets You Canned Truth-Telling Now Gets You Canned

Terry Moran’s only mistake was speaking honestly at a time when loyalty to the presidency supersedes journalistic integrity.

Jun 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Boycotting

Boycotting Boycotting

Harvard.

Jun 11, 2025 / OppArt / Drew Sheneman

California National Guard members during a demonstration following federal immigration raids in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025.

What the Hell Is Posse Comitatus Anyway? What the Hell Is Posse Comitatus Anyway?

Everything you wanted to know about the law that’s supposed to prevent presidents, like Trump, from deploying the military against civilians in places like LA.

Jun 11, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump signs executive orders relating to higher education institutions, alongside US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Would Be a Disaster for Student Loan Borrowers Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Would Be a Disaster for Student Loan Borrowers

The proposed budget cuts would hurt millions of Americans, as the typical borrower with a college degree will see their student loan payments spike more than $2,928 per year.

Jun 11, 2025 / StudentNation / Ángel Rentería

Protesters continue to clash with the Los Angeles Police Department in downtown Los Angeles over the immigration raids on Monday, June 9, 2025.

Saturday’s “No Kings” Day of Defiance—Plus, a Report from LA Saturday’s “No Kings” Day of Defiance—Plus, a Report from LA

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Indivisible's Ezra Levin on Saturday’s nationwide protests, and Harold Meyerson on the National Guard and the Marines in Los Angeles.

Jun 11, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

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