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Today 5:30 am
We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing
The 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee has been welcomed in New York and around the world. Real refugees? Not so much.
Helen Benedict
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Today 5:00 am
Trump’s Judges Are Just Getting Started
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, Linda Hirshman discusses how the reactionary courts could block progressive governance.
Jeet Heer
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September 26, 2022
Let’s Talk About Ron DeSantis’s “Reason” for Kidnapping Migrants
The media has done a poor job of questioning the Florida governor, but the few explanations he’s given are shocking.
Elie Mystal
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September 23, 2022
The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet
The fact that asylum-seekers are being welcomed in the cities they’ve been sent to is good news, but they’ve still got immigration cases to win.
Gaby Del Valle
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September 23, 2022
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September 21, 2022
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September 21, 2022
Chris Lehmann on Ron DeSantis Using Migrants as Pawns
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion of how the GOP’s immigration gambit might boomerang.
Jeet Heer
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September 19, 2022
DeSantis’s Contempt for Immigrants Makes Him Politically Stupid
The Florida governor’s stunt to send Venezuelan asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard was cruel and illegal—it could also backfire on him.
Chris Lehmann
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September 14, 2022
Biden vs. Newsom on Farmworkers’ Right To Vote
In a heated debate over farmworker voting rights, California’s governor refuses to sign a bill to make it easier for workers to win union recognition.
David Bacon
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September 8, 2022
DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens
The Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies are highly capable of keeping tabs on all of us—and they often do.
Gaby Del Valle