Undocumented Immigrants, Documented Fears Undocumented Immigrants, Documented Fears
Undocumented immigrants are targets of harassment, even though they play a key role in the U.S. economy and paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022.
Jan 3, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
In the GOP Civil War Over Immigration, Both Sides Are Racists In the GOP Civil War Over Immigration, Both Sides Are Racists
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want cheap labor—not a multiracial democracy.
Jan 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump Brought the War on Terror Home—and He’ll Do It Again. Trump Brought the War on Terror Home—and He’ll Do It Again.
While the War on Terror has receded into the background of our lives, its premises and tactics remain all too readily available.
Jan 1, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy champion the educated immigrants who fuel tech-sector growth. Trump just decided he does, too. We’ll see if that lasts.
Dec 30, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Not All Liberals Hate Trump Not All Liberals Hate Trump
From China and the Middle East to immigration, all too many liberals have already moved inexorably rightward. Count on them to quietly support some of Trump’s policies.
Dec 19, 2024 / John Feffer
My Dystopian Novel Predicted Trump 2.0 My Dystopian Novel Predicted Trump 2.0
SOLIS was meant to serve as a warning of what could come. With Trump’s reelection, it should serve as a blueprint for the bravery and activism needed to fight back.
Dec 11, 2024 / Paola Mendoza
President Biden Should Issue a Blanket Pardon of Undocumented Immigrants President Biden Should Issue a Blanket Pardon of Undocumented Immigrants
Protecting Trump’s enemies from prosecution just reinforces the idea of politics as retribution. Instead, Democrats should be defending his most vulnerable targets.
Dec 9, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
America Has Done Mass Deportation Before America Has Done Mass Deportation Before
From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well.
Nov 25, 2024 / Eric Foner
When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance. When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance.
If we want to deploy actual power to block Trump’s vicious agenda once he takes control of the federal government, we will have to look to the states.
Nov 19, 2024 / Van Gosse
Resisting Mass Deportation Under Donald Trump Resisting Mass Deportation Under Donald Trump
Here in Chicago, we’ve developed effective, grassroots strategies for defending our immigrant communities.
Nov 14, 2024 / Anthony J. Quezada and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa