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Left: Rice University students Jack Vu and Abby Manuel. Right: A screenshot of ICE Map.

How 2 University Freshman Are Tracking ICE Enforcement Actions Across the Country How 2 University Freshman Are Tracking ICE Enforcement Actions Across the Country

With ICE Map, Rice University students Jack Vu and Abby Manuel hope to help communities understand where immigration enforcement activity is happening and how it unfolds in real t...

Feb 13, 2026 / StudentNation / Arman Amin

US federal immigration agents patrol in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on February 4, 2026

Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This

Forget the useless so-called “reforms” to ICE and policing currently on offer. We need much more fundamental change.

Feb 12, 2026 / Andrea J. Ritchie

Workers harvest asparagus at Yakama Nation Farms in Harrah, Washington, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

The Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier Than Ever to Exploit Farmworkers The Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier Than Ever to Exploit Farmworkers

What is being described as “reform” in Washington will only make the abuse and wage theft that plague the program even worse.

Feb 12, 2026 / Teresa Cotsirilos

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro asked a grand jury to indict six Democratic Congresspersons, all military veterans, who recorded an ad reminding their military and intelligence community colleagues they are not obliged to obey illegal orders from their superiors.

Grand Juries Are Saving Democracy Grand Juries Are Saving Democracy

A Washington, DC, panel rejected Jeanine Pirro’s lame attempt to indict six Democratic Congresspersons merely for reminding military and intelligence officials to obey the law.

Feb 11, 2026 / Joan Walsh

Gun City

Gun City Gun City

Gun violence continues to claim thousands of lives in many cities across the USA.

Feb 11, 2026 / OppArt / Ares

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office.

How Stephen Miller Became the Power Behind the Throne How Stephen Miller Became the Power Behind the Throne

Miller was not elected. Nor are he or his policies popular. Yet he continues to hold uncommon sway in the administration.

Feb 11, 2026 / Column / David Klion

The Racist Lie Behind ICE’s Mission in Minneapolis

The Racist Lie Behind ICE’s Mission in Minneapolis The Racist Lie Behind ICE’s Mission in Minneapolis

It was never about straightforward enforcement of immigration law.

Feb 10, 2026 / Column / Chris Lehmann

ICE watchers Mustafa Mohamed (L) and Mahad Ahmed patrol their community around the Riverside Plaza complex in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on January 9, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere

Trump keeps targeting Minnesota’s Somali community. But as one organizer says, “What we’ve built here, we’re not going to let it be easy for people to take that away from us.”

Feb 10, 2026 / Iliana Hagenah

Bad Bunny performs during the halftime show for Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on February 8, 2026.

Bad Bunny’s Technicolor Halftime Stole the Super Bowl Bad Bunny’s Technicolor Halftime Stole the Super Bowl

The Puerto Rican artist’s performance was a gleeful rebuke of Trump’s death cult and a celebration of life.

Feb 9, 2026 / Dave Zirin

1933 Revisited

1933 Revisited 1933 Revisited

Trump’s ICE agents terrorize American citizens unchecked.

Feb 9, 2026 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

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