Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid? Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?
With Trump and Stephen Miller cheering on ICE’s terror tactics, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s fatal fall in the raid on Glass House Farms was the most recent example of a death foretold.
Jul 17, 2025 / David Bacon
Trump’s California Stunt Is One More Step Toward Authoritarianism Trump’s California Stunt Is One More Step Toward Authoritarianism
Here we are, once again learning that the restraints Americans could rely upon in the past are fast disappearing.
Jul 11, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
ICE Is Following the Lead of Anti-Palestinian Doxxing Groups ICE Is Following the Lead of Anti-Palestinian Doxxing Groups
Society / July 11, 2025 ICE Is Following the Lead of Anti-Palestinian Doxxing Groups The agency’s brutal racial profiling has drawn its latest targets from the McCarthyit…
Jul 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Michael Stewart’s Death Still Haunts New York Michael Stewart’s Death Still Haunts New York
In 1985, police were acquitted in the killing of a graffiti artist and painter, a grisly act that galvanized the city’s art underground. Why has he been forgotten?
Jul 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Michael Shorris
As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States
With Trump’s antitrust appointees more concerned with scoring points in MAGA culture wars than restraining corporate abuses, officials in the states are keeping up the fight.
Jul 2, 2025 / Ron Knox
Here in Los Angeles, Immigrants Are Leading the Fight Here in Los Angeles, Immigrants Are Leading the Fight
In the streets, in our legislatures, and in the courts, political leaders are calling for law and order, ignoring the fact that it is their officers wreaking havoc.
Jun 23, 2025 / Victor Leung
Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord
The quickest way for the United States to become fascist is by politicizing the military.
Jun 13, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump Lurches Us Toward a Police State Trump Lurches Us Toward a Police State
After law enforcement assaulted Senator Alex Padilla, we know: We are the only guardrails. Show up at a “No Kings” rally Saturday.
Jun 13, 2025 / Joan Walsh
What I Saw in LA Wasn’t an Insurrection. It Was a Police Riot. What I Saw in LA Wasn’t an Insurrection. It Was a Police Riot.
As Trump mobilizes the marines to quell an “insurrection” in LA, it’s essential to be clear about how the protests started and what actually happened.
Jun 10, 2025 / Laura Jedeed