By Isabela Dias On February 14, Kerry Doyle sat at the court in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, preparing for her new job as an immigration judge. She was excited to step into such a consequential position. Each…
By Noah Hurowitz An immigration raid in western New York on May 2 targeted a group of immigrants involved in a landmark statewide effort by farm workers to unionize. On Friday morning at around 9:30…
By Eileen Markey On May 20 housing justice groups including People’s Action, VOCAL-NY, Texas Organizing Project, Arkansas Community Organization and others rallied in DC—and in more than a dozen communities from Duluth to Akron to…
A transgender immigrant’s illegal detention in Guantanamo By Mira Lazine Legal organizations filed multiple declarations last month on behalf of documented immigrants illegally sent to Guantanamo Bay (‘Gitmo’), an infamous military prison known for torturing…
No country should go through what Venezuela has been going through since 2017. By Vijay Prashad U.S.-led sanctions (more aptly referred to as Unilateral Coercive Measures, or UCMs) caused Venezuela to lose oil revenue equivalent…
By Monique Simone Shaw I want for my daughters what we all want for the generations to come—a future where they are safe, healthy, and free to pursue their dreams and build families if and…
Faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times By Samantha Rosenthal Editors Note: March 31 was International Transgender Day of Visibility. Presently, transgender rights are under political attack throughout the United…
And why that threatens everyone By Sara Novicć Twelve days before Donald Trump took office, Charlie Kirk, media personality and rightwing activist, complained on his eponymous show about the presence of American Sign Language (ASL)…
Citizenship Interview By Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Mohsen Mahdawi showed up for what he thought was his citizenship interview. After 10 years of living, studying, and building a life in the U.S., this was supposed to be…
It needs control over its critical minerals Commentary by Maxwell Gomera The decision of US President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend foreign aid and shut down the USAID agency has sent shockwaves across the development…