No Ordinary Solidarity
Jewish Voices for Peace lead hunger strike for Gaza By Joseph Mogul Ash Bohrer sat in a wheelchair outside of the Chicago Federal Plaza, where they had been arrested for refusing to leave Sen. Tammy…
Injustice
They Looted Companies–Now They ’re Looting the Government
By Lynn Parramore There’s a familiar myth in American politics: that of the no-nonsense business leader who cuts through red tape and gets results. It fuels the belief that running a country is just like…
Slashing USDA Programs Impacts Local Families
An Interview with Michael Burger of Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry By Matt Moss How have the changes to TEFAP affected Tri-Area Ministry’s ability to serve our community? It’s nuanced. There are three food banks in…
Lessons for Protesters from Standing Rock
The events following the 2016 protest are urgently relevant to our current political moment Commentary by Emily Atkin During the high-profile demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016, the FBI sent several informants disguised…
Criminalizing Homelessness Doesn’t Work. Housing People Does.
By Farrah Hassen In the largest eviction of a homeless encampment in recent history, around 100 unhoused people were recently forced to vacate Oregon’s Deschutes National Forest—or else face a $5,000 fine and up to…
DNA Proof of Swine Feces in NC Homes
By Dawn Attride In Duplin County, North Carolina, there is a pollutant that hangs in the air, the water and the soil. It tumbles in the breeze and into homes through open windows, settling as…
5 Lessons for the Next Hurricane
Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way By Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon, with additional reporting by Cassandra Garibay When Hurricane Helene plowed over the Southeast last September, it caused more…
The Illegal Attack On Iran
By Vijay Prashad Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore a sovereign…
Universities to Students: Leave the Country
ICE just said they didn’t actually have to. By Natasha Lennard Homeland Security’s changes to SEVIS, the Trump administration said, have no bearing on a student’s lawful nonimmigrant status. “Terminating a record in SEVIS does…
“They Want to Bring Slaves”
How this legal worker visa became a human trafficking scheme By Katie Nixdorf and Paul Blest In recent years, a massive scheme to traffic and exploit vulnerable agricultural workers has taken shape in the US….