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He is widely known in the upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, where he has been based since moving to the United States more than a decade ago, as a spiritual man who grew up Muslim, a practicing Buddhist, and whose closest friends are Jewish.

It looks like potential contempt proceedings in the Alien Enemies Act case and the Abrego Garcia case will be running in parallel, leapfrogging each other for the right to be the Supreme Court’s biggest test so far of the Trump II presidency.

A week for general strikes

The Trump administration’s campaign to remove millions of people from the United States could soon be supercharged by Congress.

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain explains his union’s position on tariffs and argues that we need a political movement that puts working-class people first to address the current political crisis in the US.

The Power of the Poor in Trump’s America

"What is at stake is the defense of our fundamental democratic rights and constitutional freedoms," said one organizer.

Media caught in Trump’s net

The president’s reckless tariffs are designed to goad his opponents into touting free trade and scoffing at the working class.

We compared taxes paid by the average taxpayer on a host of programs to the benchmark of our times — the price of a dozen eggs. In February 2025, the average price for a dozen eggs was $5.90, find out how much you might have paid for federal programs