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A “war” against immigrants had been declared long before Trump signed the memo to deploy 2,000-4,000 National Guard troops to the border. Indeed, there has been a continuous military presence there since 1989 and the Pentagon has played a crucial role in the expansion of US border security...

Young people’s activism has existed in places where older generations aren’t used to looking

The South may have lost the Civil War militarily, but it won politically.

Where local governments collaborate with ICE, deportations have increased more than 75 percent. New Mexico shows a different way.

The fortunes of the African refugee community targeted by the Israeli government for deportation have swung wildly in recent days.

"The South is the most rapidly changing region in the nation and deserves courts that reflect the diversity of its present and future — not its past."

"People have power and I want them to begin using it to hold their government accountable for the abuse it does to people like me," said one formerly detained asylum seeker.

The US Army recently announced that it is developing the first drones that can spot and target vehicles and people using artificial intelligence (AI). Whereas current military drones are still controlled by people, this new technology will decide who to kill with almost no human involvement.

To believe that the West Virginia strike was a natural expression of the correct alignment of social forces isn’t just wrong, it sells West Virginians short.

In early January, EPA chief Scott Pruitt met with Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) to discuss overhauling how EPA uses science. Smith hasn't been able to get legislation to do so through Congress, so he pitched pitched Pruitt to do so internally, according to emails obtained through a FOIA.