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A New Plan To Fix Mexico’s Housing Crisis

Ximena González Jacobin
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum wants to bring social housing back to Mexico City’s core. It may be the capital’s best shot at making affordability more than just a slogan.

Is Claudia Sheinbaum the Anti-Trump?

Michelle Goldberg The New York Times
Last year was a bad one for incumbent political parties and for women. One country, however, bucked all these trends: Mexico, where Claudia Sheinbaum, won the presidency in a landslide.

How To Fight Trump’s Attacks on Farmworkers

David Bacon The Nation
ICE is picking people up on warrants for detention across the country. ICE Director Tom Homan calls all undocumented immigrants criminals and therefore credible targets for deportation, no matter how many years they have lived in the country.

This Week in People’s History, Apr 16–22, 2025

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Demonstrators attempting to block a police motorcycle in downtown Washington, DC
What First Amendment? (2000), “Freedom Now in Vietnam” (1965), Saying ‘No’ to Colonialism (1955), If They Want War, Let Them Have It (1775), Impunity for Racist Threats (1965), McCarthyism Flops on Broadway (1955), Earth Day’s a Smash Hit (1970)