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In the first years of the war, it was more than coincidental that the frontline fighters were disproportionately Black. Still, the Pentagon was willing to tolerate Black soldiers only inasmuch as they forswore cultural expressions of Blackness.

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Many leftists are agonizing after revelation of links between Jeffrey Epstein and Ehud Barak. According to a recording in the Epstein files, the former prime minister told Larry Summers Israel could now be 'more selective' taking in Jewish immigrants

The rapid growth of DSA in recent decades is part of a global phenomenon of voters and activists from the Left and Right who distrust the political establishment and traditional parties, and have formed what are called “movement parties.”

Federal records obtained by WIRED show that over the past several months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have carried out a secret campaign to expand ICE’s physical presence across the US.

Bad Bunny made history at the Super Bowl on Sunday, giving voice to Puerto Rican history and culture, and doing so in Spanish at a time when that alone could get you picked up by masked immigration agents.

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After 14 Years at the Helm, AFSCME President Lee Saunders to Retire in August 2026.

What does a new edition of Edward Said’s classic ‘Representations of the Intellectual’ reveal in the context of the crisis in Gaza?

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.