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Spain Shows Another Immigration Policy Is Possible

Pablo Castaño Jacobin
Spanish political leaders know that the economy relies on undocumented migrants and their labor. Rather than step up expulsions, Pedro Sánchez’s government has announced plans to regularize over 500,000 migrants’ status.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

J. David McSwane ProPublica
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 4–10, 2026

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Group of striking workers outside their Chicago workplace in the 1930s
Gotta Go Down and Join the Union (1976), Lynchings on Long Island (1946), Autherine Lucy Didn’t Know the Meaning of ‘Quit’ (1956), Baby Doc Throws In the Towel (1986), Tell the Crowd How You Really Feel! (1911), Free and Fearless (1941)

Sovereignty on Trial: Ecuador, the UAE, and the Curse of Corporate Courts

Mario Osorio, Pedro Labayen Herrera Center for Economic and Policy Research
Ecuador remains trapped in a geopolitical paradox, needing investment in education, science, and technology to escape the “middle-income trap.” Recent leaders have chosen maximizing short term rents through the extraction of oil and minerals.

Ozempic Is Changing the Foods Americans Buy

Laura Reiley Cornell Chronicle
Within six months of starting a GLP-1 medication, households reduce grocery spending by an average of 5.3%. Among higher-income households, the drop is more than 8%. Spending at fast-food restaurants and coffee shops fell at about 8%

This Week at City Hall: Labor on the March – the Wolf Is at the Door

Bob Hennelly WBAI Pacifica Radio NYC
The first time since 1964 that New York City has set a minimum wage standard for private sector workers and other top labor stories in New York City. Mayor Mamdani addresses the $12 billion budget gap left by his predecessor Mayor Adams.