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Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana

Photos by David Bacon and an Interview with Laura Velasco Dollars & Sense
People who are just dumped through the border gate find themselves in cities like Tijuana. Families get meals at the food distribution sites because they don’t have enough money to eat.

Inside ICE’s Plans for a Bounty Hunter Army

Katya Schwenk The Lever
Military contractors called for — and are now getting — contracts to help carry out Trump’s mass deportations, with a bounty for every immigrant they track down.

This Week in People’s History, Nov 12–18, 2025

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Three American Revolutionary soldiers, two white, one of color
Scorned Black Soldiers Rescue Yankee Doodle (1775), CIA Won’t Give Guatemala a Break (1960), Jim Crow on Parade (1865), ‘Give Peace a Chance’ (1969), Racist Terror at Its Worst (1900), Honoring Frederick Douglass (2015)

Labor’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership

Vinnie Collins Convergence
Green politics won’t succeed if they can’t simultaneously speak to questions of affordability. And green affordability will require expanded public ownership.

The Electric Bill Election

David Dayen The American Prospect
On Tuesday, the soaring cost of power was a key factor in several races. Democrats have a plan that can match their economic populist rhetoric.