Trump To Welcome White South Africans

Katya Schwenk The Lever
Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement.

The Crypto Racket

Candice Bernd The American Prospect
Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.

‘DOGE Already Happened in Chicago’

Michaela Brant The Progressive
The president of the Chicago Teachers Union spoke to The Progressive about the union’s new contract that will protect Chicago educators and students from the threats of the Trump Administration.

History Is Our Battleground

Walter Baier Transform!Europe
This year marks a crucial moment in the struggle over historical memory. We commemorate the liberation of the concentration camps, the capitulation of the German Wehrmacht, and the end of Nazi barbarism. But what lessons have been learned?

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What Direction for Leo XIV and for the Catholic Church?

Joanne M. Pierce, Maureen K. Day The Conversation
Will Leo XIV follow in Francis' footsteps or strike out in a new direction? How will the new papacy affect how the U.S. Catholic Church will navigate the storms that have buffeted it for the past decades? Two experts provide insights.