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Reader Comments: GOP Destroying Democracy; Puerto Rico Rises and WINS; Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson and Colin Kaepernick; Iran; Europe's Right; Citizens United; What to Do When ICE Shows Up; Angela Davis and Black Lawyers; and more ...

I was arrested blocking access to a migrant detention facility. More and more U.S. Jews recognize the urgent moral necessity of doing more than just marching against these grave human rights abuses: That's what 'Never Again' really means.

Reader Comments: Building Unity to Defeat Trump; Concentration Camps; Debating History and contributions from the Left; Arnautoff Mural; Syriza Lessons; Ida B. Wells; Lights for Liberty demonstrations; Beyond NAFTA 2.0; Resources; Announcements; more

The camps; New data on income and racism; Scabby is free speech; Language and misogyny; The new NIMBY; Democrats behind the curtain; Editorial cartoons are scary

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised quite a kerfuffle by using the term "concentration camps" to describe the current administration's use of military encampments to hold refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrants in abhorrent conditions

In late April Linda and Phyllis spent 5 days at a shelter in San Diego assisting families just released from border detention. Both are retired and work supporting detainees and asylum seekers. These notes are from that experience.

Reader Comments: Impeachment; New immigrant children facility opened; Climate Crisis; Puerto Rico; Sanders and Palestine; Airline Mechanics; Teachers; $15 Minimum Wage; Gun Worship; Chile and the TPP - Report from Chile; `Cultural Marxism'; more.....

Campus speech; Schooling for sale; Foodies' fate; Trump's camps; Hussle's gift; New holiday; Yearning to breathe free