The DOJ quietly closed more than 23,000 criminal cases in Trump's first six months, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases.
The US and Israel appear to have misjudged not only Iran’s capabilities, but the political, economic and historical terrain on which this war is being fought.
What I witnessed over those days was not the Cuba of Western propaganda. It was a country enduring a 66-year siege, and a people who, against all odds, continue to build, create, and care for one another.
Even as Israel attacks Iran and Lebanon, it is also intensifying ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. The military and settler militias are using a crisis Israel created as cover for its illegal takeover of the West Bank.
As the public turns against Trump and the Republicans on immigration, the Democrats can seize the moment with a new, positive vision. Here’s what that might look like.
The war in Iran is testing the operating principle that has guided Trump for decades: construct a narrative, declare it to be true and relentlessly force the world to submit to it
Many Roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ (1946), Union Wins Big at Ford (1941), Learning from a Riot (1936), Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? (1966), When Anti-Apartheid Actions Made a Difference (1986), Boston Splits Over Fugitive Slave Act (1851)
Democracy is not an abstract
As left activists who choose electoral work, we can both maintain ideological clarity while also remaining politically pragmatic. That can be done. In the difficult times we now find ourselves in, that must be done.
An exhibition in Ibadan recovers Nigeria’s buried history of activism, raising urgent questions about access, erasure, and whether archives can inspire new political action.
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