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Activists Resist U.S. Government Deportation Spree (1981), Round Up the Usual Suspects! (1901), ‘Freedom Began Here’ (1851), Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant (1976), A Billion Here, A Billion There, Pretty Soon You’re Talking About Real Money (1996)

'When I go to their house, they have to make sure it's me before they even go to the door,' Pastor Jean-Daniel Berard, who leads Passionate LightHouse of God, said of his church members. 'The fear is real.'

On Tuesday, President Trump called my friends and me “garbage.” This comment was only the latest in a series of remarks and Truth Social posts in which the president has demonized and spread conspiracy theories about the Somali community and me.

Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term but their work has always entailed great personal risk.

They will continue to welcome immigrants and offer solidarity, support, and services regardless of immigration status.

In Pembroke, the well-intended efforts of mostly white nature conservationists overlook one thing: The township’s Black farming community has never fully supported them. Now, a generations-old way of life is threatened by the push for conservation.

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Reader Comments: Eyewitness Reports from Caracas, Venezuela; Impeachment debate; Anita Hill; Ilhan Omar; Higher Minimum Wage; Walt Whitman; Pete Seeger Tribute; Hubble Measurements; Racism and Women's Suffrage; lots of Announcements and more....

When I was a child, my parents used to tell us the story of the St. Louis. Now we are comparing the Central American exodus to this doomed ocean-liner. “We sometimes refer to the caravan as the ‘St. Louis' aka "The Voyage of the Damned'.

Reader Comments: Immigration and Borders; Wisconsin GOP Attempt Coup; Books About Food; George H.W. Bush; 2018 elections; Impeachment Dilemma; Fighting GM Closings; Break Up Facebook, and ...; Marc Lamont Hill; Lots of Resources and Announcements;