For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus—a fundamental protection against unlawful imprisonment—has remained a core fixture of democratic governance. Suspending it would defy the Constitution, but Trump is weighing his options.
Despite repeated legal setbacks demanding an end to these autocratic practices, the Trump administration continues its assault on the rule of law. For some of those snatched off the streets, the ultimate destination is a foreign hellhole.
Readers Comments: What's the Latest Grift, Foreign Gift, Emolument; Congress Silent on Gaza Nightmare; Year's Cost of Public Television or 6 Hours of Pentagon Bombs; U.S. Bandmember Arrested Before European Tour; Mass-Care Medicare for All Conference
Students, teachers and staff work “day and night” to protect the rights of international students, often the lifeblood of rural college towns
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the of World War II on the European continent. This week is also fifty years after the Vietnam War’s end. What are the lessons for today from the peace movement on mobilizing resistance
Reader Comments: 50 Years After Vietnam War' End; Largest May Day in US; Birth Rates Falling; Israel War Cabinet approved plan to seize entire Gaza Strip; “It’s Time” People’s Peace Summit of Palestinians and Jews in Jerusalem and 15 cities worldwide
It’s coming, and we know approximately when. The economy contracted by 0.3 percent, and imports have contracted. Tariffs of 145 percent on China are a trade embargo for many sectors. China’s retaliatory measures are an embargo in the other direction.
A federal judge freed Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student leader at Columbia University, who was part of the pro-Palestine protests. “The two weeks of detention so far demonstrate great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime,”
Reader Comments: Children Deported ; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; 12 Unions Launch Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply with Unlawful Orders
The United States hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling multiple movements toward that goal.
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