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History of Hollywood Red Scare Offers Insight Into Trump’s Free Speech Attacks
The book “Policing Show Business” shows how Trump’s attacks on “radical leftists” are like a sequel to the Red Scare.
Legal US Resident Languishes in El Salvador Prison After SCOTUS Ruling
Immigrants expelled to El Salvador have been largely denied their legal rights and detained without clear evidence.
Outrage Grows Over Israel’s Execution of 15 Gaza Medics and Rescue Workers
Diana Buttu, a Palestinian human rights attorney, calls the incident “the height of dehumanization.”
Supreme Court Weighs Cutting Off Planned Parenthood From Medicaid Funding
The case would especially impact low-income patients who rely on Planned Parenthood for a range of health care services.
Trump’s Trade War Is Desperate Ploy as US Empire Declines, Says Richard Wolff
Trump’s global tariff plan will have grave economic effects on US consumers and lead to a recession, the economist says.
Let’s Be Politically Promiscuous
“Our movements are pretty much just made of our relationships,” says author and activist Dean Spade.
Musk’s Money Didn’t Win Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, Says John Nichols
Nichols also discusses special election results in Florida and Abbott’s delay in calling a special election in Texas.
With Detention of Beloved Farmworker Organizer, ICE Comes for the Labor Movement
“We believe he was targeted,” says the political director of the farmworker union that Alfredo Juarez helped to create.
New Forms of Resistance Are Springing Up Under the Trump-Musk Regime
Organizer Daniel Hunter says we’re seeing a greater range of tactics under Trump 2.0 — and that should give us hope.
As Trump Attacks Education, Chicago Teachers Reach Powerful Tentative Contract
It reaffirms sanctuary school protections, assures the ability to teach Black history and gives veteran teachers raises.