Sunday, January 19, 2025

Tag: border

Japanese-American internment survivors protest plan to jail migrant kids at Fort...

"There’s a historical pattern of detention and separation of families that we’re seeing across the United States, affecting immigrant communities and affecting communities of color."

“Somebody is going to die”: Lawyer describes chaos, illness & danger...

"They’re breaking the law by taking the children away from their families."

The wall: Barrier or symbol?

Let’s be crystal clear: A wall has little or no advantage for law enforcement or border security.

We already have a border wall. It’s an environmental disaster.

"We’ve inhabited this land for so long, since the beginning of time and so not allowing that migration to flow disrupts people’s systems. We know the impacts [the border wall] has already had on our environment.”

Inhumanity at the border – and beyond

If the Trump administration can show such disregard for society’s most vulnerable people, what does that mean for clean water, endangered species and other environmental issues?

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Trump Treasury nominee Scott Bessent opposes raising $7.25 minimum wage despite millions living in...

Bessent links wage policies to state decisions while critics warn of deepening inequality.

Exclusive prayer for $100K: Trump’s Inauguration Committee faces criticism over ‘pay-to-pray’ event

Trump’s inauguration committee faces scrutiny for exorbitant ticket prices to interfaith prayer event.

The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

Democrats have a massive opportunity as a pure opposition party

If they want to win, Democrats should view themselves not as the minority—but as the opposition.

Survivors of deadly LA wildfires demand accountability for Big Oil’s role in fueling climate...

Victims, scientists, and legal experts unite to hold fossil fuel companies criminally responsible.