Tag: immigration
US turned away thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers and detained hundreds more...
When the U.S. detained Haitian refugees indefinitely, it set a precedent.
Inside the crowdfunding campaign to reunite a family separated at the...
In response to the support she has received, Gonzalez-Garcia said, “Thank you, thank you so much. I won’t be able to pay you all back, but you’ll receive blessings from God.”
Bernie Sanders goes beyond the call to abolish ICE, says America’s...
The "systemic cruelty of the American immigration system" has been around long before Trump.
Calls to abolish ICE were everywhere at the massive March Against...
As tens of thousands took to the streets this weekend, many marchers joined the growing demand to defund and dismantle ICE.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 4, 2018
New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 3, 2018
New study shows a correlation between air pollution and diabetes, despite the fact that EPA deems the levels 'safe,' News outlets indirectly paid Melania Trump up to $1 million for images under contract that demanded 'positive' coverage and more.
Nationwide protests: Pro-immigrant or anti-Trump?
More than 750 cities. One message. This is what it looks like when a nation speaks with one voice.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 2, 2018
Protestors march against Trump's immigration policies, San Francisco becomes first major city to have $15 minimum wage, and more.
Susan Sarandon & Linda Sarsour speak out as 630 women arrested...
Protesters, chanted “We care” and “Abolish ICE,” and wore mylar emergency blankets like those given to immigrants imprisoned in U.S. detention centers.
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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide?
The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.
DOGE developed error-prone AI tool to ‘munch’ veterans affairs contracts
“AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this.”
The far right’s tipping point
Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.
Where is the AI safety movement?
There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?
New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics
Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."