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CROSSING THE LINE: FINDING AMERICA IN THE BORDERLANDS Named a Finalist for the International Nellie Bly Award
Never has a book been more urgent or more timely: “For anyone who wants to understand the dysfunctional immigration debate beyond slogans, Crossing the…
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Sarah Towle
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Resistance Anthem by Mama Sass & the Homeboys
Though recorded 6 1/2 years ago, in the summer of 2018, this anthem by the Homeboys is no less relevant today!
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Sarah Towle
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Immigration Detention at Guantánamo Bay Repeats Historical Horrors
Remembering the national shame of Japanese and Haitian internments as Trump & Co move to triple the capacity of the rapacious for-profit detention to…
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Sarah Towle
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Who Are The Real Criminals In Trump 2.0's Mass Deportation Story?
Border Czar Tom Homan’s claim that ICE is targeting only “bad guys” is a trope straight out of the fascists' playbook
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Sarah Towle
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Austin Kocher
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January 2025

Purges, Freezes, ICE Unleashed, Remain in Mexico Redux...
With Gestapo-style raids, calls for doubling ICE prison capacity, mass deportations, and the return of Remain in Mexico, the worst of Trump & Co's…
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Is Dr. King's Dream Deferred (Again) as Democracy Descends into Darkness?
In this era of Global Apartheid powered by demagogues and profiteers who benefit from division, fear, and hate, say NO to injustice everywhere. Choose…
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Running To Stand Still _ Film
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Trump’s Rogue Police Deployed Two Weeks Before "Day One"
US Border Patrol carries out raids while Los Angeles burns
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Sarah Towle
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Camilo Pérez-Bustillo
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Sergio Olmos
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Melissa Montalvo
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The 119th US Congress Lurches Rightward. The Betrayal Will Only Get Worse if We Don't Stop It. Tell The Dems...
When a system is "broken," the fix is never more of the same. VOTE NO to HR 29/SB.5!
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Sarah Towle
Lessons from Trump 1.0: Christmas at the Tornillo, Texas, Teen Internment Camp
We CAN confront the coming immigration inhumanity. All it takes is collective action.
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Sarah Towle
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