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SCOTUS guts nationwide blocks on Trump’s orders

In a new ruling, Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court’s supermajority limited the ability of federal judges to issue universal…

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‘More empty homes in America than there are homeless people’: Affordability agenda drives NY primary

Critics debate whether the primary win of Zohran Mamdani is a referendum on the future of the Democratic party. One…

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‘It’s a lawless process’: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander on ICE Arrests at Immigration Courts

Seeing people show up to defend immigrants can inspire doubt and dissent even among those tasked with enforcing ICE’s edicts,…

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Velshi Banned Book Club: “World War Z” by Max Brooks

Max Brooks’ seminal zombie thriller, “World War Z”, is set in an alternate 21st century world after a zombie apocalypse…

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‘Secret police stuff’: Trump deportations rip through American communities

Border security officials have made a habit of picking up migrants for deportation while they’re attending mandatory immigration hearings to…

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Juneteenth amid Trump’s Anti-DEI Agenda: ‘Latest iteration of a country trying to forget its past’

Amid the Trump administration’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion agenda, Black Americans gathered in cities across America to celebrate Juneteenth. On…

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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Olive’s Ocean’ by Kevin Henkes

Olive's Ocean by the multiple award-winning author Kevin Henkes (also of ‘Chrysanthemum’, ‘Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse,’ and others) grapples with…

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‘Simply outrageous’: Napolitano on Trump federalizing the CA National Guard

As former Homeland Security Secretary and former governor of a border state, Janet Napolitano has experienced what’s broken about America’s…

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Resistance or bust: Military troops in U.S. cities signal a national inflection point

Thousands of U.S. troops have been deployed to Los Angeles in response to largely peaceful demonstrations against ICE raids. Donald…