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Trump’s deportation crackdown is ‘beyond not normal’

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has morphed into something much darker, says attorney Dean Obeidallah; sweeping up immigrants, legal residents,…

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Can Trump’s transactional approach lead to a deal in Gaza?

President Trump is deviating from the traditional Republican and Democratic Presidential strategy in the Middle East. “Whether that’s going to…

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Velshi Banned Book Club: “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel

Written in 2006, “Fun Home” chronicles Alison Bechdel’s upbringing in rural Pennsylvania. “Fun Home” is told in a non-linear way:…

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Velshi: Stop weaponizing post-apartheid progress abroad for culture wars at home

South Africa today is not apartheid in reverse. It’s the hard, necessary, work of repair, justice, and democracy trying to…

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‘How do you plan anything as a business?’: MN small business owner struggling under Trump’s tariffs

Beth Benike, an Army vet and owner of the Minnesota based company Busy Baby is just one of the millions…

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Farmers sued to get their climate data back, and won. What can we learn?

The Trump administration is attacking climate science - from scrubbing data farmers use for their crops to cutting personnel from…

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Big Donald Is Watching You: Sliding into autocracy under Trump 2.0

A giant banner featuring Donald Trump’s photo just went up at the front of the Department of Agriculture. A military…

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‘Quit kicking us in the nuts’: Republicans want outspoken GOP Rep. Bacon to tone it down

The Wall Street Journal recently labeled Nebraska congressman Don Bacon as “Trump’s Loud Republican Critic” and his outspokenness has also…

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New photo-essay from Lynsey Addario and Anne Applebaum highlights desperation of Sudanese refugees

Pulitzer prize-winning journalists Lynsey Addario and Anne Applebaum capture the images, stories, and desperation of tens of thousands of refugees…