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‘No support whatsoever’: Mahmoud Khalil lawyer says Columbia silent on detainment

Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and Columbia graduate student detained by ICE for his pro-Palestinian activism, penned a letter…

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Americans ‘want to know history and not a fairy tale’: Historians on Trump rewriting US History

This week, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”. It aims at eliminating…

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Expert on civil wars around the world says the fight to save democracy must come from the bottom up

Professor Barbara F. Walter, a renowned expert on civil wars around the world, warns that the United States meets key…

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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘You Must Take Part in Revolution’ by Melissa Chan and Badiucao

What could America look like in 2035? What could the world look like in 2035? Journalist Melissa Chan and activist…

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‘An aggressive assault on the separation of powers’: Ousted FTC Commissioners Sue Trump

Two democratic Federal Trade Commission members fired by the Trump administration last week are now suing, arguing they were fired…

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‘It could be you tomorrow’: Rep. Pressley says detainment of Tufts PhD student ‘5-alarm fire’

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts), whose constituent is Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts PhD student who had her student visa revoked and…

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When your miscarriage becomes the subject of a criminal investigation

States with abortion bans are increasingly targeting women who suffer miscarriages, marking a dangerous escalation in the GOP’s war on…

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Lina Khan: Trump’s FTC firings ‘blatantly illegal’ & sign of billionaire influence

This week, President Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Former FTC Chair Lina Khan calls…

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Matthew Desmond: American social mobility used to be the rule– today it’s a coin flip

Senator Bernie Sanders' "Fight Oligarchy" tour is drawing record-breaking crowds and giving voice to the growing anger over an economy…