Peace and Security
Trump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of Us.
The media treated Trump’s petty snub of John McCain as a bigger controversy than the $717 billion Pentagon bill named for the Arizona senator.
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Kafka on the Border
The administration has trapped immigrant families in a bureaucratic nightmare — and brought media hacks rushing to defend the indefensible.
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Let Me Tell You What Forced Separation Feels Like
Our country puts thousands upon thousands of U.S.-born kids behind bars, too. Mine was one of them.
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What’s Behind Trump’s Attacks on Europe?
Maybe Putin has some dirt on Trump. But the real problem is Trump thinks like Putin.
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He Came Bearing Gifts
Fresh off a tense NATO summit, Trump sure knows the way to Putin’s heart.
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Local Police Shouldn’t Collaborate With ICE
Until the federal government stops its relentless persecution of immigrants, it’s up to us to provide refuge in whatever ways we can.
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Why They Still Come
The U.S. created conditions in Central America that families are desperate to flee — even if they risk being separated.
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Guns Don’t Make Us Safer — And Here’s the Proof
As a victim of gun violence myself, I’ve never liked guns. But I thought the issue deserved some serious research.
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Abolishing ICE Isn’t Radical — It’s Rational
ICE is supposed to keep Americans safe. Instead, it’s terrorizing refugees, families, and small children.
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There’s an All-Out War on Kids, and Not Just on the Border
What we’re witnessing at our border is one part of a war against all children — whether by cuts to schools, child nutrition, health care, safe air and water, or family-supporting jobs.
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