| Mar 5, 2019 | Editors Picks|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe current administration has bent over backwards to force-feed its anti-immigrant agenda to the American public. That agenda remains broadly unpopular, but they’ve tried every trick in the con artist book to impose it anyway. Despite years of hysterical...
| Oct 16, 2018 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAs the 2018 midterms approach, we’re living in a moment when progressive and even leftist ideas — and unabashed, unapologetic idealism — can be cool. Progressive candidates have won congressional or gubernatorial primaries by ardently supporting so-called radical...
| Jul 18, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the early hours of a winter day in 2017, “Laura” — a Montclair, New Jersey resident and single mother of four — received a visit from the local police, responding to a household dispute that had taken place hours beforehand. The police took Laura to Montclair jail,...
| Jul 3, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy As someone who was born and raised in the border state of New Mexico, I’m very familiar with political speak about immigrants and the border, especially when it comes to talking about safety. After 9/11, concerns about safety led to the passing of the Homeland...
| Jun 20, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLet’s be clear about something: Separating children from families, as the Trump regime is doing to undocumented immigrants, isn’t just cruel. It’s going to cause irreparable damage to the children involved — and probably to the parents too. The...