The Texas National Guard has been deployed to Illinois to support ICE agents in their efforts to enforce federal immigration laws, despite protests from local officials and advocates for immigrants’ rights.
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Posted inNational
Government Shutdown Enters Second Week, Leaving Thousands of Federal Workers Without Pay
The federal government shutdown has resulted in the furlough of 8,700 CDC employees and has affected essential services, national parks, and local businesses, as well as putting programs like WIC and SNAP at risk.
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Teachers Break From Tradition, Empower Students to Question Constitution
The Zinn Education Project’s Teach Truth on Constitution Day campaign encourages students to critically examine the Constitution, its origins, and its omissions, and to consider how rights have been won through struggle, empowering them to become active participants in democracy.
Posted inHealth
Trump Administration’s Medicaid Changes Put Disabled Patients at Risk
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has significantly defunded and reshaped Medicaid assistance programs, putting the lives of millions of Americans, including Black patients, at risk and forcing individuals like Faithful V to use ChatGPT to navigate the appeals process.
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The Weaponization of Free Speech: A Dangerous Return to the Past
The political right is using the First Amendment as a weapon to advance racist and hateful ideology, while those who question it are being fired from their jobs, and high-profile names like Jimmy Kimmel are being suspended from their shows.
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Target Faces Backlash for Reneging on Commitment to Black-Owned Brands
Target has been the focus of a nationwide boycott led by Black faith groups, Georgia pastor Jamal Bryant and Rev. Al Sharpton, and consumers, due to its failure to stand by Black customers, businesses, and the principles of economic justice the company claimed to care about.
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Controversial Conservative Charlie Kirk Shot Dead, Sparking Outrage and Debate
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated while speaking at a university, and his death should remind us that violence is always wrong and that we must learn to disagree without dehumanizing each other.
Posted inPolitics
Texas Democracy Lies on Redrawn Lines
Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted to eliminate over 100 Election Day polling locations and slash early voting sites, which critics say is a direct attack on Black, Latino, and college-age voters, while Rep. Venton Jones argues that the new congressional maps are the most racially gerrymandered since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Posted inPolitics
Black Women Under Attack as Trump Seeks to Oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook
President Trump has attempted to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Fed, for alleged “deceitful and potentially criminal conduct” which has been widely dismissed as baseless and politically motivated.
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When a President Tries to Whitewash Slavery
Whitewashing slavery is a dangerous and calculated erasure of the truth, and if we are to move forward, we must remember it for what it was and call it by its true name.