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The death of 56-year-old Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, stands as yet another example of a federal administration whose immigration policies continue to endanger undocumented and vulnerable people. After spending nearly a year in a Buffalo jail over charges that resulted in a misdemeanor plea deal, Shah Alam was transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody because of an immigration detainer. Days later, he was found dead on a downtown street

One of America's oldest and most trusted institutions is on the verge of collapse, and most people have no idea. The US Postal Service, which has served Americans for 250 years, could stop delivering mail within 12 months. Postmaster General David Steiner delivered a stark warning to Congress this week: "At our current rate, we'll be out of cash in less than 12 months. So in about a year from now, the postal service would be unable to deliver the mail." That's not a distant

In a remarkable display of civic courage, the small Georgia town of Social Circle has become an unlikely beacon of human rights resistance, pushing back against the Trump administration's plans to transform a local warehouse into one of America's largest immigration detention facilities, capable of holding up to 10,000 people. At the heart of this resistance is city manager Eric Taylor, who has taken the extraordinary step of refusing to enable the facility. When ICE contacte

The detention of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez represents a deeply troubling assault on press freedom and a potential First Amendment violation that should alarm every American who values a free press. Rodriguez, a Colombian-born journalist for Spanish-language outlet Nashville Noticias, was surrounded by ICE trucks alongside her husband Alejandro Medina in what can only be described as a targeted, intimidating operation. "We really couldn't understand why we're bei

A deeply troubling bill backed by the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (DCS) would allow foster children, children who have never been charged with a crime, to be imprisoned in juvenile detention facilities. For communities of color, who are disproportionately represented in the foster care system, this legislation represents yet another mechanism of state-sanctioned punishment targeting the most vulnerable. The bill would create a new classification called "Childr

A new report from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health warns that the world has entered an era of global “water bankruptcy,” a term researchers use to describe “persistent over-withdrawal from surface and groundwater” that has led to “irreversible or prohibitively costly loss of water-related natural capital.” This is not just an environmental issue; it is a justice issue tied directly to food security, housing stability, public health, an

Damian Bradford and Richard Spencer students from Ville LC, attended the Know Your Rights Camp in Los Angeles, where themes of representation and community shaped the experience. Participants were encouraged to imagine a world without borders and visually express their ideas, creating space for creativity and shared vision. Damian described the exercise as liberating, saying it felt powerful to share perspectives in a room full of peers who understood him. Richard highlighted

Emmanuel Damas, a 56-year-old Haitian asylum seeker, died on Monday at a Scottsdale hospital from complications caused by an infected tooth, a condition that is entirely treatable. His death, while in ICE custody at Florence Correctional Center in Arizona, is a damning indictment of the medical care standards inside America's immigration detention system. Damas first reported his toothache to Florence staff on February 12. For nearly two weeks, he received nothing but ibuprof

The City of Bethel, Alaska, has agreed to pay $10 million in settlements across two civil suits alleging excessive force by police officers, the latest reminder that police brutality remains a deeply troubling and persistent problem in American law enforcement. The larger $7 million award goes to Bernard Mael, whose case against former officer Jonathan Murphy is among the most disturbing. Body cam footage shows Murphy tasing, pepper spraying, and beating Mael in the head dur

The House’s passage of the Save America Act, by a narrow 218–213 vote, represents what many see as a sweeping attempt to reshape voting nationwide by requiring proof of citizenship at registration, imposing a strict national photo ID requirement, and limiting mail-in voting. While supporters frame the changes as commonsense safeguards, opponents warn the bill is built on a false premise. “I’m skeptical that the Senate will vote on this bill,” said Maine Secretary of State She

Nine people have already died inside Los Angeles County jails this year; seven in January and two more in February and even Sheriff Robert Luna admitted, “It’s not off to a good start.” For families, those words are not statistics; they are funerals. Each life lost inside a county facility raises urgent questions about what happened behind locked doors, especially when “the causes of all nine deaths are still pending autopsy reports.” Sheriff Luna described the notifications

The U.S. government is pouring an eye-watering $38 billion into converting industrial warehouses into a sprawling network of immigration detention centers, a mass incarceration infrastructure that critics say criminalizes human suffering while starving American communities of desperately needed resources. ICE has been quietly purchasing warehouses across the country, from New Jersey to Florida to Oklahoma, with plans for up to 24 "mega-detention" facilities holding tens of t

The $1.2 million settlement reached by the North Las Vegas City Council with deaf woman Andrea Hollingsworth serves as a stark reminder that police brutality is not just a racial or civil rights issue, it is a profound and persistent threat to disabled individuals as well. In April 2021, Hollingsworth's encounter with a North Las Vegas officer turned violent when, according to body camera footage, she was pushed to the ground and handcuffed. What makes this case particularly

Cheree Byrd’s story is a devastating reminder of why pregnant women in jail need real medical support, not neglect. In 2022, Byrd, a Black woman held at the Onondaga County Justice Center on a misdemeanor petit larceny charge, went into labor while unable to post a $5,000 bond. Her baby was born at just 23 weeks; “extremely” premature; and later died. The charge against her was eventually dropped, but the damage was irreversible. According to her lawsuit, Byrd told jail staf

Four Democratic-led states; California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota; have sued the Trump administration to stop what they describe as sweeping and unlawful cuts to already-approved federal public health funding. At stake is roughly $600 million that had been allocated to help states hire workers, modernize data systems and manage disease outbreaks. Much of that funding supported programs serving communities of color and gay and bisexual men, populations disproportionate

For more than a year, the Department of Government Efficiency quietly reached deep into the personal records of millions of Americans, treating private information as if it were political property. What has now come to light is not simple mismanagement but a sweeping intrusion that shows how easily government power can be turned against the very people it is supposed to serve. Court filings reveal that DOGE staff working inside the Social Security Administration “improperly a

A federal judge has ordered the restoration of a slavery exhibit removed from Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, pushing back against what many see as an alarming attempt to sanitize Black history. In a ruling that directly invoked 1984 by George Orwell, US District Judge Cynthia Rufe rebuked the Trump administration’s actions, writing: “As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 now existed, with its motto ‘Ignorance is Strength,’ this Court is n

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has launched a rare civil rights investigation into Los Angeles County’s response to the 2025 Eaton fire, raising urgent questions about whether West Altadena; a historically Black middle-class community; was treated as expendable during a deadly disaster. The fire, which began on Jan. 7, 2025, killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes. Nearly all who died were from West Altadena, many of them older Black residents with limited

The recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives shows how close America may be drifting toward a troubling and dangerous future where the government can remotely disable private vehicles. During debate over the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, lawmakers rejected an amendment that would have blocked federal funding for technology capable of shutting down cars from a distance. That decision should alarm anyone who values personal freedom and basic control over their

Tommy Lee Walker’s innocence was formally recognized this week, seven decades after the state of Texas executed him for a crime he did not commit. A Dallas court declared that Walker’s 1954 conviction and 1956 execution for the rape and murder of Venice Parker were a “profound miscarriage[s] of justice,” restoring dignity to a 19-year-old Black man whose life was taken despite overwhelming failures in his case. Walker was accused after Parker, a white store clerk and mother,