Cuba is in the midst of an ongoing humanitarian crisis, and October’s widespread power outages are only adding to the Cuban people’s troubles. For the last six decades, Cuba has been on the receiving end of myriad sanctions by the United States government. This blockade has proved devastating to human life.
No matter who is president, everyone living in the U.S. has certain basic rights under the U.S. Constitution – regardless of immigration status.
Understanding and asserting our rights is a powerful way that we can protect ourselves and our communities. If you ever encounter Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or law enforcement, here are some guidelines to keep in mind:
*Note: These are general guidelines, not legal advice. For legal help, consult a lawyer.
As Israel continues to block lifesaving humanitarian aid from entering northern Gaza, humanitarian organizations are describing its siege as “apocalyptic” and warning of mass Palestinian starvation and death. “The situation is absolutely desperate,” says Rachael Cummings of the aid group Save the Children International. Cummings joins us from Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, where aid organizations have been halted from entering the north.
After announcing they requested the federal government verify the citizenship status of nearly 600,000 Hoosiers on the state’s voter roll, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales have resisted calls to release the names to the public. (Photo/file)
Ralph welcomes Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union. They'll discuss the crucial role that the Postal Service plays in our democratic process, and how organized labor is impacting this year's elections. Then, Ralph is joined by journalist James Bamford to talk about his latest article in The Nation: "Israel Is Killing Whole Families in Gaza—With Weapons Made in America." Plus, how candidates' positions on Israel may win or lose them voters on Election Day.
The head of JPMorgan Chase and a potential Treasury secretary candidate says he’s gearing up for a “knife fight” wit
Jeff Bezos has finally taken the halo off of his head. It should have never been there in the first place.
The architects of Project 2025 at the conservative Heritage Foundation have drafted a plan to break the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S., in anticipation of a victory by Donald Trump victory in next week’s presidential election.
It’s supremely unhelpful of the New York Times (Upshot, 10/26/24) to compare income of white men without college degrees to white, Black, Latine and Asian-American women with college degrees:
After a year of genocidal war on the people of Gaza, some 130 Israeli soldiers who had been called up from the reserves signed an open letter saying they will no longer serve in the Israeli army unless the government works towards a captive and ceasefire deal.
The author made these posters in honor of his immigrant grandparents, using photographs from the Library of Congress and working with Andy Outis of Shift7 Studio.
When former President Donald Trump describes immigrants as “garbage” or “vermin,” my third thought is of the ugly strains of nativism and intolerance that have always polluted America’s bloodstream. My second is of Trump’s general loathsomeness. My first, though, is of Yosef Margolick, Chena Silver, Max Shragowitz and Rebecca Ribner.
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We need a cultural shift that views wealth not just as privilege, but as a duty to uplift society—reviving the forgotten principle of noblesse oblige...
LAPD officers on the UCLA Campus in May of this year.(Mario Tama / Getty)
The lifelong Republican mayor of Oklahoma City, David Holt, announced this past week, he would not cast his ballot for the Republican presidential candidate in a column entitled: "A Republican Mayor's Unexpected Presidential Vote."
The Israeli military killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip on October 17, and it didn’t take long for the usual media suspects to line up with their anti-eulogies.
NPR is adding a new team of editors to give all content a “final review”—thanks to the federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
There are ten days until November 5th, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots, and finally–finally–the media has begun to focus on the fact that a major-party candidate for President is bat-shit crazy.
Do MAGA voters even care? Or does their hatred of “those people” [fill in the minority of your choice] outweigh the very real prospects of domestic autocracy and potentially, World War III? Do they even understand that Trump’s mental breakdown means they are actually voting for a JD Vance presidency?
The leading Israeli human rights group B’Tselem warned this week the world must stop the “ethnic cleansing” of northern Gaza, where the Israeli military has imposed a brutal siege since October 5, demanding that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee south or face death. Israel is blocking almost all food, water and medicine from reaching northern Gaza while its forces carry out deadly raids and bombardment of the area, overwhelming the remaining hospitals.
A Syrian girl fleeing the war in Lebanon with family arrives at the Syrian-Lebanese border crossing in Jousieh, Syria on Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
The leaders of many countries … verbally denounce Israel’s operations, but these condemnations are not backed by practical actions.’ ,Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock // The Guardian
The Indiana Youth Institute reports one of the biggest challenges to improving youth mental health in Indiana is the persistence of barriers to accessing care. (Adobe stock)
There are three candidates for Governor in Indiana’s election on November 5th.
Only one supports public education: Jennifer McCormick.
Photo credit: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, Wikimedia Commons
Each new week brings new calamities for people in the countries neighboring Israel, as its leaders try to bomb their way to the promised land of an ever-expanding Greater Israel.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance listens as Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Why is the Biden administration helping migrants and not hurricane victims?” You’ve no doubt heard this line, or some version of it, from your Facebook Uncle over the past two weeks. “Why is the government spending money on food stamps for drug addicts and not taking care of homeless vets?”
Ryan Bergh, a machinist at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington for 10 years, cheers during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images
Striking union members who work for the aerospace giant Boeing reached a tentative contract agreement Saturday after nearly 6 weeks on the picket line demanding better wages and benefits.
The Indiana Secretary of State's office reports only 59% of registered voters in Marion County, the state's largest, cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential election. (Adobe Stock)
