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How to Shut Down an Immigrant Detention Camp

For more than two weeks, around 300 immigrants locked up at Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention camp in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and labor strike, refusing to eat and refusing to work maintaining the prison for its operators, the GEO Group. They are not alone: Outside the camp’s chain-link fence, in an industrial area, their family members, loved ones, and a broader community of…

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It’s Tech Versus Teachers as Strike Looms Over LA Schools

Los Angeles public school teachers have declared a strike deadline of April 14. The conflict forces the question of whether schools are an EdTech business opportunity or a public responsibility.


UTLA is proposing an overhaul of the salary schedule that would bring starting pay to $80,000 and amount to an average 17 percent raise across the bargaining unit over two years. (Gina Ferazzi…

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Trump Is Waging War on Our Elections. These People Are Fighting Back.

Months before the midterm elections, President Trump once again is trying to take over voting in America, claiming power he doesn’t have. His latest executive order, which he signed on Tuesday, instructs the U.S. Postal Service to refuse to deliver ballots unless the voters are on a new list of approved citizens. It’s a mess, and it’s unconstitutional. There’s every reason to think courts will…

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Who’s protesting in 2026?

This weekend, “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration occurred across the United States, drawing an estimated 8 million people across more than 3,300 events from the Alaskan Arctic to Puerto Rico. The movement is backed by a patchwork of progressive groups in the US.


Since Trump took office last year, there have been more than 23,000 political protests in the United States,…

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Canada’s Oil Province Wants Out

Alberta’s sovereigntists are flirting with the Trump administration while promising freedom from Ottawa. But independence would expose the province's narrow oil economy to capital flight, brain drain, and serious fiscal strain.


Alberta’s sovereigntists promise liberation from Ottawa while courting allies in Washington. Their rhetoric is heavy on grievance but light on vital…

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Incarcerated PTI leaders call for halt of protest activities during Ramazan

Five incarcerated senior leaders of the PTI urged the party to halt protest activities during the holy month of Ramazan, according to a joint letter sent to the media on Friday.

The letter was written by Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry and Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, all incarcerated in Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore. It was sent via their lawyer, Advocate Rana…

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PTI says govt’s silence, lack of clarity over Imran’s health only adding to public unease

The PTI on Thursday once again voiced concerns regarding party founder Imran Khan’s health, taking exception to the government’s alleged “silence and lack of clarity” over the matter.

The incarcerated ex-prime minister’s family and party have been raising concerns about his health since his eye ailment — right central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) — came to light in late January.

In a statement…

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