Americans Placed $166B in Sports Bets in 2025 — Double Amount Spent on the Arts
In a relatively unregulated market, sports betting companies are embracing predatory tactics to keep their users hooked.
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This Activist Was Targeted by ICE for Criticizing Colombia’s President-Elect
Beto Coral was arrested and returned to Colombia for exercising free speech in criticizing Abelardo de la Espriella.
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DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Arm Has Been Captured by Industry, Critics Say
Instead of enforcing environmental laws, it’s suing states over their efforts to hold oil companies accountable.
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New DHS Rule Skips Asylum Interviews, Sends Some Cases Straight to Courts
The change speeds up deportation proceedings, and over 444,000 currently pending asylum applicants could be affected.
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Citizens Bank Cuts Ties With Prison Companies After De-ICE Pressure Campaign
“Public conscience and community resistance have paid off,” read a statement from the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition.
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Trump Says US Has Taken “Billions and Billions” From Venezuela and Iran Is Next
He said that Congress should approve legislation to allow Venezuela’s funds to be rerouted to the US military.
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AI “News” Outlet Pushes False and Misleading Info Amid New Mexico Flooding Crisis
An Israel-based startup publicized its operations in a press release decrying the loss of local news outlets.
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DOJ Charges Alleged Cop City Activist Over “Duress” Password That Wipes Phone
The alleged anti-Cop City activist was stopped and interrogated at the airport when reentering the US in January 2025.
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“Megafires” in France and Spain Force Over 350,000 People to Evacuate
A professor who fled Madrid says decades of neoliberal policies have diminished Spain’s ability to respond to disasters.
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Trump Is Already Outpacing His First-Term Record Number of Airstrikes on Somalia
The Trump administration cut humanitarian aid to Somalia while continuing to pound it with military airstrikes.
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Musk Says He Got “Carried Away” With DOGE Cuts, Which Are Set to Kill Millions
Research last year found that, by 2030, DOGE cuts could kill 14 million, including 4.5 million children under 5.
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Trump Administration’s Demand for Hospital Emergency Room Records Raises Alarm
“The whole thing is troubling,” said a health law expert who noted the risks to patient privacy.
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ICE Poised to Ramp Up Arrests of Haitians as Deportation Protections Set to End
Trump’s directive to ICE “is bigotry as official government policy,” said an immigration policy expert.
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When a Fascist Organization Set Up Shop in Their Town, Residents Fought Back
Michael Edison Hayden’s new book tells the story of an Appalachian town’s fight against an anti-immigrant behemoth.
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Appeals Court Keeps Block on Trump Order Targeting Voting Rights
The ruling preserves an injunction against key provisions aimed at restricting mail-in voting.
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ICE to Reopen Private Prison as Massive North Carolina Detention Center
The 1,400-bed facility comes as the Trump administration ramps up immigrant detention nationwide.
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Trump Medicaid Rule Could Strip Coverage From Seriously Ill People
Even terminally ill people must prove they are too sick to work to keep their Medicaid coverage.
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Reporters in Gaza Are Under Attack. Will I Be Recognized as One If I Am Killed?
Israel routinely targets Palestinian journalists and then questions their credibility after death.
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Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.
Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.
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Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Secret Dossiers on ICE Watchers
Plaintiffs say DHS violated federal privacy law by secretly collecting personal data on people documenting ICE…
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As Highways Expand, Black Communities Are Threatened With Flooding and Land Loss
Road expansions are repeating a long history of environmental racism and displacement.
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For Single Immigrant Mothers, the Financial Toll of ICE Raids Is Far From Over
Months spent hiding from ICE left many DACA recipients unable to afford costly renewal fees.
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The Odyssey Challenges the Right-Wing Myth of a “Golden Past”
The new film pushes back against MAGA attempts to use a fetishization of the ancient world to legitimizing bigotry.
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Kansas Amendment Battle Highlights Billionaires’ Efforts to Capture State Courts
Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Haley Stevens’s Palantir Consultant Scandal Draws Attention to Her Record on ICE
Senate candidate Haley Stevens’s campaign has also been marked by $30 million in support from AIPAC.
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4 Years After Roe Was Overturned, Public Opinion on Abortion Has Shifted
As abortion laws became substantially more restrictive, public opinion moved toward greater support for abortion access.
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25 States Sue to Stop Admin’s FEMA Restrictions Over Election Overhaul Demands
The Trump White House is “threatening to jeopardize public safety,” one state attorney general said.
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New Legislation Targets Birthright Citizenship in Territories Like Puerto Rico
The bill would create “a subclass of people who can be discriminated against” in US territories, says a legal scholar.
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Pentagon Quietly Revises Death Count of US Troops in Iran War From 18 to 14
Three officials said that the reason for the change was because their deaths happened after the April ceasefire.
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The State’s War on the Left Didn’t Begin With Trump — But He’s Escalating It
Trump’s war on the left blends “war on terror” language with Cold War McCarthyism.
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Right-Wing Bill Mill Meeting Centers Voter Suppression, Protecting Data Centers
Attendees at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting will consider a number of model policies.
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DOJ Drops Subpoenas of New York Times Journalists and Their Family Members
“Are you going to do this again?” the judge asked lawyers for the administration.
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Majority in Gaza Are Still Suffering “Crisis or Worse” Levels of Hunger
The emergency is expected to worsen in the coming months if Israel’s bombardment and siege continue.
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Gaza’s Streets and Markets Have Become Dumping Grounds for Medical Waste
With its waste disposal infrastructure destroyed, Gaza is experiencing a growing health and environmental crisis.
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Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote Against Resolution to Rein In Trump’s War on Iran
The vote came just hours after the House voted to pass its own war powers resolution, 214 to 208.
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People Keep Dying in ICE Custody. 13 Dems Back a Bill to Abolish the Agency.
At least 53 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trump’s return to office.
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