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Mayor Eileen Higgins should veto change to Miami encampment ban that could worsen homelessness, advocates say

Alexandra Martinez
Mayor Eileen Higgins should veto change to Miami encampment ban that could worsen homelessness, advocates say

Hunger strikes are spreading in ICE jails amid widespread due process violations, advocates say

Maurizio Guerrero
Hunger strikes are spreading in ICE jails amid widespread due process violations, advocates say

Another way out: Empires don’t last forever—we help them fall

William C. Anderson
Another way out: Empires don’t last forever—we help them fall

An urgent blueprint for ‘How to Close a Camp’

Britta Shoot
An urgent blueprint for ‘How to Close a Camp’

New Orleans ‘crime camera’ nonprofit sparks fears of construction worker surveillance

Edith Romero
New Orleans ‘crime camera’ nonprofit sparks fears of construction worker surveillance

‘Our common bond’: Children of incarcerated parents find community at California summer camp

Victoria Valenzuela
‘Our common bond’: Children of incarcerated parents find community at California summer camp

In Gaza, Lindsey Graham leaves a bitter legacy

Hassan Abo Qamar
In Gaza, Lindsey Graham leaves a bitter legacy

After ICE kills father in Maine, calls for justice grow on the ground and across borders

Maurizio Guerrero
After ICE kills father in Maine, calls for justice grow on the ground and across borders

Cases of trans women on death row illustrate larger systemic issues facing trans people behind bars

Adam Rhodes
Cases of trans women on death row illustrate larger systemic issues facing trans people behind bars

My Nipsey Hussles: the importance of Black haircare in prison

Tomiekia Johnson
My Nipsey Hussles: the importance of Black haircare in prison

‘We were literally slaves’: Incarcerated men expose conditions at Arkansas prison and former plantation

Victoria Valenzuela
‘We were literally slaves’: Incarcerated men expose conditions at Arkansas prison and former plantation

Supreme Court TPS ruling against Haitians sparks national outcry, rallies across the country

Alexandra Martinez
Supreme Court TPS ruling against Haitians sparks national outcry, rallies across the country