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In South L.A., Black and Latino Neighbors Unite Against ICE as Systems Fail

As Trump-era immigration enforcement arrests hit 540 weekly and cuts to SNAP threaten families, neighbors are launching mutual aid hubs to keep each other safe.

by Adam Mahoney, Capital B

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Can an Imperiled Frog Stop Oil Drilling Near Denver Suburbs? Residents Hope So.

By Jennifer Oldham

Threatened northern leopard frogs found near site of what would be one of state’s largest fossil fuel operations.

Barring a Sharp Shift, Health Insurance Costs Will Skyrocket

By Mark Kreidler

Many of the 24 million working and middle-class Americans insured through the Affordable Care Act may forgo insurance if their bills multiply.

Known for Its Oil, Texas Became a Renewable Energy Leader. Now It’s Being Unplugged.

By Elena Bruess

The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back.

Photos, Video, Protests — Homeland Security Tightens Rule on Anti-ICE Activities

By Kate Morrissey

Activists fear the Trump administration will use the rule to cover up misconduct by immigration officials.

Once More, With Feeling

By Erin Aubry Kaplan

The growing “No Kings” street protests aren’t a new phenomenon. They’re the nation’s social conscience, picking up where George Floyd left off.

U.S. Deports Asylum Seekers to Southern Mexico Without Their Phones

By Kate Morrissey

The Trump administration’s deportation flights to the Mexican southern border towns of Tapachula and Villahermosa leave people stranded with few resources.

Congress Could Get Millions of People Off of SNAP by Raising the Minimum Wage, but It Hasn’t — for 16 Years

By Mark Kreidler

1 in 8 people rely on federal food aid that has become a pawn in the government shutdown.

The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant

By Jerry Redfern

They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.