Abducted by soldiers as a student in Argentina, author and human rights activist Alicia Partnoy hopes young people stand up for migrant rights.
Russell Vought has long proposed deep cuts to social programs like Head Start and SNAP that benefit lower-income people, who were key to Trump’s election in both red and swing states.
The state’s challenge: How to police an industry that generates a third of the state budget and a third of its greenhouse emissions.
A time of fear dawns as the administration calls in the military and promises immigration sweeps.
The U.S. has repeatedly tried to remove nonwhite people from society, often leading to generational trauma.
National Education Association leader Becky Pringle says her union is preparing to fight for “our students, our public schools and, honestly, our democracy.”
Head of the California Immigrant Policy Center said the state’s leaders and people are ready to stand against deportations and nativism.
From Uber and Lyft drivers to home care workers, the fate of far-reaching labor organizing efforts hangs in the balance.
Historian Sean Wilentz warns Trump’s second term could mark an unprecedented concentration of power in the hands of a reactionary movement.
Black people will continue to give the U.S. progress, whether it wants it or not.
Public school advocates say disability rights groups helped defeat voucher measures in three states in November.
Opponents say H.R. 9495 is part of a broader GOP effort to kneecap progressive organizations.
Advocates see these laws as a critical shield for immigrant communities, but Trump’s team is devising ways to bypass them.
With time running out, the administration is scrambling to secure its legacy ahead of an incoming president who has vowed to shred it all.
Incoming Attorney General Dave Sunday didn’t mention climate change on the campaign trail, but fossil fuel donations tell a different story.
Trump vows to attack climate science; states must now prove an energy transition is possible in a time of soaring costs and deficits.
Says Steven Hahn, “the groundwork for Trump was laid much earlier in our history.”
Dorian Warren argues that cynicism and disillusionment among the party’s base helped Trump win.
Labor strategist Steve Rosenthal says Kamala Harris fared better with union voters than headlines suggest — and outlines the labor movement’s path forward.
Mythology aside, nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants are the backbone of some industries, and pay billions in taxes for services they will never receive.