The global NGO Human Rights Watch released a report Thursday alleging widespread human rights violations by the federal government during “Operation Metro Surge,” the massive ICE deployment in Minnesota this past winter in which ICE arbitrarily detained approximately 4,000 immigrants, the vast majority of whom had no domestic convictions, killing two US citizens and injuring, […]
Abdullah Ibrahim’s death has drawn an outpouring of tributes from across the world, celebrating his extraordinary musical legacy and his lifelong contribution to the struggle against apartheid and the global genre of jazz.
elevation , June 19, 2026
A recent funding notice from the Department of Health and Human Services seems to contain a message for the anti-abortion movement: the administration hasn’t entirely forgotten them. The announcement offers applicants nearly $2 million in grant support to promote embryo adoption—and while the program isn’t new, it’s now couched in the fundamentalist language of fetal […]
Nothing says “imperial presidency” quite like a marital decorating rivalry, a graveyard of discarded silver, and a rotating cast of soggy emergency bathroom carpets.