Trump May Try To Keep Guantánamo Open, But Legal Challenge Could Derail Lawless Agenda
During the State Of The Union, President Trump announced an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay open and transport additional detainees there.
New York Times Discourages Democratic Party Activists From Bashing Trump, Running In Red Districts
Days ago, the Democratic Party disappointingly caved to Republicans and President Donald Trump and ended the government shut down without achieving anything meaningful. They were promised the potential for action by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that could help 800,000-plus immigrants known as Dreamers avoid deportation, but there are few
Trump Administration Transforms ICE Into Tool For Political Repression
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be escalating its targeting of immigrant rights activists for deportation.
Interview With Kevin Gosztola: How The Trump Administration Plans To Prosecute Reality Winner
Kevin Gosztola discusses his plans for trial coverage of Reality Winner, the NSA contractor at the center of Donald Trump’s first major leak prosecution.
Trump Administration Held U.S. Citizen Incommunicado In Iraq For Months Until ACLU Intervened
President Donald Trump’s administration detained a United States citizen incommunicado in military custody for nearly four months.
Judge Rules Against Trump Administration’s ‘Warehousing’ Of Iraqi Nationals In Jails
A federal judge ordered the US government to provide bond hearings for nearly 300 Iraqi nationals, who were detained by ICE and have languished in jail.
Whitewashing Bush And Obama’s Anti-Muslim Policies To Attack Trump
President Donald Trump’s fervent Islamophobia, which will likely surge again now that the Supreme Court has blessed the travel ban, is viewed as a kind of unique hostility towards Muslims. Jennifer Williams, Vox’s deputy foreign and national security editor, and a Muslim herself, published a widely shared piece which argued,
Cibola Immigration Detention Facility Is Trump Administration’s Model For Isolating Refugees
Christopher, a young Congolese asylum seeker, was detained at the Cibola County Correctional Center, which is a prison in rural New Mexico operated by CoreCivic. He endured health issues, experienced isolation because he doesn’t speak a commonly spoken language, struggled to find a lawyer, and had his asylum application denied
Lawsuit Aims To Shed Light On Trump Administration’s Surveillance Of Journalists
Two organizations focused on press freedom sued President Donald Trump’s administration for records that may show how media are targeted.
#HUResist Is Anti-Racist Student Activism That Goes Beyond Trump
In the wave of Trump-era movements, #HUResist is a powerful student-led initiative at Howard University that goes beyond the White House.