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Rage and Prayer in Los Angeles

Manuel Pastor ▪ June 13, 2025

The task of this moment is to build a broad front that can resist authoritarianism. The recent protests are early skirmishes in the fight that will be needed.

“The Worst of the Worst”

Jonathan M. Katz ▪ February 4, 2025

Guantánamo represents a place beyond the reach of morality and the law, where America’s most dangerous enemies can be thrown, never to be seen again.

Trump’s Deportation Model

Ana Raquel Minian ▪ October 31, 2024

Trump has invoked a 1950s mass deportation campaign as a blueprint for his nativist agenda. Its history shows that abuse and dehumanization are intrinsic to immigrant detention.