On July 4th, during a protest at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Maricela Rueda was arrested for speaking out against the injustices of the immigrant detention system. She is currently incarcerated for taking a courageous stand in defense of dignity and justice. Maricela has always been a tireless advocate for human rights. Maricela is a loving mother, a daughter, a sister, and a loyal friend. Her arrest has left her family facing sudden and overwhelming challenges. Maricela’s young daughter is now without her mother’s daily love and care, and her family must also manage her estate and responsibilities while navigating the uncertainty ahead. We are asking for your support to help ease the financial strain during this heartbreaking time. All funds will go directly toward caring for her daughter and managing the urgent needs of her household. Thank you for standing in solidarity with Maricela and those who love her.
— Read on www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricelas-family-while-she-fights-for-justice

Last Tuesday, Chilkat Forever delivered a powerful message to the Haines Assembly: nearly 300 Chilkat Valley residents have signed letters opposing the proposed Palmer Project and calling for long-term protection of the Chilkat River. The letters urge the Assembly to “keep the Chilkat River free of acid-generating mines and full of fish – forever.”

— Read on nativenewsonline.net/environment/a-river-worth-defending-chilkat-community-mobilizes-against-mine-2/

The land parcel is near popular trails winding through palm canyons south of Palm Springs, and it was returned to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
— Read on www.sfgate.com/news/article/desert-tribe-land-return-22070949.php

The US is responsible for bombing an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, during the opening hours of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28, a strike that massacred 175 people, the vast majority being young schoolgirls and schoolboys, according to a preliminary US military investigation. People briefed on…
— Read on news.antiwar.com/2026/03/11/us-responsible-for-bombing-iranian-elementary-school-and-massacring-over-100-children-preliminary-investigation/

As Haiti’s interim authorities turned to explosive drones and a private firm run by Blackwater founder Erik Prince, the campaign promised precision. What it delivered, according to human rights investigators, was a rising civilian toll, a fog of secrecy, and another chapter in the long privatization of American power.
— Read on www.kolumnmagazine.com/2026/03/12/the-drone-war-haiti-didnt-vote-for/

On July 10, 2025, as federal agents stormed cannabis farms in Ventura County, California, community members rushed to protest what they saw as yet another sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid. Among them was Jonathan Caravello, a 37-year-old philosophy lecturer at California State University Channel Islands. Today, he faces a federal felony charge that could send him to prison for up to 20 years.
— Read on truthout.org/articles/the-state-is-escalating-charges-against-protesters-labor-must-defend-them/

NorCal ICE arrests of noncriminals surge under Trump
— Read on www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/03/08/ice-arrests-criminals-california-trump/