The Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CFSR) condemns the unjust arrest and targeting of immigrant rights activist and Centro Community Service Organization (CSO) member Alejandro Orellana. On the morning of June 12, FBI agents, National Guard troops and LA County Sheriff’s deputies descended on Orellana’s East Los Angeles home in a coordinated, militarized raid. AgentsContinue reading “Committee to Stop FBI Repression Says, Drop the charges against Alejandro Orellana!”
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Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education. — Read on http://www.ipm.org/news-section/2025-06-30/indiana-public-colleges-cut-almost-20-of-degrees
How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians | The Nation
To simply imagine Palestine without settlers, to simply imagine a sky without drones—that, in the Zionist imagination, is genocidal. If you stick with the “want” of the charge, the notion that Palestinians want to kill all Jews, you find that Zionism is at war with our future. It is at war with our ability toContinue reading “How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians | The Nation”
ICE targets Iranian man living legally in Buffalo : Investigative Post
His neighbors aren’t having it. More than a dozen have organized themselves into rotating shifts to keep watch on the ICE agents. “You picked the wrong block,” said Jennifer Connor, one of the residents keeping watch. — Read on http://www.investigativepost.org/2025/07/01/ice-targets-iranian-family-in-buffalo-here-legally/
Indiana University Bloomington to Eliminate or Suspend Over 100 Academic Programs in Sweeping Restructuring – The Bloomingtonian
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University Bloomington is suspending or eliminating more than 100 academic programs across a wide range of disciplines ahead of the 2026-27 academic year. The programs are on a list from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education released on a PDF from the June 30, 2025 meeting. Universities across Indiana are eliminatingContinue reading “Indiana University Bloomington to Eliminate or Suspend Over 100 Academic Programs in Sweeping Restructuring – The Bloomingtonian”
ICE Didn’t Show Up For Work At Seattle Field Office After Barricade Showdown
After Saturday’s barricade of ICE’s Seattle Field Office went up in green smoke, ICE agents called off what was supposed to be day two of their unusual call for check-ins with Seattle-area immigrants. — Read on http://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-didn-t-show-up-for-work-at-seattle-field-office-after-barricade-showdown
OPINION | Why I Skipped Seattle’s ‘No Kings’ Rally
An estimated 70,000 people in Seattle attended the nationwide “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration on Saturday. At the same time, a few miles south of Seattle, federal officials demanded that dozens of immigrants line up at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Tukwila. Why? — Read on southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/06/16/opinion-why-i-skipped-seattles-no-kings-rally
Los Angeles, or the End of Assimilation • Ill Will
While others may have forgotten the lessons of the George Floyd uprising, Trump and his coterie surely have not. The 2020 rebellion stands as the primal scene of humiliation and impotency, one which led to the demise of his reelection efforts. Although the National Guard ultimately restored order in twenty-three states, the Trump hardliners neverContinue reading “Los Angeles, or the End of Assimilation • Ill Will”
Waymo Suspends Service In Parts of SF and LA After Its Cars Were Vandalized In ICE Protests
Waymo Suspends Service In Parts of SF and LA After Its Cars Were Vandalized In ICE Protests — Read on sfist.com/2025/06/09/waymo-suspends-service-in-parts-of-sf-and-la-after-its-cars-were-vandalized-in-ice-protests/
ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger
From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say Los Angeles County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone. Over the past three days, thousands of people in Los Angeles heeded calls from organizers to join protests against ICE and help their undocumented neighbors. — Read on lapublicpress.org/2025/06/ice-raids-separate-families-but-bring-los-angeles-together/
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