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The Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens. The court’s ruling allows ICE to resume its indiscriminate roundups of LA’s Latino residents.
Political violence, memory, and the danger of historical revisionism.
We live in Lincoln’s America as much as anyone else’s. Which makes it supremely ironic that Lincoln’s partisan political descendants, the modern Republican Party, wants to destroy it.
Critics are questioning the decision to hold immigrants at the maximum-security facility known as Angola, which has a troubled and racist history.
In an article his blog, The Patron Saint of Superheroes, Professor Chris Gavalar breaks down the latest missive from that lot.
A Senator just unapologetically declared that America isn’t an idea—and isn’t for everyone. Just certain types, Guess.
Trump’s plan could tear apart the Union if it goes forward. Either way, it will plunge the country into an unprecedented constitutional crisis. Special off-cycle edition.
It's been a busy week despite my limited schedule. New feature: starting the digest with the most recent story.
The new policy is one of several in response to a state law that aims to drop any mention of diversity, equity, and inclusion at public universities.
The university’s president, Michael Schill, said he would step down following months of turbulence, including Trump administration cuts of $790 million from the university’s research funds.
