The loss of revenue could shrink access to health care for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
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In 2018, Monica Ruiz and her neighbors found letters from their landlord taped to their doors. They were notifications of rent hikes—in some cases, increases of over 200 percent. Ruiz had lived at Hillside Villa, a large apartment complex overlooking Los Angeles’ gentrifying Chinatown, for more than 20 years. She had raised five children there. […]
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These Los Angeles Tenants Are Saying No to Rent Hikes Read Post »
Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. He’s seen riots. He’s protected political conventions. He led the military’s joint task force in response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. But he’s never witnessed the US armed forces being used the way they’ve been deployed recently in Los Angeles. “This […]
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“Madness”: A Retired Brig. General Slams Trump’s Military Power Grab Read Post »
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Bill Cross pulled his truck to the side of a dusty mountain road and jumped out to scan a stretch of rapids rippling through the hillsides below. As an expert and a guide, Cross had spent more than […]
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Klamath River Reborn: A Journey Through America’s Largest Dam Removal Project Read Post »
Car horns. Tambourines. Trumpets. Call-and-response chants. Wacking a spoon against a metal folding chair. Demonstrators outside Los Angeles-area hotels—where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are believed to be sleeping—are employing creative methods to keep those ICE agents awake. “No sleep for ICE” is the rallying cry, and the medium is noise. ICE raids targeting Los […]
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Demonstrators Are Trying to Make Sure ICE Agents Can’t Sleep Read Post »
“The Trump administration is trying to undermine free speech in this country,” Warren said during an interview.
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Warren Calls for DHS Secretary Noem’s Resignation Following Padilla Incident Read Post »
On Monday, as ICE swept Los Angeles with raids in President Donald Trump’s escalating drive for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, a client of the Survivor Justice Center had an appointment for a court hearing. The purpose was to secure a permanent, five-year restraining order against her abuser, who had already violated a temporary restraining […]
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LA’s ICE Raids Are Impacting Domestic Violence Shelters Read Post »
Governments at all levels from both parties have paved the way to an authoritarian response to dissent.
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Military Crackdown on LA Protests Portends Further Erosion of Everyone’s Rights Read Post »
The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population.
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Trump Has Deployed More Troops in LA Than Syria and Iraq, Per US Counts Read Post »
The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control. People are likely to get hurt.
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As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Service Members Have Duty to Disobey Read Post »
Hegseth said the anti-protest crackdown in LA is the beginning of a “new phase” of militarization against Americans.
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Pentagon Says Trump’s Armed Anti-Protest Crackdown in LA Will Cost $134 Million Read Post »
President Donald Trump’s war on dissent is ramping up. As protests continue to unfold in Los Angeles over workplace raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the president on Tuesday threatened any protesters planning to attend Saturday’s military parade in Washington, DC with “very big force.” (Saturday is also Trump’s 79th birthday.) “We’re celebrating […]
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Trump Makes It Clear: His Military Response in Los Angeles Is Just the Start Read Post »
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