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The Ugly History Behind The Moment

by Arturo Dominguez August 20, 2025December 2, 2025

The current moment is not without precedent as we have been building our way here for decades

Brad Pitt walks past one of the first homes built in New Orleans by his Make It Right Foundation in this 2008 photo

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How Brad Pitt’s Green Housing Dream for Hurricane Katrina Survivors Turned Into a Nightmare

by The Conversation February 9, 2022December 2, 2025

Democracy in Venezuela Isn’t a Priority for the United States
The latest updates from the Department of State about democracy in Venezuela leave more questions than answers
ICE’s Brutality Continues Unabated
Will Congress rein in how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operate after the midterm elections?
50 Years Later: The Bombing of Cubana Flight 455
Declassified documents reveal that the U.S. had prior knowledge of the terrorist attack, allowing it to happen
More Than 1,000 Academics Denounce U.S. Measures Against Cuba
The letter asks academics around the world not to be silent about U.S. aggression against Cuba
Dubious U.S. Allegations Lead to Arrest of Bolivian Attorney General
The U.S. Department of State recently leveled alarming accusations against more than two dozen prominent Latin American elected officials, judges, and business leaders
Civil Liberties Group Warns of FBI Monitoring Political Speech
A new report by Defending Rights and Dissent highlights how the FBI has been empowered by Trump’s NSPM-7 to surveil protected speech
Interference in Brazil’s Elections Continues Unabated
In addition to interference from the White House, social media companies are doubling their efforts to meddle in Brazil’s elections
DHS’s Dangerous Election Infrastructure Security Plan
From threatening to arrest election officials to creating systems that all but federalize control over U.S. elections, democracy is on the brink
ICE Continues to Claim Its Agents Are Being Targeted; They Aren’t
Since Trump took office in 2025, ICE has claimed multiple times that migrants were targeting their agents; in nearly every case, agents were found to have lied
Anxiety From Immigration Enforcement Is Reaching a Breaking Point
Despite the flood of immigration-related news and social media content since Trump took office in 2025, many are missing the tension created by federal government overreach