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The additional ICE agents are being sent in response to a fraud scandal in Minnesota that Trump is weaponizing to attack Somali immigrants.

WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is being brought to justice and will stand trial in the U.S. Speaking to the nation from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday, the President said U.S. forces captured Maduro and his wife, and both have been indicted on narco-terrorism charges in New York. […]

Kwanzaa teaches Black folks that they are allowed to build meaning deliberately, community can be centered, and identity does not have to be mediated through whiteness.

St. Susanna Parish, a Catholic church in Dedham, Massachusetts, is refusing to remove a Nativity scene that includes an anti-ICE message.

There are thousands of students like me who are juggling jobs, classes, food insecurity, and now a shutdown that threatens to pull the rug out from under us.

Some USPS services will cost more this holiday season.  Price hikes for Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Parcel Select, and USPS Ground Advantage services will take effect Sunday.  The increases will range from 40 cents to seven dollars.  The USPS stated that these adjustments are part of its Delivering for America ten-year plan, which aims […]

A government shutdown is looming. Top Republicans and Democrats met with President Trump on Monday in an attempt to hammer-out a last minute agreement on a short-term deal. Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson came out of that meeting saying Democrats seem set on a shutdown. Democrats say they are drawing a […]

Just a day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University, multiple HBCUs were forced into lockdown following threats. 

Now, despite drops in youth crime and on the heels of Hurricane Katrina’s 20th anniversary, Trump has asserted control in D.C. and encouraged law enforcement to “knock the hell” out of young people “because it is the only language they understand.” I’ve worked with youth for 15 years, and I know our young people to understand the language of care. They can feel that care when we end the criminalization of our children, and pass legislation like the People’s Response Act [summerlee.house.gov], which offers tangible opportunities and solutions to help our children by including funding for workforce development, mentorship, and afterschool programs. Here in New Orleans, we need compassionate adults to join It Takes a Village NOLA and pledge to provide the support young people need as we work to dismantle the systems that harm us.

Although I was born before Hurricane Katrina, this experience brought me closer to the stories told by my mother and grandmother.

Writer Melanie Dione reflects on leaving New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and returning years later to do climate justice work.

In this commentary, writer Corey Richardson waxes poetic on all things nostalgic and explains why we all need to learn to let go of the past.