Race

Business & Economy

Holiday Shoppers Flex Political Power Through Big Boycott Campaigns

Victoria Valenzuela / Waging Nonviolence Dec 19, 2025 Genocide in Gaza, raids on immigrants and attacks on DEI have spurred urgent calls to boycott companies like Home Depot, Target, Chevron and Microsoft. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Social Justice

The Ohio Grandma Racing to Help Haitian Families as Deportations Near

Amanda Becker / The 19th Dec 15, 2025 In Springfield, a city transformed by Haitian immigrants, Casey Rollins says she feels like the “town crier” warning of a looming family separation crisis. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Race

From Rosa Parks to National Parks: Trump’s Racism and Bigotry Demand Resistance

Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now Dec 12, 2025 Donald Trump and his enablers want to erase history, but Americans must resist. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigration

Minnesota Was Promised to Us

Faisal Ali / Africa Is A Country Dec 12, 2025 Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Media

The ‘Nazi Sympathizer Next Door’ Genre Gets Another Installment

Julie Hollar / FAIR Dec 8, 2025 The New York Times’ problem isn’t that it hasn’t probed the far-right psyche deeply enough — it’s that it refuses to stop normalizing it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Activism

After COP30, Indigenous Advocates Celebrate Gains While Warning of Unfinished Work

Anita Hofschneider / Grist Dec 8, 2025 “They can’t decide for us without us.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

Her Baby Was in the NICU. She Was in ICE Detention

Mel Leonor Barclay, Shefali Luthra / The 19th Dec 4, 2025 Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Immigration

‘I’m Lost in This Country’: Non-Mexicans Live Undocumented After Deportation to Mexico

Kate Morrissey / Capital & Main Dec 1, 2025 Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Environment

Indigenous Climate Litigants Keep Fighting

Amal Ahmed / High Country News Nov 26, 2025 After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, a climate case is making strides in New Mexico. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

Louisiana Virtually Eliminated Parole. Now It’s Releasing Prisoners to Deport Them

Richard A. Webster, Bobbi-Jeanne Misick / ProPublica & Verite News Nov 24, 2025 Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those already in prison. Then he set all of that aside for one group: undocumented immigrants. Why? To have them deported. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Environment

The Problem With COP30’s Big Rainforest Initiative

Frida Garza, Miacel Spotted Elk / Grist Nov 18, 2025 The latest attempt to curb extraction in the Amazon still ties the ‘value’ of critical ecosystems to financial markets. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Activism

As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up on Whistles

Gwynne Hogan / THE CITY Nov 17, 2025 Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )