Race

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 )

Immigration

‘I Lost Everything’: Venezuelans Rounded Up in Dramatic Midnight Raid Never Charged With a Crime

Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen, T. Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella, Mariam Elba / ProPublica Nov 14, 2025 Although officials said they had intelligence about guns, drugs and explosives, they have not revealed evidence that they seized anything illicit. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Texas Accelerates Integration of State Police and ICE

Francesca D’Annunzio / Texas Observer Nov 10, 2025 The notorious 287(g) task force program is expanding—and raising fears of widespread racial profiling. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Immigration

Chicago Child Care Worker Detained by ICE as Children Watched

Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th Nov 6, 2025 Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Column

Sovereignty for Some: Racism, Immigration and the Global Tax Order

Steven Dean and Sarah Sherman-Stokes / Truthdig Nov 4, 2025 How an obscure 20th-century tax rule ensured that newly decolonized nations would never fully escape the orbit of their colonizers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

Trump’s Deportations Are Causing Farm Labor Issues

Sky Chadde / Investigate Midwest Nov 3, 2025 Trump has cast the H-2A program as a quick help for farmers. At the same time, the program has been suspended during the government shutdown, which could cause production problems. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )