TD Column

After the Murder Circus Leaves Town

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Feb 16, 2026 The media is wired to chase the administration’s bouncing ball of outrage. But the old outrages remain, newly invisible and demanding our attention. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Activism

The Fight to Keep ICE From Reopening a Notorious Prison

Victoria Valenzuela / Waging Nonviolence Feb 13, 2026 Survivors of abuse at a shuttered federal prison known as “the rape club” are teaming up with local activists to keep ICE out of Northern California. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Immigrants File Record Number of Habeas Cases

Pratheek Rebala, Jeff Ernsthausen, Perla Trevizo / ProPublica Feb 10, 2026 In the last year, federal courts have received 18,000 habeas petitions, representing people who in the past would have been released on bond or not been detained in the first place. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind

Phil Galewitz, Amanda Seitz / KFF Health News Feb 6, 2026 The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is forcing hospitals and states to consider alerting immigrant patients that information from emergency medical coverage applications could be used in efforts to remove them from the country. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Domestic Terrorists

Dave Whamond Feb 5, 2026 Dig deeper

TD Column

Can Democrats Hold a Principled Line Against ICE Funding?

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Feb 4, 2026 After listening to voters and threatening the future of paramilitarized immigration enforcement, Democrats sign a budget deal that sets the stage for half-measures and spineless compromise. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Education

Immigration Enforcement Is ‘At the Schoolyard Gate’

Lily Altavena / Chalkbeat Feb 4, 2026 ICE may not be conducting large-scale raids inside schools. But agents are getting close to schools, leaving a mark on students across the country. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Politics

The Revolt Against Kristi Noem Grows

Jake Bittle / Grist Feb 3, 2026 FEMA’s pace of disaster disbursements has slowed to a trickle—and its backlog has reached $17 billion—leading a coalition of disaster survivors to rate her management a failure. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

News

DHS Attempts to Control the Narrative of the Killing of Alex Pretti

Brian Martucci / Minnesota Reformer Jan 26, 2026 The administration was quick to label the 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse a "domestic terrorist," drawing widespread backlash. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

TD Column

Just Say ‘No’

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Jan 23, 2026 We're all disposable to Trump, but as the people of Minnesota have shown, we can't wait for someone else to stop his ethnic cleansing campaign. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Americas

US Continues Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Tankers Amid Condemnation at UN Security Council

Pablo Meriguet / Peoples Dispatch Dec 29, 2025 The United States continues to confiscate and pursue Venezuelan oil tankers, while Caracas denounces what it considers an “act of international piracy” at the UN. Dig deeper ( 4 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 )