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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: H-2A worker Carlos Vargas Moreno experienced a catastrophic heat stroke when his employer, Florida Orange Gold, subjected him to unsafe working conditions. The same company was cited two years prior for the heat-related death of H-2A worker Carmen Sebastian Hernandez Mosqueda.
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Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields
Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina
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Truthout @truthout.org · 27/09/2026
Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois. buff.ly/iK2IZRS
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Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not “Trauma-Informed” Prisons
Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois.
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Prism @prismreports.org · 17/09/2026
“You can only tell that story of American progress if you erase Native people.” In a Q&A with @alexmar.bsky.social, journalist @rebeccanagle.bsky.social explains why the history of Indigenous dispossession is essential to understanding the U.S. government & its relationship to democracy today.
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Indigenous journalist’s podcast explores the history America leaves out
Rebecca Nagle explains why the history of Indigenous dispossession is essential to understanding the U.S. government’s relationship to democracy
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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you read one story today, I hope it's this one by @stahlidarity.bsky.social for @prismreports.org about the life and legacy of Louise Vincent, the force once behind the U.S. drug user human rights movement:
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A U.S. nonprofit ran training programs in Israel that “use the Israeli experience as a laboratory” to teach American police about surveillance and intelligence-gathering, according to documents obtained by @glentalk.bsky.social for @prismreports.org.
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American police learn ‘battle proven’ Israeli methods and doctrines
A U.S. nonprofit presented Israeli law enforcement and intelligence-gathering methods to U.S. first responders, documents show
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Greater chance of terror attacks because people feel more devout": U.S. officials attending training in Israel learned about the "Muslim Mindset" in a lecture that leaned into Islamophobic stereotypes, according to public records obtained by @glentalk.bsky.social for @prismreports.org.
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U.S. officials attended training in Israel that leaned into anti-Muslim stereotypes
Police and other emergency personnel went to a lecture that portrayed devout Muslims as dangerous, according to documents obtained by Prism
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Prism @prismreports.org · 11/08/2026
“Why is FEMA funding these trainings that are very explicitly Islamophobic?” American officials attended training in Israel that leaned into anti-Muslim stereotypes, @glentalk.bsky.social reports. Law enforcement has made sweeping, false generalizations about Muslims for years, new documents show.
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U.S. officials attended training in Israel that leaned into anti-Muslim stereotypes
Police and other emergency personnel went to a lecture that portrayed devout Muslims as dangerous, according to documents obtained by Prism
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
At the same time the Israeli Ministry of public security was pushing for Washington State cops to train in Israel, the Israeli Minister was urging U.S. officials to “gather intelligence by monitoring Muslim communities and try to recruit informants”
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Prism @prismreports.org · 04/08/2026
“What the hell is going on in Tacoma that would necessitate this?” Detective involved in WA's 2009 alleged Army spying scandal attended Israeli police training. In Part 1 of “The ASTI Files,” @glentalk.bsky.social uncovers new details of US law enforcement & emergency personnel training in Israel.
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Documents reveal new details of law enforcement and emergency personnel training in Israel
The detective involved in 2009 alleged Army spying scandal in Washington state attended an Israeli police training, documents show
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Prism @prismreports.org · 01/07/2026
FBI report claims anti-capitalist graffiti could indicate plans for violence, reports @glentalk.bsky.social. An FBI counterterrorism report intended for local, state & other law enforcement agencies describes tactics of “anarchist violent extremists” that can be reported to federal authorities.
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FBI report claims anti-capitalist graffiti could indicate plans for violence
An FBI counterterrorism report obtained by Prism describes tactics of “anarchist violent extremists” that can be reported to authorities
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/05/2026
Flock “hosted a private virtual training session for law enforcement officers. The 60-minute webinar was billed as a chance for officers to learn how to speak to city councils about Flock’s technology.”
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Flock is quietly training Bay Area police to sway city leaders to buy surveillance tech
As East Bay communities raise concerns about civil liberties and immigration enforcement, the license plate camera company is seeking support from its customers — law enforcement officers.
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
An exclusive intelligence-sharing network operated by Seattle Police warned local businesses and institutions about "malicious actors" at upcoming protests ahead of Oct. 7 last year. Read more about Seattle Shield by @glentalk.bsky.social at @prismreports.org.
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Amazon, Facebook, ICE have access to Seattle police intelligence-sharing network
Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from companies, which are then circulated with members as part of surveillance apparatus
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Somebody could show up to protest ICE, and then that information gets reported out to Seattle Shield and suddenly they could be on a terrorist watch list? That is not OK,” Privacy activist Phil Mocek told Prism.
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Prism @prismreports.org · 17/04/2026
CA parole board denies incarcerated man a hearing based on ‘potential false-positive’ alcohol test, @glentalk.bsky.social reports. Roque Martinez, a leader in his prison’s recovery community, said he’s been a victim of numerous false-positive results that should have no bearing on his parole.
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California parole board denies man hearing based on ‘potential false-positive’ alcohol test
Roque Martinez, who is active in his prison’s recovery community, said he’s been a victim of false-positive test results that should have no bearing on parole eligibility
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
NEW: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) unveiled plans on Monday to roll back landmark civil rights protections for LGBTQIA+ applicants in federally funded housing or shelters. @byadamrhodes.bsky.social for @prismreports.org
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HUD aims to roll back protections for trans people in federally funded housing
A proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would remove references to gender or gender identity and replace them with “sex”
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 02/04/2026
Data obtained by The Local reveals that Toronto's most vulnerable students are the ones most likely to spend the day without a trained teacher.
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The Toronto Schools Using Non-Teachers Most Are in the Poorest Neighbourhoods | The Local
Exclusive data shows a stark divide in how the TDSB relies on untrained emergency replacements—and schools in low-income neighbourhoods are bearing the burden.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 15/03/2026
Experts warn the verdict could set a precedent for prosecuting protest activity as terrorism.
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Jury Convicts 8 in Texas Case Tied to Trump’s War Against “Antifa”
Experts warn the verdict could set a precedent for prosecuting protest activity as terrorism.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Prism was threatened with litigation over this reporting.
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Prism @prismreports.org · 11/03/2026
Several Israel Heritage Foundation leaders leave to join new pro-Israel nonprofit in Florida, reports @glentalk.bsky.social. The 501(c)(3) Israel Justice Organization aims to influence U.S. officials to advance Israeli interests & address antisemitism.
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Israel Heritage Foundation leaders join new pro-Israel nonprofit
The Israel Justice Organization aims to influence U.S. officials to advance Israeli interests and address antisemitism
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Democrats are working to quash leftwing protests even harder than the Trump admin — even as Trump’s DOJ deploys a previously unused subsection of federal law to unleash sweeping indictments on First Amendment-protected activity. New from me for @prismreports.org: prismreports.org/2026/03/11/n...
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New York ‘buffer’ bills part of wider crackdown on leftist protests
Local bills aim to quash protests against illegal land sales at synagogues, while Trump administration targets organizers using FACE Act
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Chris Walker @thatchriswalker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
DHS caught in another lie. They said the man "approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun." New video, shows he's...holding a mobile device (screenshot below). Police have said the man was a legal permit holder, and has no prior criminal record other than vehicle tickets.
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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I know this horrific event is still unfolding, but it seems that federal agents beat a man who was a lawful gun owner, took his gun, and then shot him multiple times after disarming him?
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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
In September, federal immigration agents shot and killed Villegas González in Chicago.
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A Tragic Homecoming For Man Killed By ICE Agents In Franklin Park
After nearly two decades in Chicago, Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán in a coffin. His death at the hands of federal agents left two families divided by borders, shattered with grief, ...
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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Federal immigration agents have now shot and killed multiple people since Trump took office a year ago. Today alone marks the second deadly ICE shooting IN A WEEK. An off-duty shot and killed a 43-year-old father in CA on Dec. 31.
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Emotional vigil held for man killed by off-duty ICE agent on New Year's Eve
Sunday evening, a crowd of about 50 gathered at the Village Pointe apartment complex in Northridge to grieve Keith Porter Jr., who was fatally shot on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE agent.
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Raleigh activists are claiming a rare victory against a subsidiary of Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. They say Logos Technologies' offices appear to be emptied out after facing protests. The Raleigh location is also no longer listed on the company's website. Read more @prismreports.org
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Elbit subsidiary empties out Raleigh offices after protest campaign, activists say
Logos Technologies, a subsidiary of Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems, appears to have vacated its North Carolina offices
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
This is the wild part about the whole Trump experience, even when he says politically disastrous things, reporters rush in to fill in the blanks and steelman his arguments. As soon as they cut away from him saying “we’ll run it,” they cut to someone saying “obviously he didn't mean that.”
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Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The most heart breaking part is this kind of "journalism" high up editor logic is NOT unique to Weiss. I wish you could've heard what I heard when my work was killed, silenced, suppressed and silenced (or at best, just criticized). It's eerily familiar. In some ways identical.
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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
the state should issue all journalists five (5) mandatory non-media industry friends to keep us all normal
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 04/12/2025
As #ICE ramps up its harassment of U.S. communities while implementing President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, Canadian armoured vehicle manufacturer Roshel has also been stepping up its lobbying efforts to get Canadian federal government contracts. @rachelgilmore.bsky.social writes.
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A Canadian Company Is Supplying Armoured Cars to ICE | The Tyee
The Canadian government should consider companies’ complicity in US human rights violations when sourcing contracts.
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Laura Weiss @lauralew105.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
"Censorship is being used as a business tactic. Silencing is happening because people are scared for their jobs, careers, & sometimes even their lives." --a TV writer on threats to free speech under Trump. My latest for @prismreports.org: prismreports.org/2025/12/04/t...
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TV and film writers say they’ve faced increasing censorship threats under Trump
Attempts to curtail free speech present an existential threat to the Writers Guild of America’s 11,000 members, who are still finding their footing amid an industry-wide contraction
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Prism @prismreports.org · 04/12/2025
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
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Adam Rhodes @byadamrhodes.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New from me: The DOJ plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo obtained by Prism.
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Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
NEW from @byadamrhodes.bsky.social: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says
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Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
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Lara Witt @femmfeministe.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance. prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
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North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I am so upset. Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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Un-American @bennevis.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
2020 Haitians consistently call for NGOs and them to leave, and tell people not to donate to those NGOs Most of the aid that goes to Haiti, goes to foreign corporations and the US military not to Haitians inthesetimes.com/features/hai...
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10 Years Ago, We Pledged To Help Haiti Rebuild. Then What Happened?
Hundreds of millions in aid went to U.S. corporations and the U.S. military. A fraction went to Haitian institutions.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/10/2025
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
After Jennyfer told police she was sexually assaulted by her manager, authorities arrested, detained, and deported her to Nicaragua—the country she had left as a toddler. Heartbreaking read from @alexmar.bsky.social
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Deported after reporting sexual assault: A worker’s fight for justice
Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Almost 9 months ago, our press colleague Anas Al-Sharif removed his press vest following the announcement of a ceasefire. And then we saw what happened next. May we ensure the bombs actually end this time. I wish he, and so many more, were here with us.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 08/10/2025
I wonder what was going on then that the antifascist movement was responding to. So weird I can't figure it out
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Sahar Fatima @sfatima.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
ICE arrested 351 Iranians under Trump up until July 29, according to the latest data. More than 50%, or 183 arrests, came the week after the U.S. bombed Iran during the Israel-Iran war. Great story by Kourosh Ziabari and @meghnadbose.bsky.social for @prismreports.org prismreports.org/2025/10/08/i...
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Prism @prismreports.org · 07/10/2025
"Palestinian voices are treated as always biased, where westerners & Israelis aren't, as if only westerners can be objective. Major media outlets have been silencing Palestinian voices for decades. It's just amplified today bc the suffering is undeniable." — Aline Batarseh
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Prism @prismreports.org · 07/10/2025
"We were focused on freedom of expression even before Oct 7 because as recognition of Israel's apartheid was growing worldwide, Israel and its supporters were developing additional tactics to silence dissent and silence critics." — Aline Batarseh visualizingpalestine.org/visual/syste...
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A System of Silencing - Visualizing Palestine
As recognition of Israeli apartheid grows, the Israeli regime and its supporters continuously develop tactics to silence advocates for the Palestinian liberation movement as well as any criticism of I...
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Prism @prismreports.org · 07/10/2025
"We see news launder the idea that a free Palestine is, in and of itself, a threat... that we as a people can't be nuanced or difficult, that we have to be a perfect victim... our freedom was something we had to earn, not inherent to us as human beings." @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social
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Prism @prismreports.org · 07/10/2025
"I embarked on an investigation, not to show that there is bias, because we know there is, not to show anti-Palestinian racism, because we know there is, but to understand how it is done." — @laubast.bsky.social on her reporting with Prism and Visualizing Palestine prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...
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Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
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Truthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2025
An account given in court by the attorney of a woman who was shot by a Border Patrol agent “really makes it sounds like” the agent “tried to murder an anti-ICE protester in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him,” said one researcher.
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Attorney Says Video Betrays DHS Account of Border Patrol Shooting in Chicago
An agent shot a woman after federal officers accused her of driving toward them in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2025
In Gaza, another humanitarian crisis has emerged: the soaring displacement expenses — or, as many people in Gaza bitterly describe it, “The fees you pay to become homeless in the south.” Tents cost $1,000 and securing a patch of land to pitch it on can be almost as costly.
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Israel’s “Safe Zones” in Gaza Offer No Safety. Many Can’t Afford to Flee Anyway.
Displacement costs, which many call “the fees you pay to become homeless in the south,” have reached nearly $5,000.
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Prism @prismreports.org · 07/10/2025
Two years of Israel’s genocidal war against every form of life in Gaza have invaded the very core of children’s imagination. Funerals, death, & martyrdom have replaced cartoons, playgrounds, & birthday parties as the themes of their play. Ahmad Abushawish details how Israel stole childhood in Gaza.
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How Israel stole childhood in Gaza
Some children don't even recognize simple luxuries like fruit, while others play pretend by reenacting funerals
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Prism @prismreports.org · 18/09/2025
This event is FREE, but if you are in a position to donate via a ticket, all proceeds will go to the organizations & people featured on this list compiled by Prism. If you are able, we encourage you to donate directly to any of the fundraisers & organizations as well🍉
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Fundraisers for Palestinian liberation: We owe Palestinians our money and support
For those of us outside of Gaza, we are witnessing the U.S.-backed, Israeli-imposed mass starvation and famine of Palestinians in Gaza. Prism has
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