Gearing up to survey the forest with Redwoods Rising | Save the Redwoods League Our apprentices stay sharp in the field with the best tools of the trade.

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Ranking member of the House Oversight Committee launches investigation into immigration raids U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, who represents Long Beach, promised a robust investigation and said the first hearing will be in Los Angeles.

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Families once torn apart at border face renewed threat of separation The Trump administration is quietly unraveling a court settlement meant to reunite and help families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, the ACLU says, putting thousands at risk of being torn apart a...

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Trump could soon make America’s refugee program a tool for white nationalism The White House is considering a plan to overhaul refugee admissions in favor of right-wing whites.

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A look at the TV journalists who left corporate jobs and built businesses that enabled them to hire dozens of people, using Substack, YouTube, Beehiiv, and more (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)

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Our preliminary count from the flagship protest in Santa Ana, CA today is 12,000 protesters, with thousands more EACH at over a dozen other protests spread throughout the county! Thank you for coming out, Orange County! 🧡

They’re teachers, nurses, Mennonites, and Marines. The Trump administration calls them antifa. The No King protests represent a broad popular front. That's exactly why the president's allies are demonizing the organizers.

The No King protests represent a broad popular front. That’s exactly why the president’s allies are demonizing the organizers.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Cafecito Prop 50 · California Democratic Party The California Democratic Party’s VOTA Program is working hard to connect with Latino voters across the state—we’re hosting bilingual phone banks twice a week, knocking on doors statewide, and partner...

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How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport" The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival’s lawsuit alleges.

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration. Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.! 🦋
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Chicago’s Block Club Is Ready for ICE The independent digital startup has been on the ground covering ICE’s surge and the attacks on journalists.

Chicago’s Block Club Is Ready for ICE! 🦋
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Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear with a broken jaw, wins Alaska's popular Fat Bear Week contest Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years.

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Mario Guevara, the Spanish-language journalist arrested while filming a Georgia protest in June, is set to be deported to El Salvador on Friday (WABE)

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Most of Humanities Advisory Council Fired Only four people remain on an advisory committee for the National Endowment for the Humanities after the Trump administration fired a majority of the members, The Washington Post reported.

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Largest Caucus in House Endorses Bill to Block US Bombs to Israel | Common Dreams "The United States cannot continue to send bombs we know will be used to commit terrible atrocities in Gaza."

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Sign petition for SB 42 - California Clean Money Sign the petition for SB 42, the California Fair Elections Act, to allow public financing of campaigns so elections are won, not bought!

SIGN THE PETITION for #SB42 the California Fair Elections Act to empower voters and fight Big Money by allowing public financing of campaigns anywhere in California!

SIGN HERE: bit.ly/sign-sb42

YouTube video by The Daily Show Peter Beinart - "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning" | The Daily Show

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Avenue of Latino Leaders: National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, DC (U.S. National Park Service)

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A famine has been officially declared in Gaza, the first of its kind in the Middle East. Please pressure your elected officials to accelerate access to free food in Gaza now.

I oppose the USDA’s reorganization plan (Secretary Memorandum: SM 1078-015) because it has not sought input from affected organizations, Congress, or Tribal governments.

Israeli media’s one-woman show: Or-ly Barlev on covering the anti-Netanyahu protests This summer, tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to demand that Benjamin Netanyahu resign. Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister for eleven years, is on trial in three separa...

Israeli media’s one-woman show: Or-ly Barlev on covering the anti-Netanyahu protests! 🦋
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Sign petition for SB 398 - California Clean Money Sign the petition for SB 398 to stop billionaires from buying votes!

SIGN THE PETITION for #SB398 to stop billionaires from buying elections by offering cash or lotteries to get people to register to vote! SIGN HERE: bit.ly/sign-sb398-b...

The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City “We understand these are our last days.”

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Chinese ICE Detainee Dies by Suicide at Pennsylvania Detention Center A Chinese ICE detainee died by suicide at Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley detention center in Pennsylvania, a private jail run by GEO Group.

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DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well ...

The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.

Sam Shoemaker successfully paddled his mushroom boat from Catalina Island to Cabrillo Beach yesterday!

Thank you to everyone for your support, including The Andy Warhol Foundation, City of Pasadena, Pasadena Arts Alliance, Perenchio Foundation, and our team who ensured Sam made it safely!

Trump calls for U.S. census to exclude for the first time people with no legal status Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results.

The Trump administration is once again attacking both scientific integrity and democracy, this time by directing the Commerce Department to create a new Census that excludes undocumented immigrants, defying the Constitution’s requirement to count “the whole number of persons in each state.”

“What they did there was torture us” Now free, the Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to El Salvador want the world to know what they lived through.

“They were telling us that our country—that our president—had abandoned us, that our families had abandoned us as well, and that we were going to die there in prison…that no one was fighting for us.”