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Fannie Lou Hamer was a Southern civil rights activist and community organizer who was beaten by the police for sitting at a whites-only bus stop after completing a voter registration program. She sustained lifelong injuries to her legs, kidneys, and eyes.
Recent reports suggest that ICE is using flight passenger information to locate non-citizens without secure lawful status and arrest them when boarding or after disembarking from flights. If you don't have secure lawful status, consider the risks of flying and contact your attorney if you have one.
ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation DriveFederal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.www.nytimes.com
Too many people have lost their lives due to ICE's violence and negligence. These devastating tragedies are a predictable result of President Trump and Stephen Miller's anti-immigrant campaign. Tell our leaders in Congress to stop enabling ICE's violence: https://bit.ly/4wTbmbQ
On this day in 1999, the Supreme Court ruled disabled people have a “right to live in the world” and the right to refuse to be institutionalized.
The Trump administration is using this sham review to tee up baseless, nationwide restrictions on medication abortion. Mifepristone is safe and effective — just ask the millions of patients who have used it.
Exclusive | FDA Launches Study of Abortion Pill Safety as Opponents Push for LimitsThe effort is expected to take about six months, meaning its results would come after the midterm elections.www.wsj.com
BREAKING: We filed a lawsuit with the @aclu.org & @aclutn.bsky.social, to stop Tennessee’s HB 1704, an extreme law that would make it a crime for certain immigrants to remain in the state.
Book Bans Aren’t About Books. They’re About Panic. katiecouric.com/news/opinion...
Book Bans Aren’t About Books. They’re About Panic.The fights over library shelves reveal something deeper: a fear of children thinking for themselves.katiecouric.comPoliticians across the South are racing to pass new discriminatory maps that take away power from Black voters to elect candidates of our choice.