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Feb 11, 2025

Trump's Efforts to Dismantle AI Protections, Explained

Privacy & Technology
President Donald Trump has swiftly removed Artificial Intelligence protections, exposing people to real-world harms.
President Donald Trump has swiftly removed Artificial Intelligence protections, exposing people to real-world harms.
Abstract virtual artificial Intelligence interface with human head hologram on USA flag and sunset sky background.
Abstract virtual artificial Intelligence interface with human head hologram on USA flag and sunset sky background.
Feb 10, 2025

Trump's Attempt to Unilaterally Control State and Local Funding is Dangerous, Dumb, and Undemocratic

Donald Trump's attempts to withhold vital funding to bully and coerce states into compliance is plainly unconstitutional.
Donald Trump's attempts to withhold vital funding to bully and coerce states into compliance is plainly unconstitutional.
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "Chicago Stands With Immigrant Families".
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "Chicago Stands With Immigrant Families".
Feb 8, 2025

Half a Mile from the Flames: LA County’s Brush with Catastrophe Demonstrates the Urgent Need to Protect People in Jails and Prisons from Climate Change

Criminal Justice
Wildfires raging across Greater Los Angeles have revealed that our county and cities are not only under-resourced to combat natural disasters but also ill-prepared to protect people in custody.
Wildfires raging across Greater Los Angeles have revealed that our county and cities are not only under-resourced to combat natural disasters but also ill-prepared to protect people in custody.
Hughes fire, in Castaic, burns on a hill threatening the freeway below while cars attempt to escape.
Hughes fire, in Castaic, burns on a hill threatening the freeway below while cars attempt to escape.
Feb 4, 2025

What is an Executive Order and How Does it Work?

What executive orders can – and cannot – do, and why we have them in the first place
What executive orders can – and cannot – do, and why we have them in the first place
President Donald Trump holds up a recently signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House.
President Donald Trump holds up a recently signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House.
Feb 4, 2025

"Hope is the Counter to Fear."

Immigrants' Rights
Daishi Miguel-Tanaka is an immigrant rights advocate and DACA recipient. In the face of the Trump administration’s unlawful immigration tactics, he’s working at the local level and in communities to help...
Daishi Miguel-Tanaka is an immigrant rights advocate and DACA recipient. In the face of the Trump administration’s unlawful immigration tactics, he’s working at the local level and in communities to help...
A photo of Daishi Miguel-Tanaka.
A photo of Daishi Miguel-Tanaka.
Jan 30, 2025

Why Sanctioning the ICC Would Be Terrible for Civil Liberties

National Security
Sanctions would endanger the investigation of war crimes across the globe and prove a grave blow to human rights.
Sanctions would endanger the investigation of war crimes across the globe and prove a grave blow to human rights.
An exterior view of the International Criminal Court In The Hague, Netherlands, with the sign of with of the official logo and inscription of the International Criminal Court in the foreground.
An exterior view of the International Criminal Court In The Hague, Netherlands, with the sign of with of the official logo and inscription of the International Criminal Court in the foreground.