The most powerful White House staffer, Stephen Miller, has written or edited every executive order Trump has put into place. Many question his legal tactics and ability to continue spreading his white supremacist ideology. Many of his initiatives are in court.
Takeout
Julie Rogers
walking to the restaurant:
someone heaped in a blanket
on the sidewalk next
to a wheelchair
this person could reach
the metal frame, pull it over
and hold on while laying down—
parked that close
we kept going and enjoyed
pasta, oysters, wine
went to hear the blues
trudged back up Vallejo St.
that same man was busy
being...
The separation of immigrant families at the border was barred by the 2023 settlement of a lawsuit, but the Trump administration has found a way to brutally reimpose family separations, by moving the practice away from the border and doing it through the ongoing ICE raids.
The November, 2025 election was a win for the workers, renters, the forgotten, and dreamers. It wasn't just about beating the far-right. It was also about rejecting the stale Democratic politics that too often bends to corporate donors and Wall Street.
five stood
Gregory Pond
hidden from news and social media eyes
five stood under sweatshirt hoods, cold and homeless
around a dying trashcan fire
that offered little warmth
in the growing dark when a crisp breeze
felt like a raging storm
gray shadows, back alley, castaways
who from a distance looked
like five sticks ripped
from a smoldering...
Today, more people are a paycheck away from the streets. Homelessness is a death sentence for many and an appalling absurdity in this richest, most powerful nation in the world. People everywhere are demanding their rights, including housing.
Climate Activists Confront Governor Whitmer Over Line 5 Tunnel Permit at Awards Ceremony for deflecting on Enbridge's Experimental Tunnel Project Threatening the Great Lakes.
Illinois Senate Bill 1950, the End-of-Life Options Act, was approved by the House in May, 2025. Advocates say Illinois must strengthen healthcare access, not expand pathways to premature death, and that Governor JB Pritzker can veto the Act.
Amber’s death demands that we protect one another fiercely. Demands that we rebuild our workplaces into places where every worker—especially those newly entering the trades—can thrive without fear. Demands that we do better.
