Rep. Tlaib, 40 colleagues demand release of U.S. citizen in Israeli military prison in bicameral letter
by By Rep. Rashida Tlaib
on August 25, 2026
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) led 40 Members of Congress, including six Senators, in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, demanding the immediate and permanent release of U.S. citizen Sama Safi, a 20-year-old student with a severe chronic health condition, from Israeli military prison.
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Al Green Files Impeachment Articles Over Trump Using CBP, ICE as ‘Unaccountable Paramilitary Police Forces’
by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams
on August 25, 2026
Congressman Al Green on Monday filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over the twice-impeached Republican’s violent campaign to round up and deport immigrants, which has killed citizens of various countries, including the United States.
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Union-Busters Are Using ICE to Intimidate California Wine Industry Workers
by David Bacon, Truthout
on August 20, 2026
California’s wine industry runs on immigrant exploitation. Now migrant workers are unionizing.
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“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice
by Norman Solomon
on August 17, 2026
We’ve been hearing a lot of panicky warnings lately after Democratic primary voters chose socialists and other leftists instead of “moderates” in several major elections.
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Democrats Lost Our Way — America’s Next New Deal Is the Way Back
by Ro Khanna
on August 16, 2026
Representative Ro Khanna delivered the following remarks on August 15th, 2026 at the Summer 2026 DNC Meeting in Austin.
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Progressives Win Pair of Victories at DNC Meeting; Committee Approves Resolutions for Abolishing ICE And Affirming Law That Could Bar Military Aid to Israel
by RootsAction
on August 13, 2026
The Democratic National Committee today greenlighted resolutions that call for abolishing ICE and implementing “full and consistent enforcement” of two federal statutes known as the Leahy law.
In Memoriam: Johanna Fernández
by CUNY Graduate Center
on August 12, 2026
RootsAction mourns the passing of activist/academic Johanna Fernandez, with whom we collaborated.
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Statement by RootsAction about the victory of Abdul El-Sayed:
by RootsAction
on August 05, 2026
AIPAC fell on its face in Michigan.
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From El Paso to ICE: When Anti-Immigrant Hate Becomes Government Policy
by Unai Montes-Irueste, LA Progressive
on August 04, 2026
Is there a difference between trying to kill us and not caring if we live or die?
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AI Is the New Plastic: We have the proof of harm — yet we refuse to stop.
by Unai Montes-Irueste, LA Progressive
on August 02, 2026
We know how this story goes because we’ve already lived it once.
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