THE HUMAN COST OF MASS DEPORTATIONS: BALANCING LAW, COMPASSION, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY

Mass deportations, a contentious proposal by some political leaders like Trump, extend far beyond the realm of policy debates. They touch the core of human existence, disrupting families, unsettling communities, and threatening the fabric of the economy. At the heart of this debate lies a profound dilemma: how does a nation balance the enforcement of …

Grief, Determination, and Community on Transgender Day of Remembrance

by ARNIE ALPERT, InDepthNH.orgNovember 21, 2024 By Arnie Alpert, Active with the Activists Arnie Alpert spent decades as a community organizer/educator in NH movements for social justice and peace.  Officially retired since 2020, he keeps his hands (and feet) in the activist world while writing about past and present social movements. CONCORD—The sky was already …

Americans Didn’t Vote for What Donald Trump Is About to Give Them

https://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-didn-t-vote-donald-154051128.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall By now, every pundit in America has their own 2024 election take, mostly confirming their prior opinions. Every Republican has a take, too, which is that Americans voted resoundingly for — well, for whatever policy that Republican cares about, from opposition to transgender rights to support for prayer in schools. And of course, progressives, …

NEWS 10/01/24 to 10/15/24

When moderator Margaret Brennan noted during last night’s vice presidential debate that Republican nominee J.D. Vance had, once again, lied about the legal status of migrants in Springfield, Ohio, Vance retorted: “The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check!” As scholar of propaganda Pekka Kallioniemi noted, this was “[t]he epitome of post-truth politics.” …