New: Private prison executives gleeful over mass deportation - "unique moment in our company’s– country’s history" - "a theoretical potential doubling of all of our services" - potential "need for some soft-sided facilities around the country" huffpost.com/entry/trump-de…

For over a year, I've reported on-the-ground on growing enforced displacement due to armed conflict in Michoacán, Mexico. The response of the Mexican government: downplay the scale of the crisis if not deny it altogether. My feature for The Baffler thebaffler.com/salvos/none-of…

Agents slashed tires, yanked people out of trucks, threw people to the ground, and called farmworkers “Mexican bitches” during unannounced raids in Kern County, according to a complaint filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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The Secretary of Defense lies under oath, claiming 21 million illegals" entered under Biden. Trump previously invented the 20 million figure out of thin air at a campaign rally. Recently, he randomly started saying 21 million. Now his surrogates are parroting that fake number.

ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men with no identifying insignias and taken to an unidentified location. ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her. This is WRONG.

2025 ASJA AWARDS: Social Change Honorable Mention: "Trick Clock" by Lillian Perlmutter in The Baffler with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project This story exemplifies what the Social Change category stands for: exposing systemic injustices. Lillian Perlmutter