Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) introduced a bill on Thursday to bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using warehouses and other similar buildings as detention centers, as the government gears up for a campaign of mass incarceration of immigrants that has been likened to the building of concentration camps. The bill, known as the “Ban Warehouse Detention Act…
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On Friday, March 6, U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, the first and only Palestinian in Congress, visited Leqaa Kordia at Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. Kordia, who is the last remaining Columbia protester in detention, has seen a recent groundswell of support following a seizure she suffered in detention due to malnutrition. Arrested on March 13, 2025 by the Department of…
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“Imagine if our government funded our communities like they fund war.” That was Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) response to the House’s bipartisan passage Wednesday of legislation that authorizes nearly $901 billion in military spending for the coming fiscal year, as tens of millions of Americans face soaring health insurance premiums and struggle to afford basic necessities amid the nation’s…
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Israel killed at least two children a day in Gaza in the first six weeks of the current ceasefire deal, the UN reports. Last week, UNICEF reported that Israeli forces have killed 67 children since October 11, when the deal went into effect. Gaza health officials have said that Israel has killed 342 Palestinians total amid the ceasefire and injured over 700 others. “Yesterday morning…
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) introduced legislation on Friday to recognize Israel’s genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza and call for the U.S. to take concrete actions like an arms embargo to end the ongoing slaughter. “The Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza has not ended, and it will not end until we act,” said Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress. The resolution…
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Calls are growing for the U.S. to end arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after reports of horrific slaughter in Sudan this week by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Sunday, the paramilitary force took control of el-Fasher, which was the Sudan Armed Forces’s (SAF) last major outpost in Darfur. The forces stormed the city, displacing tens of thousands and killing an…
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