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Nearly an hour passed before Nixon Leal joined our scheduled Zoom interview. “Ya casi,” he texted via WhatsApp. A Spanish phrase for “almost ready,” I learned. I relayed the message to my editor, Erika Chavez, who would translate the conversation, and she told me the longstanding joke that “ya casi” really means you’re not even close to being ready. A relatable sentiment across languages. When Le…

Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 295 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new. I admit to a musical bias for female vocalists, and as I’m also a native New Yorker I have a predilection for homegirls. Alici…

The House voted on Thursday to advance a spending bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security—along with its offshoot Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. There was little appetite to block the spending bill once it reached the Senate for a vote. But after Saturday’s cold-blooded murder of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the chances of a government shutdown have gone …

Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. When Republicans are facing a public backlash, they have a go-to lie they tell. In an appearance on Fox News on Thursday, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer claimed that protesters opposing abusive behavior by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ag…

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Since Trump returned to office, dozens of environmental, wildlife and public access rules have been waived to make way for the border wall. By Elena Bruess for Capital & Main As a child, Michelle Serrano would take trips to Boca Chica with her grandmother. From her home in Brownsville, the drive ran east through Texas wetlands and countryside before landing on miles of beach, stretching far down …

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The man that ICE murdered today in Minneapolis was filming ICE agents, as he’s allowed to do, and was murdered for helping a woman pepper sprayed by the mad king’s private goon militia. He was murdered by ICE for protecting a woman from being pepper sprayed. He never pulled a gun. This was an execution. [ANGLE IS FROM WOMAN FILMING BEHIND THE VICTIM GIVES WAY MORE CLUES]. FUCK DHS. FUCK ICE. pic.…

Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back. This week, we say goodbye to supposed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, which is great, but we also say hello to Judge Aileen Cannon, which is very not great. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also inadvertently reminds us that the only r…

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A 51-year-old man shot Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press shows. The person was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Gov. Tim Walz said. The details surrounding the shooting weren’t immediately clear. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told the AP in a text messages…