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“ICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids
“ICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans braved the bitter cold in Minneapolis on Friday to demand ”ICE out.” The march was organized by faith and labor leaders and was accompanied by calls for an economic bl...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“ICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids
“Trumped-Up Charges”: Out of Jail, Nekima Levy Armstrong Faces Prosecution for Anti-ICE Church Protest
Activist Nekima Levy Armstrong Faces “Trumped-Up Charges” for ICE Protest
Civil rights attorney, minister and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was arrested by federal officials for participating in an anti-ICE demonstration at Cities Church in St. Paul, was released from...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“Trumped-Up Charges”: Out of Jail, Nekima Levy Armstrong Faces Prosecution for Anti-ICE Church Protest
RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers “Compassion,” “Deep Empathy” of ICU Nurse Killed by Feds
RIP Alex Pretti: ICU Nurse Killed By Feds Known for His “Compassion” & “Deep Empathy”
Democracy Now! speaks with a former colleague of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. Dr. Aasma Shaukat, who hired Pretti for a research job o...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers “Compassion,” “Deep Empathy” of ICU Nurse Killed by Feds
“He Was Executed”: Minneapolis Residents Outraged, Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti
“Executed”: Minneapolis Outraged, Defiant After Feds Kill Alex Pretti
Protests have intensified in Minnesota after federal immigration agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who worked in the Minneapolis Veterans Health Care System, on Saturday. Democracy No...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“He Was Executed”: Minneapolis Residents Outraged, Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti
Dr. Aasma Shaukat, who hired Alex Pretti for a research job over a decade ago, remembers him for his "kindness, compassion and just a strong sense of civic duty to help his fellow citizens."
Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Dr. Aasma Shaukat, who hired Alex Pretti for a research job over a decade ago, remembers him for his "kindness, compassion and just a strong sense of civic duty to help his fellow citizens."
Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Iranian author Sahar Delijani discusses Iran's “working-class uprising."
Born in Evin Prison, Iranian Author on Protests Against “Authoritarian, Theocratic Regime”
Deadly anti-government protests continue to rock Iran in the midst of the country’s spiraling economic crisis. Thousands of civilians are believed to have been shot dead by government forces in the pa...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Iranian author Sahar Delijani discusses Iran's “working-class uprising."
"These billionaires are now not happy being rich and richer. They really want, now, political power."
Oxfam Warns of Rising Authoritarianism as Billionaire Power Grows
World leaders are gathered in Davos, Switzerland, site of the World Economic Forum — which has turned into an emergency summit over President Trump’s threats to take over Greenland, a semiautonomous t...
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January 25, 2026 at 10:36 PM
"These billionaires are now not happy being rich and richer. They really want, now, political power."
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"It’s become normalized in the world for Palestinians to die."
“Emperor” Trump’s So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance
As President Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, his son-in-law Jared Kushner presented his vision of turning...
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January 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"It’s become normalized in the world for Palestinians to die."
Lawyer Jordan Kushner, who is representing activist and civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, says her arrest by the Trump administration "is frankly, just about fascism."
Nekima Levy Armstrong Jailed After Protesting ICE Official Who Also Serves as Pastor in St. Paul
The Justice Department said Thursday that it had arrested three people in Minnesota who interrupted a church service in St. Paul to protest a pastor’s role as a local ICE official. The activists invol...
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January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Lawyer Jordan Kushner, who is representing activist and civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, says her arrest by the Trump administration "is frankly, just about fascism."
"Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law."
“An Abomination”: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s “Board of Peace” & Threat to Democratic World Order
We speak to Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about the United States under Donald Trump and its attempts to reshape the post-World War II international consensus. “Trump has all his work done for him ...
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January 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM
"Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law."
Democracy Now! reports from the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis.
ICE vs. Minnesota: Community Resists Trump’s Militarized Crackdown
Democracy Now! producer John Hamilton reports from Minneapolis, where residents say ICE agents are violently targeting legal observers and community members as part of the Trump administration’s crack...
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January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Democracy Now! reports from the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Here's why NYC nurses are on strike.
“A Fight for Our Patients”: NYC Nurses Strike; Mayor Mamdani & Sen. Sanders Join Picket Line
The largest nurses’ strike in New York City history has reached its 10th day, as negotiations stall. Nearly 15,000 New York City nurses are fighting for a contract that includes higher pay, a staffing...
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January 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Here's why NYC nurses are on strike.
Nekima Levy Armstrong protested a service at a St. Paul church whose pastor is also an ICE official. She has now been arrested and detained by the Trump administration.
Minnesota Lawyer Defends Church Protest over Pastor Who Is Top ICE Official
We speak with activist, civil rights attorney and ordained minister Nekima Levy Armstrong about her role in a protest at a St. Paul church on Sunday, where one of the pastors, David Easterwood, also l...
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January 24, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Nekima Levy Armstrong protested a service at a St. Paul church whose pastor is also an ICE official. She has now been arrested and detained by the Trump administration.
Why did Jackie Robinson join the McCarthyist campaign against the legendary entertainer and activist Paul Robeson?
“Kings and Pawns”: Howard Bryant on What Jackie Robinson & Paul Robeson Reveal About America
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by t...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Why did Jackie Robinson join the McCarthyist campaign against the legendary entertainer and activist Paul Robeson?
"After weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of terror by ICE agents ... the working class of Minnesota, of the Twin Cities, is standing up and refusing to go to work, refusing to go to school, refusing to shop."
ICE Out of Minnesota: Unions & Churches Lead Economic Blackout in “Day of Truth and Freedom”
Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of an economic blackout to protest the surge of ICE agents into the state. Organizers of the strike include faith leaders and unions...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
"After weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of terror by ICE agents ... the working class of Minnesota, of the Twin Cities, is standing up and refusing to go to work, refusing to go to school, refusing to shop."
Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong had her appearance digitally altered in a photo posted online by the White House to make it look like she was crying while handcuffed.
Nekima Levy Armstrong Jailed After Protesting ICE Official Who Also Serves as Pastor in St. Paul
The Justice Department said Thursday that it had arrested three people in Minnesota who interrupted a church service in St. Paul to protest a pastor’s role as a local ICE official. The activists invol...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong had her appearance digitally altered in a photo posted online by the White House to make it look like she was crying while handcuffed.
Trump's plan for the so-called Board of Peace is “a parody of a colonial body that will result “ultimate control and subjugation.”
“Emperor” Trump's So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance
As President Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, his son-in-law Jared Kushner presented his vision of turning the Gaza Strip into an upscale seaside resort with g...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Trump's plan for the so-called Board of Peace is “a parody of a colonial body that will result “ultimate control and subjugation.”
"After weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of terror by ICE agents," hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of a historic general strike.
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"After weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of terror by ICE agents," hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of a historic general strike.
The DOJ has arrested and detained three people who interrupted a church service in St. Paul to protest a pastor's role as a local ICE official.
Jordan Kushner, lawyer for Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of the arrested activists, describes the "circus" of her arrest.
Jordan Kushner, lawyer for Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of the arrested activists, describes the "circus" of her arrest.
January 23, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The DOJ has arrested and detained three people who interrupted a church service in St. Paul to protest a pastor's role as a local ICE official.
Jordan Kushner, lawyer for Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of the arrested activists, describes the "circus" of her arrest.
Jordan Kushner, lawyer for Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of the arrested activists, describes the "circus" of her arrest.
A judge rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to arrest Don Lemon for coverage of a protest in a Minnesota church where the pastor is an ICE official.
We spoke with protest organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was arrested Thursday by FBI agents for organizing the protest.
We spoke with protest organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was arrested Thursday by FBI agents for organizing the protest.
January 22, 2026 at 6:43 PM
A judge rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to arrest Don Lemon for coverage of a protest in a Minnesota church where the pastor is an ICE official.
We spoke with protest organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was arrested Thursday by FBI agents for organizing the protest.
We spoke with protest organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was arrested Thursday by FBI agents for organizing the protest.
“This is part of a long struggle of Iranian people to oust this regime, against tyranny, against dictatorship, against an authoritarian, theocratic regime, a military state."
Born in Evin Prison, Iranian Author on Protests Against “Authoritarian, Theocratic Regime”
Deadly anti-government protests continue to rock Iran in the midst of the country’s spiraling economic crisis. Thousands of civilians are believed to have been shot dead by government forces in the pa...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:31 PM
“This is part of a long struggle of Iranian people to oust this regime, against tyranny, against dictatorship, against an authoritarian, theocratic regime, a military state."
“If a white woman was shot in the face, none of us are safe."
“Catch of the Day”: Latest ICE Operation in Maine Targets Somali Community
Trump’s deportation machine has touched down in Maine. As the state, home to a significant share of the Somali American community, faces a surge of ICE activity, we’re joined by Safiya Khalid, the fir...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“If a white woman was shot in the face, none of us are safe."
“Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law."
“An Abomination”: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s “Board of Peace” & Threat to Democratic World Order
We speak to Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about the United States under Donald Trump and its attempts to reshape the post-World War II international consensus. “Trump has all his work done for him ...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law."