DOGE Employees May Have Improperly Accessed Social Security Data With Aim to ‘Overturn Election Results’
By Brad Reed, Common Dreams Posted Jan. 22, 2026 The US Department of Justice acknowledged last week that two members of the Department of Government Efficiency may have…
DHS Policy To Block Unannounced Lawmaker Visits Upheld, For Now, On Technical Grounds
By Ariana Figueroa, States Newsroom Posted Jan. 22, 2026 A Department of Homeland Security policy that barred unannounced visits for lawmakers seeking to conduct oversight at facilities that…
ICE Officer Fatally Shoots Driver Through Car Window in Minneapolis
By Max Nesterak, Madison McVan and Alyssa Chen, Minnesota Reformer Posted January 15, 2026 An ICE officer fatally shot a 37-year-old woman driving an SUV through her…
Call 911 or Risk Losing the Baby? Raids Force Some Immigrants To Avoid Care
By Halle Parker, Verite News, KFF Health News Posted January 8, 2026 As immigrants in southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi braced for this month’s U.S. Homeland Security operation, Cristiane…
Far Right Win in Chile Resurrects Ghosts of a Past Many Sought to Leave Behind
By Peter Schurmann, American Community Media Posted December 18, 2025 VALPARAISO, Chile—Daniel Leyva is busy frying sopapillas for a group of activists gathered in the garden of Valparaiso’s…
Medicare’s New AI Experiment Sparks Alarm Among Doctors, Lawmakers
By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline Posted Dec. 11, 2025 A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain…
RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here’s What Parents Need To Know.
By Jackie Fortiér, KFF Health News Posted December 4, 2025 Working out of a tribal-owned hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, liver specialist Brian McMahon has spent decades treating the…
President’s Administration Threatens to Yank Food Stamps Funding From Democratic-Led States
By Jacob Fischler, States Newsroom Posted December 4, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats…
‘Make Corporate Complicity Unprofitable’: Boycott Targets Companies Tied to ICE
By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Posted November 27, 2025 A Gen Z-led advocacy group fighting for working-class priorities on Tuesday announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that…
Representative Adelita Grijalva Sworn in to United State House of Representatives
Posted November 20, 2025 Representative Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) was officially sworn in on Nov. 12, to the United States House of Representatives, becoming the first Latina ever to…