When Government Is Afraid of the People, Tyranny Has No Chance

But today, Americans tremble as elected leaders kneel to greed, fear, and authoritarianism’s dark shadow… THOM HARTMANN SEP 10, 2025 (hartmannreport.com) Share Because of the decision made this week by the doughiest white boy on the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, to allow racial profiling by ICE, 65 million Hispanic Americans… Continue reading

The six fatal flaws in Mayor Lurie’s so-called ‘Family Zoning Plan’

It won’t bring down housing prices. It will create displacement—and it’s terribly divisive By CALVIN WELCH SEPTEMBER 7, 2025 (48hills.org) “Ideals without common sense can ruin this town … What does that get us? A discontented, lazy rabble …all because a few starry-eyed dreamers …stir them up and fill their… Continue reading

DHS Claims Videotaping ICE Raids Is ‘Violence’

The expanded definition has justified assaults on journalists who have documented detentions of immigrants. BY MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM-COOK  SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 (Prospect.org) WINTERS ROCK ENTERTAINMENT DHS officers confront a man filming with his phone outside the federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles, August 8, 2025. This article is published in partnership… Continue reading

‘We Won’t Be Silent’: 1,000+ Students Protest Trump’s DC Takeover

Students at George Washington University and three other schools in Washington, DC walked out on September 9, 2025 to protest the federal takeover of the district and the deployment of National Guard troops.  (Photo by the Sunrise Movement) “The students leading today’s walkouts are showing the entire nation what it… Continue reading

Q&A: For veteran S.F. Chronicle homelessness reporter Kevin Fagan, work was always personal

Fagan appears at Mission’s Roxie Theater on Sunday by SAGE RÍOS MACE September 9, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Help Mission Local cover ICE We’ve been covering immigration enforcement intensely under Trump. Now, we’re seeking $300,000 — $100,000 a year for the rest of Trump’s term — to hire a full-time immigration reporter. Donate Kevin Fagan walked into… Continue reading