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

ICE Operation ‘Midway Blitz’ Underway as Authoritarian Trump Targets Chicago

Demonstrators from the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda, alongside the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Chicago Teachers Union, and GoodKids MadCity, rally at Congress Plaza Garden in Chicago on September 6, 2025.  (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images) “Donald Trump and his departments of alphabet boys and… Continue reading

Spain Announces Arms Embargo on Israel and Other Steps ‘to Stop the Genocide in Gaza’

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez speaks at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on September 8, 2025.  (Photo: La Moncloa) “This is not self-defense,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez asserted, “it is the extermination of a defenseless people and a violation of every international law.” BRETT WILKINS Sep 08, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)… Continue reading

‘I haven’t slept. I haven’t eaten.’ Immigrants desperate as protected status ends.

Immigrants with Temporary Protected Status from three countries are at risk of deportation as of today by OSCAR PALMA and MARIANA GARCIA September 8, 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… Continue reading