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“Godsend” or “Concentration Camp”? A Lucrative ICE Deal Divides a Colorado Town.
Mother Jones • Sep 24, 2025

“Godsend” or “Concentration Camp”? A Lucrative ICE Deal Divides a Colorado Town.

In January 2010, the private prison operator now known as CoreCivic announced the closure of a 752-bed facility in Walsenburg, Colorado. At the time, the Huerfano County Correctional Center was the second-largest employer in the county. Its shutdown caused a “major hit” to the economy, said John Galusha, then the county’s administrator. The town estimated […]

US Marshals’ Efforts Around Trump’s January 6 Pardons Were “Highly Unusual”
Mother Jones • Sep 24, 2025

US Marshals’ Efforts Around Trump’s January 6 Pardons Were “Highly Unusual”

As the US Marshals Service prepared for Donald Trump’s expected pardon of January 6 defendants, officials went to unusual lengths to facilitate the defendants’ travel home from the DC jail, newly obtained records show. The records, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request by the ethics watchdog CREW, are yet another window into the […]

Baltimore Mayor to Trump: Don’t Send Your Troops
Mother Jones • Sep 24, 2025

Baltimore Mayor to Trump: Don’t Send Your Troops

When Brandon Scott took office in late 2020 as one of the youngest mayors in Baltimore’s history, he pledged to reduce the number of homicides and incidents of gun violence. That year, there were 335 reported homicides in the city of roughly 600,000 people, making it one of the most dangerous cities per capita in […]

If Only Pete Hegseth’s Military Shaving Crusade Was Just Stupid
Mother Jones • Sep 23, 2025

If Only Pete Hegseth’s Military Shaving Crusade Was Just Stupid

On September 17, Pete Hegseth—newly dubbed our Secretary of War—announced that any member of the US military who needs a shaving exemption for more than a year will be forced out of the service, tossing out a decades-old policy created for mainly Black and brown troops with pseudofolliculitis barbae, a skin condition that makes daily […]

There Is No Defense For Sweatshops
Current Affairs • Sep 23, 2025

There Is No Defense For Sweatshops

In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman named Tureza Akter committed suicide after facing repeated abuse at a sweatshop in Jordan. Subsequent investigations found that factory managers withheld employees’ passports to prevent them from leaving, forced female employees to strip naked, and required workers to labor 16 hours a day, seven days a week, threatening to withhold already-earned pay if they did not comply.  The clothes produced in this factory bore the logos of Under Armour, Columbia, and American Eagle. 

No, Sweatshops Do Not Help the Poor
Current Affairs • Sep 23, 2025

No, Sweatshops Do Not Help the Poor

In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman named Tureza Akter committed suicide after facing repeated abuse at a sweatshop in Jordan. Subsequent investigations found that factory managers withheld employees’ passports to prevent them from leaving, forced female employees to strip naked, and required workers to labor 16 hours a day, seven days a week, threatening to withhold already-earned pay if they did not comply.  The clothes produced in this factory bore the logos of Under Armour, Columbia, and American Eagle. 

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