Category: Independent Media

Trump-appointed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced earlier this week that the agency will be “rolling back” enforcement of anti-discrimination policies that protect transgender Americans. Lucas…

Months before Wednesday night’s fatal midair collision of an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter in Washington, lawmakers brushed off safety warnings amid midflight near-misses and passed an…

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has called for a ban on defense contractor stock trading within Congress, saying it’s wrong that lawmakers are able to personally profit from approving hundreds of…

One of the hallmarks of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was a promise of sweeping tax cuts, for the rich, for working people and for companies alike. Now congressional Republicans have…

We speak with Palestinian writer and analyst Muhammad Shehada about the ceasefire in Gaza, which has allowed half a million displaced people to return to what’s left of their homes…

A Puerto Rican family in Milwaukee was recently detained by U.S. officials who questioned their immigration status after hearing them speak Spanish — the latest incident of racial profiling amid…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), flubbed key questions during his confirmation hearings on Wednesday before a Senate committee weighing…

The massive Los Angles fires, stoked by climate change, have been devastating for thousands of displaced homeowners and renters whose dwellings have been damaged or destroyed. The full costs of…

When physician and human rights activist Suzanne Barakat was invited to give a keynote address at the People of Color Conference (PoCC) in December 2024, she was excited and did…

An executive order signed Wednesday by Republican U.S. President Donald Trump authorizing the deportation of noncitizen students and others who took part in protests against Israel’s annihilation of Gaza was…