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Aug 15, 2025

Florida's Secretive Immigration Detention Center, Explained

Immigrants' Rights
A secretive, immigration detention camp in the Everglades is drawing national outrage for violating our constitutional rights, for its inhumane conditions, and significant environmental risks.
A secretive, immigration detention camp in the Everglades is drawing national outrage for violating our constitutional rights, for its inhumane conditions, and significant environmental risks.
A road sign that says Alligator Alcatraz and an individual in front of it holding a sign that says "Cruel and Unusual."
A road sign that says Alligator Alcatraz and an individual in front of it holding a sign that says "Cruel and Unusual."
Aug 14, 2025

Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to AI

Privacy & Technology
Do large language models have an inherent politics?
Do large language models have an inherent politics?
Stylized Lady Liberty with text ACLU
Stylized Lady Liberty with text ACLU
Aug 13, 2025

I’m a Columbia Student Journalist. I Watched Censorship Unfold on My Own Campus.

Free Speech
As an opinion editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator during a historic year of campus protests and federal scrutiny, I saw firsthand how student journalists navigated censorship fears, administrative pressure...
As an opinion editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator during a historic year of campus protests and federal scrutiny, I saw firsthand how student journalists navigated censorship fears, administrative pressure...
Low Memorial Library on Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University.
Low Memorial Library on Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University.
Aug 6, 2025

Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next

Immigrants' Rights
Children born to parents who are undocumented or have temporary status will retain their right to birthright citizenship. The ACLU explains how the legal fight unfolded.
Children born to parents who are undocumented or have temporary status will retain their right to birthright citizenship. The ACLU explains how the legal fight unfolded.
A demonstrator looks up at her sign (which reads "Citizenship is a Birthright") during a rally outside the Supreme court building demanding the court uphold the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A demonstrator looks up at her sign (which reads "Citizenship is a Birthright") during a rally outside the Supreme court building demanding the court uphold the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Aug 5, 2025

Trump's Attacks on Press Freedom Escalate: NPR, PBS Funding Cuts Explained

Free Speech
From funding cuts and executive orders to billion-dollar lawsuits, the Trump administration is mounting a historic assault on independent journalism and press freedom.
From funding cuts and executive orders to billion-dollar lawsuits, the Trump administration is mounting a historic assault on independent journalism and press freedom.
A close-up of a window on NPR's website.
A close-up of a window on NPR's website.
Aug 4, 2025

Hope is a discipline

LGBTQ+ Rights

“Hope is a discipline. It’s less about 'how you feel,’ and more about the practice of making a decision every day, that you’re still gonna put one foot in front of...

“Hope is a discipline. It’s less about 'how you feel,’ and more about the practice of making a decision every day, that you’re still gonna put one foot in front of...

sign reads: Humans in need can find support...yes, in our backyard
sign reads: Humans in need can find support...yes, in our backyard