"Throughout the rest of the 20th century, anti-immigrant activists and politicians used invasion rhetoric to rally support against newcomers and foreign-born citizens alike. In the 1920s, fears of a 'Mexican invasion' weren’t uncommon, and the KKK aimed much of its propaganda at the foreign-born."

"Then came President Donald Trump. From the first day of his second term in office in January 2025, he set out to tear down the US global order and transform America’s place in the world."

"Clearly, the Trump administration is claiming war authorities where none exist, as anyone can see that there is no actual state of war. Under international law, a president cannot merely declare an 'armed conflict.' Rather, the term is meant to be a factual description of what is happening."

"A small but significant number of anti-immigration voices have begun to challenge the accepted view that Scotland is a more welcoming and progressive place than its southern neighbor, England. Clouds of nativism and xenophobia are looming on the horizon." inkstickmedia.com/the-reality-...

"From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades."

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Detainees reported “overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping,” constant lighting, and cameras installed above toilets.

"Israel has never officially defined the entirety of its borders — then as now, the story of Palestine is one of drawing and redrawing boundaries over the indigenous people."

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"As the first African host of the Road World Championships, Rwanda projected stability and security to the world — but behind the polished streets and cheering crowds, dissent was tightly controlled."

“Branding your political enemies as terrorists is a classic fascist move,” says David Noll, a legal scholar and author of the book Vigilante Nation. “If you look at prototypical fascist states, what they do is attempt to stamp out dissent by branding people as terrorists.”

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"The only outcome of a revival of regular nuclear testing would be an increase in nuclear risk and an alarming acceleration of the new arms race — something the world has not felt since the Cold War and hoped to never feel again."

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"Trump cannot simply manufacture a war that does not exist. The victims of these strikes have not attacked the US and do not qualify as combatants under international law. As experts have made clear, these attacks are categorically not part of an armed conflict." inkstickmedia.com/the-united-s...

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"For decades, PTA has been used by every branch of the US military as well as ally and partner nation militaries for everything from live fire training (mortars, artillery, rockets), small arms and sniper training to the testing of drones, aircraft, and other weapons systems."

"The invasion rhetoric of Trump and his far-right allies has echoed two closely linked, decades-old conspiracy theories: the great replacement theory and the paranoid, debunked belief that white people are enduring a genocide."

In his first year back in office, Trump has demolished the fundamental geopolitics that upheld US hegemony for eight decades. inkstickmedia.com/what-will-th...

"Look at all that foregone tax money that might have been used to help local businesses and infrastructure, maybe provide subsidies for solar energy and other good things for us.”

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In the 1920s, the KKK was one of the strongest political forces in Dallas. Six decades later, a local Klan leader named Addie Barlow Frazier tried to orchestrate the group’s comeback. But anti-Klan protesters flooded the streets of Dallas, and the police had to hide Klansmen in a downtown basement.

Under Israeli bombardment that continues despite a declared ceasefire, farmers in southern Lebanon still venture into their groves.

"Trump's NSS has prompted debate over what US priorities in the world should actually be — but such a discussion needs to be expanded to include the perspectives of people and organizations actually suffering the consequences of our militarized domestic and foreign policies."

Around the world, dockworkers have slowed or stopped weapons shipments bound for Israel. But in the US, a divided labor movement and opaque weapons logistics reveal the limits — and possibilities — of this strategy.

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Mexico has one of the world’s highest femicide rates, with about 10 women violently killed every day. The rate of women’s killings has increased by 137% since 2015 — four times that of other homicides. Critics say it will take more than a female president to end gender-based violence in the country.

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Ethiopians making the journey through Somalia face exploitation, forced labor, and militant groups along the way.

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"Peace between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan hinges on their ability to agree on Red Sea trade routes, set rules for shipping, and even divide up parts of the coast."

At Alligator Alcatraz, according to rights groups, detainees were effectively “disappeared.” Others were blocked from contacting their lawyers or their families. Many say that speaking out for better conditions inside the facility resulted in authorities punishing them.

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"Israel’s ongoing, illegal occupation of southern Syrian territory only worsens these concerns, as many in Israel have expressed an interest in a weakened and Balkanized northeastern neighbor."

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"In the face of the violence, over 1.3 million people have been displaced across Haiti, 11% of the population."

“Fox News is treated as though it is official military news on many bases, contributing to a hostile environment, an echo chamber, and a suppression of contradictory political views.”

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"Every December, political leaders reach instinctively for the language of goodwill."

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'All too sadly, President Donald Trump, Secretary of “War” Pete Hegseth, and the rest of the crew seem all too willing to make war in the Western Hemisphere in a significant fashion, while essentially ignoring the US military’s other warring activities elsewhere on the planet.'

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For refugees and migrants trying to reach the EU from Bosnia, leftover landmines and border violence haunt the journey.

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"The country’s history of anti-immigrant conspiracy theories is a long, infrequently interrupted line of vigilante and state violence, but it has almost uniformly worked hand-in-hand with domestic repression."

“I think they should be shamed and repudiated at the very minimum. I actually think they should go to jail. I think they should be prosecuted in The Hague. But instead, we see them pop up in mainstream news as legitimate figures, and I am very shocked by that.”

"Military law can hold servicemembers accountable for participating in illegal actions, even if they were following orders."

At the heart of the Trump administration's new military strategy is an attempt to revive the Monroe Doctrine.

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