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ACLU Joins Coalition Calling For FIFA To Uphold Human Rights Ahead of 2026 World Cup

From the Left / ACLU / Apr 27, 2026

From Los Angeles to New Jersey, many of the United States' host cities for the 2026 World Cup are home to large immigrant communities. Though this year's slogan is "Football Unites the World," these communities now live in daily fear of racial profiling, inhumane detention, separation from loved ones and summary deportation because of ...Read more

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche concludes a news conference at the Department of Justice about the Trump Administration's anti-fraud efforts on April 7, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Press/TNS)

Is the SPLC Indictment About Fraud or Something More Sinister?

From the Left / Clarence Page / Apr 27, 2026

When it comes to the U.S. Justice Department’s stunning announcement of criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, as an old saying goes, where you stand depends on where you sit.

If you sit with the broad section of Americans who revere the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement ...Read more

Welcome to the World of MAGA Machismo, Where Muscles Trump Brains

From the Left / Dick Polman / Nov 16, 2023

Ladies and gentleman, here is your United States Senate, then and now:

Sen. Daniel Webster on March 7, 1850: “It is fortunate that there is a Senate of the United States (with) a just sense of its own dignity, and its own high responsibilities, and a body to which the country looks with confidence for wise, moderate, patriotic, and healing ...Read more

Trump and his lawyers think he can get away with anything. It's outlandish.

From the Left / Ruth Marcus / Oct 25, 2019

WASHINGTON -- "The king can do no wrong." That is the ancient legal maxim used to explain why a sovereign should not be held to account for misdeeds. President Trump and his lawyers are now making arguments that make this legal doctrine look wimpy. Their vision boils down to: The king can do whatever wrong he damn pleases, and there's nothing ...Read more