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For Trump Administration, Fighting Crime Takes a Backseat to Immigration Arrests

“It’s a good time to be an American-born criminal,” said one expert, as ICE’s dragnet now includes thousands of agents from other federal law enforcement.

Closing Argument • 10.04.2025

What Trump’s D.C. Takeover Looks Like on the Ground, Two Weeks On

Promising to take over police to fight crime, Trump’s effort has instead morphed into mostly an immigration dragnet.

Closing Argument • 08.23.2025

How Attica’s Violence Taught Me to Practice Peace

“When you grow up in a culture of violence, that doesn’t just disappear,” writes Rashon Venable. “We, as prisoners, have to take active steps toward rehabilitation.”

Life Inside • 08.08.2025

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