Trump’s Mass-Detention Campaign

Kristi Noem was fired as the first Cabinet secretary to be fired in Trump's second term earlier this month. She was replaced by Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma senator and a former mixed-martial-arts fighter. The Department of Homeland Security is detaining more immigrants than at any other point since the department was founded in 2002. 23 immigrants have died in custody …

‘Reminders of Him’ director says prison doesn’t define a person’s worth

"Reminders of Him" is based on Colleen Hoover's novel of the same name. Director Vanessa Caswill hopes to remind audiences that one mistake shouldn't condemn a person for a lifetime. Lauren Graham, Bradley Whitford, Lainey Wilson, Tyriq Withers and Zoe Kosovic star in the film.

Once Upon a Time, Israeli Prison Guards Abused Palestinians in Sde Teiman – or Did They?

Israel dehumanized the Palestinian population to justify its killing and expulsion of the original Palestinian population and oppression of those who remained in Israel. The guards and those in the military and the public who commit or accept mistreatment of prisoners are just the end result of that dehumanization.

Deportees sent by Trump to Salvadoran prison are still stuck a year later

Brandon Sigaran Cruz, 21, was deported to El Salvador on March 15, last year. He was among more than 260 migrants sent to CECOT, an infamous megaprison known for human rights abuses. He has been imprisoned without access to a lawyer, contact with his family and no prospect of a trial before a judge in El Salvador.

German-Algerian brutally tortures woman: 12 years in prison

A German-Algerian (29) has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for torturing his ex-girlfriend. He beat her with his fist for hours, choked her and put out a lit cigarette on her. He dragged her half-naked through the city, forced her to strip down to her panties and dragged her through the town of Künzelsau in Baden-Württemberg with massive …

Makeup artist deported 1 year ago shares his ordeal—and hope for the future

Andry Hernández Romero came to the U.S. in 2024, but he was deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison on March 15, 2025. He was accused of being a violent gang member, but the only evidence against him was his tattoos. He and 251 other men were detained for four months and released on July 18, 2025, and returned to Venezuela. …

‘One Battle After Another’ is much more than the movie of the movement

Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie "One Battle After Another" is about the clashes between a radical political cell, the French 75, and a fascist government bent on a campaign of racial purification. For all its depictions of militarized immigration enforcement, the movie shows no interest in immigrants as people or immigration as a policy issue. The French 75 has no …

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