The FBI searched the Cleveland office of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a voting rights and grassroots advocacy group, as part of an investigation into potential voter fraud, seizing documents and electronic files while also interviewing current and former associates. The raid comes amid a broader Trump administration push to scrutinize election operations and voting-related activities, raising concerns among critics that the actions could discourage voter participation ahead of Ohio’s closely watched elections.
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Posted inNational News
Minnesota AG Ellison: ‘There is no risk-free way to stay free’
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has called for an investigation into the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renée Good at the hands of federal agents during immigration raids in Minneapolis, asserting that civil and human rights are often paid for in blood, sweat and tears.
Posted inOpinion
This is the America Black people have always known
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by federal agents in Minneapolis underscores what Black Americans have long known: state violence rooted in White supremacy is not an aberration but a defining feature of American power. As outrage grows, the piece argues that moral clarity, collective care, and refusal to accept cruelty as inevitable are essential responses to a system that only feels shocking when it harms those previously shielded by privilege.
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Thousands protest for a ‘Free DC’ on the fourth week of federal control in Washington
Thousands marched in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 6 to protest the 47th president’s federal takeover of policing in the capital, now in its fourth week. Demonstrators decried the National Guard presence as an “occupation” and demanded local control, while a parallel protest in Chicago pushed back against No. 47’s threats to deploy troops and ICE agents there.
