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Pregnant and Postpartum Women Face Neglect and Abuse in ICE Detention

From the Left / ACLU / Nov 05, 2025

*Names have been changed to protect identities

Shackled and chained while miscarrying, denied prenatal care, given inadequate food and water -- these are the conditions that pregnant women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention must endure.

Despite its own directive advising against detaining pregnant individuals, ICE has ...Read more

Mayor Daley is flanked by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lee Olive Jr., parents of the medal of honor winner, at ceremonies on June 19, 1966, unveiling the monument to the memory of Private First Class Milton Lee Olive in a park now known as Olive Park. The monument is sculpted in bronze. Editors note: this historic print has some pencil markings on it. (William Vendetta/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Hegseth’s War on 'Woke' is An Assault on American History

From the Left / Clarence Page / Nov 03, 2025

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of any official observance of “cultural awareness” months in the military service, I immediately wondered what it would mean for the legacy of Milton Olive.

In case you didn’t know, Milton Lee Olive III was the first Black American soldier to receive the Medal of Honor in the...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