What Now? The U.S. to Deport 521K Haitians

On February 20, President Donald Trump’s administration revoked the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, just weeks after revoking  TPS for Venezuelans. Haitian nationals who have used this opportunity to leverage what the United States offers are now left to decide, with no real direction, what happens next.

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Ruth Jean-MarieComment
Am I Fighting For All Women?

This month, we honor women—the unsung, the widely recognized, and those whose legacies have left tangible marks on our history and in our streets. (In Berlin, for example, a square and a street are named after Rosa Luxemburg.) But let’s not forget that the gender gap is strikingly present everywhere. 

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AHUS EditorialComment
The Privilege to Be Unbothered 

You, who are staying silent. Going about your daily lives as if nothing has changed. Who do you think you are? We are way beyond “let this radicalize you, baby,” because the content has been shared, the violence has been witnessed, the murders and genocides have taken place, the rights have been taken away. 

How about you just give a shit that people’s rights and ability to stay alive are being taken away in a frenzy of executive orders by gloating politicians and their rich counterparts. 

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Alex FreeComment
Undocumented and Black

I am utterly sick of the “I told you so’s”, fake outrage, or apathy from an array of establishment Democrats and content creator “activists” that do not have layered, intersectional or deep-rooted activism or are not a part of activist communities (digital, global, in-person, local, or otherwise). 

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Lisa BettyComment
Wedding Crasher (Poem)

you look beautiful.
no, really.
the kind of beautiful that makes people cry
even when they don’t know why.

lace like mist around your shoulders,
lilies lining the aisle,
his hands steady, waiting—
& you, smiling like you believe it.

& maybe you do.
mostly.

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T.G. BrownComment