From our magazine: Is our love the horizon? A line where the sky appears to meet the earth’s surface— which means if you are the earth, then I am the sky—
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Poem: What connects us
is invisible. A natural gas pipeline. Cables above the eyeline, carried from pylon to pylon, past the horizon...
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New from Francesca D'Annunzio: To augment its roughly 6,000 #ICE deportation agents, the #Trump administration has enlisted the help of other federal agencies including the DEA and IRS. But an even more significant expansion may be playing out at county and municipal levels.
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Texas Police Are Slowly Joining What Could Be a ‘Giant ICE Army’
New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await federal training.
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“All I remember is my eyes started burning. And then after that, I remember the cop kicking me in my face. She had me by my hair. She kneed me.” New: @npub1ayp3...yw0l reveals how the destruction of the Department of #Education is hampering the search for justice in this case of police brutality in school ...
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A White School Officer Pepper-Sprayed and Kneed a Black Beaumont Student, Complaint Says. Will Feds Act?
Trump's gutting of the Education Department could stymie justice for 17-year-old Ja’Liyah Celestine.
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