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The Tarmac Where Dreams Go to Die

The Tarmac Where Dreams Go to Die

There are certain places in America where you can hear the nation’s conscience rattle like loose bolts in a failing engine. Yesterday, one of those places was Signature Aviation at the Minneapolis Saint Paul Airport (MSP), where hundreds gathered under a gray November sky, refusing to let the state carry out its crimes in silence.

FREE JEANETTE VIZGUERRA!

FREE JEANETTE VIZGUERRA!

Jeanette Vizguerra is not an unfamiliar name. She’s been in the headlines for nearly a decade — from her defiant decision to take sanctuary in a Denver church basement in 2017, to her recognition on the TIME100 list that same year, to her repeated battles with ICE in the years since. But 2025 has shifted her struggle into something darker, something tha…

HOW ACTIVISTS BEAT ICE AND FREED AYMAN SOLIMAN

HOW ACTIVISTS BEAT ICE AND FREED AYMAN SOLIMAN

Ayman’s freedom was a victory, but it isn’t the finish line. It’s a crack. His case showed how brittle the façade of state power can be when communities apply sustained pressure. Think of it like a windshield on the highway of fascism: one small chip doesn’t seem like much at first, but add the heat of activism, the pressure of public outrage, and sudde…

DEPORTING DONNA HUGHES-BROWN

DEPORTING DONNA HUGHES-BROWN

Donna Hughes-Brown has lived in America longer than most of her ICE jailers have been alive. Born in Ireland, raised in England, she moved to the U.S. at age eleven and never left. Forty-seven years later, she’s locked inside a Kentucky detention center — humiliated, isolated, and pressured to “self-deport” over a $22