In early August, Temporary Protected Status—also known as TPS—was canceled for hundreds of thousands of immigrants by the Trump administration as part of the regime’s barbaric immigrant efforts. Since the 1990s, TPS has allowed individuals from ...
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A life taken by cruelty and why we can’t turn away

In early August, Temporary Protected Status—also known as TPS—was canceled for hundreds of thousands of immigrants by the Trump administration as part of the regime’s barbaric immigrant efforts. Since the 1990s, TPS has allowed individuals from countries that were impacted by things like civil war and environmental disasters (or any extreme condition where they could ...

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Hope, helpers and ice cream sandwiches: In a world gone topsy-turvy, what we CAN do

Last week, I was packing to leave for my 72-hour staycation when my phone rang. I kept packing because I was exhausted and ready to check out from the daily grind. A few minutes later, I saw a text notification and figured I should check it, since most people close to me know that texting ...

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The overwhelm of it all and the spike of “frozen water people” in Maine

These days, national media and popular content creators are largely dictating where we put our attention and it is overwhelming at times. So much so that it becomes easier to tuck in, do the bare minimum or less and just trust that things will work out before we get messed up by the system. To ...

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Two weeks later: Maine and the musings of an organizer

Today marks two weeks since Maine resident Johan Sebatian Guerrero’s life was snatched away from him by an ICE agent who, by the Border Czar Tom Homan’s own words, may not have been properly vetted. No shit, man! It seems like most of the people hired by ICE tend to be problematic, if not literally ...

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Self-care during the chaos: Selfish or life affirming?

A little over two weeks ago, I woke up with a deep feeling of exhaustion, and not the type of exhaustion that would disappear with a few good nights of sleep. In fact, I had actually experienced a good night of sleep when I woke up. While I felt perky, as I went through the ...

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