Respectfully: peacefully protesting ICE is a waste of time

The Trump Administration is intransigent. "No Kings Day" was a step in the wrong direction. This moment demands focused, organized civil disobedience.

Oct 1 • 

Ahmed Dregia

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August 2025

"Why Should I Care about Gaza?"

The genocide in Gaza is this century's greatest atrocity, and we in the West are complicit. But if moral appeals can't reach you, at least consider…

Aug 27 • 

Ahmed Dregia

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Debt Radicalization

Realizing that the budget hawks are wrong about almost everything can serve as a solid first step towards embracing a more compassionate economic and…

Aug 15 • 

Ahmed Dregia

July 2025

What American Progressives Get Wrong About Socialism

Universal healthcare, free education, and green energy programs are all great, but they are not socialism.

Jul 28 • 

Ahmed Dregia

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June 2025

The Atlantic Preemptively Calls for Regime Change in New York

Responding to “New York is Not a Democracy,” a piece seeking to undermine rising democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York’s mayoral race.

Jun 17 • 

Ahmed Dregia

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Gaza Doomscrolling

Nearly two years on, the situation in Gaza can often feel hopeless and debilitating. But from our privileged seats in the west, we still have power to…

Jun 11 • 

Ahmed Dregia

April 2025

Department of Education to garnish wages to pay for student loans

5.3 million borrowers who've defaulted on their student loans are at risk of having their wages garnished.

Apr 24 • 

Ahmed Dregia

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Actually, fighting over due process for migrants is both moral and popular

Democrats like Cillizza and Newsom, who see fighting Trump's wrongful deportations and abductions as a "distraction", have it all wrong.

Apr 22 • 

Ahmed Dregia

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Trump wants to send American citizens to a concentration camp in El Salvador

In a meeting with El Salvador's president, he expressed a desire to expand the current arrangement involving migrants and include "homegrowns" for…

Apr 16 • 

Ahmed Dregia

March 2025

Trump retaliates against federal worker unions by destroying collective bargaining rights

Trump escalates his onslaught on federal workers.

Mar 28 • 

Ahmed Dregia

Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian Activist and Permanent American Resident, Disappeared by ICE

Here is what you should know and what you can do to help.

Mar 13 • 

Ahmed Dregia

Greece and Ohio - A Tale of Two Fatal Train Fiascos

Two years on, Greece's workers demand accountability for a deadly rail crash widely viewed as a state and corporate failure, while Americans seem to…

Mar 10 • 

Ahmed Dregia

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