Underworld Turns

The fame of Fano?

Fano is a small town, with a population of around 60,000, about 100 kilometres south of Ravenna on the Adriatic coast. It is a rather sleepy and not very touristy spot, with some attractive churches, a Roman triumphal arch put up by the emperor Augustus, serving as a city gate, a good little art gallery […]

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‘The Answerers’

Readers of the Scottish poet W. S. Graham tend to regard his work as falling into two periods:  an early phase of Apocalyptic extravagance, heavily influenced by Dylan Thomas and culminating in the long poem The Nightfishing (1955), and, after a gap of fifteen years, an extraordinary Modernist interrogation of the nature of poetry and […]

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How ICE Became Trump’s Very Own Paramilitary Force

Over the last few weeks, Minneapolis has looked like a city under siege. The Trump administration has sent roughly 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota in what Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has called the “largest immigration operation ever.” This comes as protests have spread around Minneapolis and across the country demanding […]
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Officials seize 350 lbs of meth, 7 guns in Southern California

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office is touting “the seizure of hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine and illegal firearms” from a “Mexico-based drug trafficking organization” after a two-month investigation. Officials said in a news release that the organization, which they didn’t identify, depended upon Sergio Sanchez of Moreno Valley to operate a safehouse, helping transport drugs […]
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Officials seize 350 lbs of meth, 7 guns in Southern California

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office is touting “the seizure of hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine and illegal firearms” from a “Mexico-based drug trafficking organization” after a two-month investigation. Officials said in a news release that the organization, which they didn’t identify, depended upon Sergio Sanchez of Moreno Valley to operate a safehouse, helping transport drugs […]
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Anti-Trump protesters take to streets of downtown Los Angeles

Protesters against federal immigration operations took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon, impacting traffic in the area. The protest is part of the nationwide “Free America” walkout targeting President Donald Trump and his allies on the one-year anniversary of Trump returning to the presidency. The cause brought what appeared to be at […]
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Man with machete storms into Southern California laundromat in bizarre attack

A machete-wielding man ran into a Southern California laundromat and smashed its front door in a bizarre and seemingly random attack that was caught on camera.   The incident occurred at Super Wash N Dry, located on Fairplex Drive in Pomona, around 9:15 a.m. Saturday morning. Security footage shared by the business shows a man with a machete charging in through the front door as […]
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ICE Has Stopped Paying Contractors for Detainee Medical Treatment

ICE Has Stopped Paying Contractors for Detainee Medical Treatment

This story was originally published by Popular Information, a substack publication to which you can subscribe here. During the second Trump administration, the population of migrants held at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities has exploded—from below 40,000 in January 2025 to over 73,000 today. Under the law, ICE is required to provide necessary medical care for this population. While ICE employs […]
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