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Jelinda Montes

Jelinda Montes is a National Affairs Fellow at Salon. She recently graduated NYU’s Magazine and Digital Storytelling masters program. Her work has appeared in The Nation, The American Prospect, Gay Times and more.

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Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. An African American Baptist minister and political activist, Jackson was a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1984 and 1988. In 2000 President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest honor bestowed on civilians. ( Mark Junge / Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dead at 84

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl / Getty Images)

DHS to shut down, but ICE won’t stop

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REAL ID sign at a Miami airport. (Jeff Greenberg / Getty Images)

DHS’s REAL ID hypocrisy

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Social media age verification is full of risks and unclear rewards

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New Jersey Lt. Gov. Tahesha L. Way. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

AIPAC’s $4 million campaign badly backfires in NJ Democratic primary

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US President Donald Trump participates in calls to US service members, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)

Trump posts and deletes racist Obama video, sparking outrage across the political spectrum

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Donald Trump | Voting Booth (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP resists call to “nationalize voting” — but Trump’s trying it anyway

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Pima County Sheriff, Chris Nanos, speaks to the media on February 3, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. He was answering questions about the search for Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of NBC host Savannah Guthrie. (Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

“Didn’t just walk out”: “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s mother missing

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Former President Bill Clinton and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive to attend the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein investigation

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Top Dem calls out Graham’s “temper tantrum” over “multi-million-dollar slush fund”

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DHS officials shot and killed VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota this week. This is the second killing and third civilian shot in just the first few weeks of 2026 in Minneapolis. (Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump claims Alex Pretti’s “stock has gone way down” after new video

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A vial of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccination for children is displayed during an immunization event at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Community Resource Center in Los Angeles, California, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

South Carolina measles outbreak hits record high

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Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks during a town hall meeting at the Urban League Twin Cities facility on January 27, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A person holding a syringe charged the podium as Omar spoke. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

“We are Minnesota strong”: Rep. Ilhan Omar attacked at town hall

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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting at the Pentagon on January 15, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

“Uncharted water”: Caribbean boat strike victims’ families sue US

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino demoted after Pretti killing

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Signage about slavery is displayed on an outdoor exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael Yanow/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Philadelphia sues after Trump orders removal of slavery exhibit

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Donald Trump and the Tiktok app (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump cheers as TikTok sale is finalized

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Kyle Gass (L) and Jack Black of Tenacious D perform at PNC Music Pavilion on September 06, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jeff Hahne/Getty Images)

“Bigger than Oasis”: Tenacious D’s Gass says band will return following Trump gaffe

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Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“We would be frankly unstoppable”: Trump dances around Greenland threats at Davos

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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 20: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“The bargain no longer works”: Canada’s Prime Minister calls out America’s economic hegemony

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on January 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was joined by President Trump days after the president threatened a 10% import tax on goods from eight European countries that have rallied around Denmark amid Trump's calls for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“There can be no going back”: Trump pushes forward on Greenland

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 18: A protester with an anti-ICE sign, stands outside of the Henry Bishop Whipple Federal building on January 18, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protesters continued to gather to demonstrate against an ongoing immigration enforcement dubbed "Operation Metro Surge". (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Protesters enter church run by ICE official, drawing DOJ outrage

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INNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S. â" JANUARY 15: Federal immigration officers arrest a protester outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 15, 2026. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Dine and detain: A new ICE arrest tactic

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) President Donald Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the Oval Office, on January 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Daniel Torok/The White House via Getty Images)

“A classic showoff”: Trump accepted Machado’s Nobel and Norwegians aren’t happy

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