Renée Feltz

New York

Journalist at Freelance

News Director at Democracy Now!

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Articles

Thousands Rally Against Trump’s Policies Ahead of His Extravagant Inauguration

Jan 20, 2025 | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Renée Feltz

Ahead of President elect-Donald Trump’s second inauguration, thousands of people rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday at the People’s March to oppose his policies on immigration, abortion, LGBTQ rights, the climate crisis and more. We air voices of resistance from the protest. “All of us deserve to feel like human beings, and all of us deserve to have our rights respected,” said Hope Giselle, executive director of the National Trans Visibility March.
Immigrant-Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir Wins Last-Minute Presidential Pardon

Jan 19, 2025 | indypendent.org | Renée Feltz |Peter Rugh |John Tarleton

On January 11, 2018, immigrant-rights leader Ravi Ragbir reported to Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Lower Manhattan for a regularly scheduled check-in. Ragbir’s 2001 conviction for wire fraud and his subsequent activism made him a target for deportation. He was accompanied up to the building’s front entrance by 250 supporters including faith leaders and several city council members determined that he not be removed from the country.
Standing Together

Jul 11, 2024 | indypendent.org | Renée Feltz

Underneath the blue tiles that spell out “Columbia University” at the 116th subway stop, someone recently painted in red, “Divest Now!” The art echoed chants at a picket line upstairs, outside the gates of Barnard College.
Julien Assange Free at Last

Jul 1, 2024 | indypendent.org | Renée Feltz

Cries of “welcome home” greeted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he disembarked from a chartered jet in the Australian capitol of Canberra a free man after he plead guilty to a single U.S. espionage charge and was sentenced to time served.
Nobody Does It on Their Own

Oct 4, 2023 | portside.org | Renée Feltz

Nobody Does It on Their Own Published October 4, 2023 Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American DreamAlissa QuartEccoISBN-13: 978-0063028005In Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, Alissa Quart, head of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, lays bare the myth of self-sufficiency in a way that really does feel liberating.
Reforms Have Failed to Prevent Sexual Abuse in ICE Jails, Report Reveals

Jul 21, 2023 | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Michelle Chen |Renée Feltz |Priyanka Bhatt

Image Credit: illustration by Mya PagánA damning new investigation by journalists Maria Hinojosa and Zeba Warsi examines how immigration officials have failed to properly address complaints of sexual abuse from people held in detention centers. The report from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA details how women in jails run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have been sexually abused, often in a medical setting when they are at their most vulnerable.
Remembering Lee Loe and Houston's 'Peace Block'

Jun 15, 2023 | houstonchronicle.com | Renée Feltz