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Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods sent shockwaves through the retail industry in 2017. But in a revealing new interview, the man who built Whole Foods from a single Austin store into a natural foods empire says he never wanted to sell to Amazon at all—and only did so because activist investors threatened to seize his board, fire him, …

This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive its stories in your inbox every week. Three women become choked up as they deliver news in a video posted to social media. “We did it, everybody,” says Leslie Manookian, the …

But Manookian’s rejection of vaccine mandates goes beyond a libertarian philosophy. Manookian has said publicly that she thinks vaccines are “poison for profit,” that continuing to let daycares require vaccination would “put our children on the chopping block,” that measles is “positive for the body,” that the virus protects against cancer, and that it can send people “into total remission”—an …

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital. Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city. “They are the ones that are making …

The Trump administration’s deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland is “tailored to the threat” at the ICE building in the city, where “cruel activists” have used “vicious tactics” to damage the office and harass officers, Justice Department lawyers wrote Thursday in their opposition to the state’s challenge. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement building closed for three weeks …

Trump targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists for deportation is unlawful, US judge rules  Reuters Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech  The New York Times Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students  The Guardian Federal judge launches scathing broadside of Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian protesters  Fox News Federal judge rules Trump unconstitutionally targeted Gaza war protesters for …

As the Trump administration wages an all-out assault on climate protections and renewable energy, activists are gearing up for demonstrations this Sunday to hype up solar power and energy efficiency. The national “day of action”, called Sun Day, will be spearheaded by the veteran climate activist Bill McKibben. “Trump has aimed squarely at clean energy,” McKibben told the Guardian. “So …

Photos: Activists beam Trump, Epstein images onto U.K. castle during president’s visit  Axios Images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein projected on Windsor Castle as U.S. president visits the UK  CNBC Four Arrested For Projecting Trump-Epstein Images On Windsor Castle Ahead Of President’s Visit  Forbes Why an Epstein scandal could haunt Donald Trump’s unprecedented trip to Britain  CNN UK hopes pomp and ceremony of Trump’s …

‘Our president is listening’: Handful of Black MAGA activists in Chicago catch Trump’s eye  Chicago Tribune Pritzker says ‘action will be met with a response’ after Trump threatens to send National Guard to Chicago  Fox News ICE asks for access to Chicago-area Navy base to assist operations  The Washington Post Trump’s planned Chicago blitz would use naval base to house ICE agents, possibly …

Protesters stormed Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters on Monday and made it into president Brad Smith’s office in Building 34, forcing a temporary lockdown. The “No Azure for Apartheid” group livestreamed their sit-in on Twitch, hoisting banners, chanting ‘Brad Smith, you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide!’ and posting a mock legal summons charging Smith with “crimes against humanity.” Microsoft did not respond …