I remember meeting Ya’akub Vijandre a little more than two years ago. We were at the first Dallas protest held in the aftermath of Israel’s bloody siege of Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. This was back when I was still working with Dallas Weekly and Ya’akub was gathering content for his […]
Author Archives: Sam Judy
Sam Judy is an award-winning investigative journalist with a background in criminal justice and civil rights reporting. He has gained prominence through his coverage of the 1970s police killings of the Johnson brothers in South Oak Cliff, Cop City Dallas, and the story of political prisoner Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. His previous work has been featured in Dallas Weekly, Dallas Free Press, and Prism Reports. Sam Judy founded and works as Editor-in-Chief for populist newsroom and culture magazine Dallas Nomad.
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After 220 Days, Leqaa Kordia Is the Last Columbia Protester in ICE Detention. She’s Still Fighting for Freedom.
Leqaa Kordia, 32, attended her asylum hearing via webcam on Thursday, Oct. 23. The blue light of the monitor displayed multiple windows framing her lawyer, the judge, and the government prosecutor. Her team laid out an argument it had made multiple times already: If Kordia, who is Palestinian, is deported to Israel, she will be […]
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She Survived 141 Days in ICE Custody Thanks to a ‘Beautiful Sisterhood.’ Now She’s Fighting for Those Still Inside.
On the evening of Feb. 11, 22-year-old Ward Sakeik sat on a plane from the U.S. Virgin Islands to Miami. She and her husband, Taahir Shaikh, were returning from their honeymoon, but he was sitting a few rows away. She didn’t look back at him — her handlers told her that even smiling at him […]
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‘In Amarillo, Black Women Die:’ The Unresolved Murder of Felita Bailey
Felita Bailey let the shower melt away the sweat and grease from her long shift on the packing line at Tyson Foods. The beef plant could be an assault on the senses. Cows are slaughtered in-house, then processed, pre-cooked, and packaged before being loaded onto trucks. She was lucky to get a job at the […]
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No Violence and Plenty of Merch: ‘No Kings Day’ Was More Anti-Trump Cookout Than Political Uprising
Dallas’ “No Kings Day” demonstration was a new experience for Mike Galindo and his family. “This is the first time we’ve come out like this and figured, ‘never too late,’” Galindo said. The father of two attended Saturday’s event with his wife, daughters and an estimated 10,000 others from the area to air collective grievances […]