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Alabama has just executed Anthony Boyd tonight. Lauren Gill explained so much that went wrong in his case and trial. Important to not look away.

Once again, @govpritzker.illinois.gov's state police have attacked protesters while doing crowd control for ICE in Broadview. Pritzker positions himself as a Trump opponent, but he's doing ICE's dirty work in Broadview. It has to stop.

There will be a huge trend piece around August 2028 about,”all the northeastern families are choosing these small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest that promise an artisanal degree!”

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer www.propublica.org/article/immi...

the thing that gets me is that for all the pearl clutching about "basket of deplorables" I constantly hear the Trump administration just brazenly shit talk Democrats without much consequence at all...

Quite a day.

Congratulations to my Princeton Religion colleague, Leora Batnitzky, and co-editors on this publication (that features a chapter by Princeton Religion graduate alum @rachelbgross.bsky.social).

as if we already didn't know "low IQ" is synonymous with Black...here, he's making it quite plain

My parents were Republicans because George H.W Bush signed the Americans with Disabilites Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. A generation of people with disabilities went to college, got jobs and lived independently because of IDEA. abcnews.go.com/Politics/spe...

Also: I like & respect Fr. Larry A LOT, and his words are rightfully being celebrated. But let’s not lose sight of the leadership of the Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership, who organized this action and continue to organize prayerful protest & action formed by liberation theology.

🚨 Nearly 90% of people in ICE custody are held in facilities run by for-profit companies. Geo Group (NYSE: GEO) and CoreCivic (NYSE: CXW) investors: Wolf Hill Capital Management: $181 mil stake in GEO River Road Asset Management: $172 mil stake in CXW Don't profit from Concentration Camps #DIVEST

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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Klein seems deeply troubled that the left is failing to win (presidential) elections which he views as a failure on his part (& others in his role) to persuade. Coates has clarity that truth telling is his role as a writer. so he’s not existentially troubled by the ebb & flow of history.

I started doing this thing where when I read a book I admire I try to find the author’s email & send a quick message saying I appreciated it. No big deal, not trying to be weird, but like: thank you for helping me think something new. It’s hard writing books. It matters when people read them.

Thanks to @tilleckert.com @propublica.org for sticking with Ms. Moreta-Galarza today until she was discharged.

Yuval Abraham has done extraordinary work on this story

this is collective effervescence

when institutions tell stories about themselves, they so frequently forget to include the fact that they received organized pressure from students, faculty, unions, etc. to make the change they are so proud to boast about...

we learn how to do things by DOING them. yes observing is key to learning & refining a craft, but you actually have to do it to build the neural pathways that make it a skill you in fact possess. since learning is relational, we also learn from the feedback we get when we fail or miss the mark.

You're welcome to use/share this with your students. Here's a quick write-up explaining how I use it in my class, along with a link to a PDF version for easy printing/sharing. www.jessicacalarco.com/teaching-res...

In Oklahoma, women receive two pairs of white underwear. If they're lucky enough to have friends or family members, they can purchase five additional pairs. For periods, the state issues 15 pads and just 10 tampons per month (five regular and five super). Here's what periods are like in prison.

“LLMs do not improve one‘s writing ability, much like taking a taxi does not improve one’s driving ability”

A nice job has opened in my department at Cambridge: Assistant Prof. in US History since 1920. Please share widely! No references letters required up front. Applications close 27 Oct. 2025.🗃️ www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Are you autistic? What did you think of the announcement yesterday? I want to hear from you for a Guardian US article: [email protected]

Submit your abstracts on Christian apocrypha and come hang out with us at UVA this spring!

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

“Grassroots unions across Italy called for a 24-hour general strike on Monday in solidarity with the people of Gaza […] From Milan to Palermo, Italians poured on to the streets in at least 75 municipalities across the country. + www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Under pressure from Texas government officials, Angelo State University in Texas is banning all discussion or mention of the existence of trans people along with banning the LGBTQ pride flag from campus and forced misgendering of trans people. conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...

I'm sure the Harper's Letter people will be speaking up any moment now...

Princeton area friends, join us for “Divestment & the Boundaries of Conscience” on 9/23 @ 630pm w/ Robert K. Massie ‘78: What challenges do activists face when invoking divestment? What can divestment accomplish? What are its limits? Where can it work & where not? aas.princeton.edu/events/2025/...

In a video shared to Twitter, ICE is shown throwing congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social to the ground

This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt. Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.

I told you this would happen. Brendan Carr told us this would happen. It wasn't a question of whether but when the Trump administration would abuse the FCC's various constitutionally-tenuous powers to advance its naked self-interest.

He couldn't save himself by firing professors. The cultural revolution marches on. You won't escape it by cowardice. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...

not okay w WH trying to intimidate me or others behind the scenes which this seems to be about. Why else does WH need to know which law professors spoke to the press before a story is published? The WH was asked a question about the law (as were we), not asked about personal or factual issues. 2/2

on Jimmy Kimmel's suspension: Brendan Carr teased his plan to intimidate Disney/ABC in a letter he sent back in December. last month, two big media deals made broadcasters more vulnerable to Carr's threats. add the censorship around Charlie Kirk, and a dirty ploy was set: slate.com/technology/2...

D.C. parents! A few readers have told us their children are struggling emotionally with the federal takeover and increased local law enforcement presence. We’re wondering: What strategies have you found to support your kids? And what information might help you in this challenging moment?

Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.

Totally not a person and political party that celebrates or minimizes violence

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Today the United Nations commission that I lead is publishing its legal analysis of Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip,” Navi Pillay writes in a guest essay. “Our conclusion is stark: Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”

I know most WaPo subscribers outside the DMV are/were in it for their national reporting but also consider our local news groups for support!

Man fatally shot by ICE in Franklin Park had just dropped off his child at school, Rep. Delia Ramirez says chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

The Washington Post’s decision to fire a Black opinion journalist for accurately quoting Charlie Kirke’s racism is a fitting tribute to “free speech” as Kirke and his hagiographers practiced it: whites only, flattering to the powerful, and in furtherance of a fascist agenda.