As the US-Israel war on Iran disrupts fertilizer supply, Africa’s reliance on imported inputs exposes the deeper political economy driving food insecurity. africasacountry.com/2026/04/fiel...

Dem Leaders Aren’t Even Bothering to Rally Caucus Against Trump Domestic Spying Powers: Grassroots opposition to renewing Section 702 of FISA is building, thanks in part to fears about AI used to sort Americans’ data. theintercept.com/2026/04/14/d...

Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest. “My plan is legitimately to just let them all assault me and you guys arrest them all,” the Phoenix cop told fellow police after the incident. By @noahhurowitz.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/04/15/h...

A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury. An ICE summons to get the user’s identity failed. Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent. theintercept.com/2026/04/10/r...

It's here. Letters to a Young Criminologist is now available. www.routledge.com/Letters-to-a...

BLUE POWER is out on Tuesday! Still time to preorder from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social with discount code BLUE20: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuar...

Mass surveillance is increasing at universities. Texas State hires students to watch over 900 campus cameras universitystar.com/35240/news/t...

If your city or county uses Flock Cameras, organize to end the contract! ‘Creepy surveillance’: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Standing Witness to University Complicity in Criminal Wars of Aggression www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-u...

My latest blog post, “After Three Decades, Here’s What I Wish Someone Had Told Me” lnkd.in/eS_2gRr3 #Academia #Criminology #Criminologist #CriminalJustice #Mentoring

How to Prepare for When ICE Shows Up on Campus www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

I'm excited for this next briefing, co-sponsored by @gangscoalition.bsky.social.

Two Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals theintercept.com/2026/03/30/i...

ICE at Airports Trains Us to Accept Being Terrorized in Our Daily Lives theintercept.com/2026/03/28/i...

My latest blog post, "How U.S. Federal Prisons Fail International Human Rights Standards,” jeffreyianross.com/how-u-s-fede... #corrections #FBOP #humanrights #incarceration #mandelarules #prisons tinyurl.com/3r7tcynr

'ICE Has Been Lying for a Year' About Being Allowed to Make Courthouse Arrests www.commondreams.org/news/ice-arr...

One of the core findings of our "How Repression Became Routine" report is that the police – specifically, the Met – are exercising powers beyond or ahead of lawful authority. This is yet another example

How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Phone at the Airport theintercept.com/2026/03/25/i...

As debt mounts and police violence on campuses goes unanswered, Senegal’s government is targeting its queer citizens. africasacountry.com/2026/03/sene...

Abused and neglected youths granted immigration protections are being detained and deported Last year, ICE detained 265 and deported 132 young people with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, according to a letter DHS sent to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Good news. Next month, Routledge will publish LETTERS TO A YOUNG CRIMINOLOGIST. And the paperback edition has been reduced to $34.99 ziply.pk/jqunv5

"The book convincingly demonstrates how the #police – created to uphold #colonialism & racial #neoliberal #capitalism – cannot be reformed. Given its conceptual & empirical depth & breadth, this text will be of interest to students, academics, & activists globally." #criminology #policing #reform

Islamophobic Think Tank Helped Prosectors Write Terror Indictment Against ICE Protesters theintercept.com/2026/03/09/p...

Columbia University Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings theintercept.com/2026/03/08/c...

Review of 911 Calls from Texas ICE Detention Facility Reveals Disturbing Conditions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.” Immigration authorities in Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes. theintercept.com/2026/03/05/i...

My Book "Police Reform: An Obituary" is now available for pre-order and will be released on March 10th, 2026! Please ask your university library to order a copy. www.routledge.com/Police-Refor...

My latest blog post, "Why I Keep a Shopping Bag I Rescued from the Trash in Berlin” jeffreyianross.com/why-i-keep-a... #bag #consumerism #materialculture #minimalism #recycling #reusablebag

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid. theintercept.com/2026/02/13/a...

Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us: The US government wants to make it illegal to possess literature it deems dangerous theintercept.com/2026/02/16/d...

Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw this coming—and tried to warn us—60+ years ago. jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...

William Shakespeare wrote this speech 400 years ago about people in London wishing that immigrants go back to where they came from, performed by Sir Ian McKellen on the Stephen Colbert show:

Cop City case could trigger more charges against US protesters, attorney says: Defendant’s lawyer says ‘prosecutors are watching’ after Georgia appealed the dismissal of Rico conspiracy charges www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

My latest blog post, “Demystifying Visiting Scholar Positions” jeffreyianross.com/demystifying... #academia #academicaffiliation #academiclife #PhDLife #Professor #Sabbatical #VisitingScholar

Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Very happy that “Unraveling the Crime-Development Nexus” w/ @jarrettblaustein.bsky.social & @nwpino.bsky.social on the history & evolution of the UN crime program got a Special Mention for the @acuns.bsky.social Book Award. If you’re interested, check your uni library or DM me acuns.org/book-award/

ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota: Mobile Fortify app being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlash www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of immigration crackdown: Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Uvalde Trial Raises Question of Whether Police Stop School Shootings www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-trial... - via @TexasObserver

My latest blog post, "Whitewashing a Myth about Graffiti Abatement.” jeffreyianross.com/whitewashing... #graffiti #graffitiabatement #myth #TheTroubles

New York Women’s Prison Forces People to Go Without Showers or Recreation theintercept.com/2026/01/23/n...

We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it

ICE Memo Claims Agents Can Forcibly Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants: Skewering the 4th Amendment Further www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sea...

In Texas State Jails, a Rising Death Toll and a Broken Promise www.texasobserver.org/state-jails-... - via @TexasObserver

The ICE surge is an authoritarian siege www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Abolish ICE” Is More Popular Than Ever. How Will Democrats Drop the Ball This Time?: Establishment Democrats are rejecting the increasingly popular position and some want to fund ICE more. theintercept.com/2026/01/18/a...

Inside the Somali-Led Resistance to Trump’s Assault on Minneapolis theintercept.com/2026/01/17/s...