Idaho's legislature has a group of archconservative legislators that were working to push the party and the state way to the right on matters like should slash taxes or restrict trans rights. Known as the "Gang of Eight". All faced GOP primaries yesterday, and 5 of the 8 incumbents lost.

“Companies like G/O and Vox were acquisition-happy just a few years prior, consolidations that we’re now feeling the consequences of as one business decision has the power to affect the lives of numerous workers…”

at least 8 federal courts so far have agreed that the DOJ is not allowed to bully trans kids so Judge Reed O'Connor is bullying trans kids in the DOJ's stead ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

More on ICE agents detaining a person in North Chicago this morning, leaving a child behind in a car:

Something truly miraculous happened last night: Though we had never met nor even communicated, artist Jamal Barber came to Charis Books in Atlanta and gifted me a print of his magisterial work “The Overseer Class.” I am beyond words and will let the art and our smiles explain how loved I felt.

BREAKING: Global Sumud Flotilla activists released from Israeli custody after Israel seized an aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters, say they were tortured, sexually assaulted and denied basic legal rights. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/finz9n

the Trump admin has already bullied some hospitals into ending gender-affirming care for minors, even in states where there's no ban on the books. and they are not content to stop there: now they want patients' records and providers' files and are turning to one federal judge to get them. my story:

It's kind of an interesting phenomenon to see it's mostly Democrats who are saying the government should have access to a tool that tracks all cars everywhere. This is a tool that's definitely been used to intercept and roundup immigrants, but opposition to the tech rn is greater among Republicans.

More than 300 people detained by ICE at Delaney Hall in New Jersey have launched a hunger & work strike, citing lack of medical care and fair due process. Via: www.instagram.com/p/DYp1m5KEa35/

Dennis Dahmer was 12 years old in January 1966 when Klansmen stormed his family's home and set it on fire, murdering his father, civil rights activist Vernon. He watched his father die. 60 years later, he watched the Supreme Court gut the Voting Rights Act. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/their-l...

NEW: Senior Dems on the House Homeland Security Committee have launched an inquiry into ICE vendor Edge Ops LLC's $12 million no-bid surveillance contract, after our reporting found the company was using stock photos & dubious credentials to market itself. www.levernews.com/lawmakers-la...

I really wish that this piece, written by a teen who has been working with her peers to protest her school board's relentless book censorship and the erasure of their school library's budget, would get the attention it deserves. bookriot.com/elizabethtow...

My latest piece runs the rule over the NYPD's *operational* reality under Tisch - in particular, the unabated stop & frisk program, overtime bloat, lax or nonexistent discipline for violent cops, & more. It's quite clear that she takes zero direction from Mamdani thebaffler.com/latest/cedin...

NEW: 400 Nurses in Chicago are unionizing with @nationalnurses.bsky.social

Between January 2025 and March 2026, Defend Mindoro documented 17,506 victims of human rights violations on the island of Mindoro. @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports on militarization, extractive projects and the U.S. money behind it.

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

Have reporting you want to do looking at how journalism has made good on its 2020 promises around diversity and equity? We want your pitches for our upcoming print and digital magazine: tinyurl.com/since2020pitch

How many other small agencies are suffering these death-by-a-thousand-cuts scenarios? How many other lifesaving regulations have been put on ice or buried entirely? How many more workers’ lives are at risk because a Trump drone picked an agency name off a list? inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

@ethanscorey.bsky.social and I created a database of every congress member who has received money from ICE’s top contractors, either through company PACs or executives. Published with @theappeal.org and @inthesetimes.com.

For @damemagazine.bsky.social's Repairing America series, I spoke to experts about addressing affordability through policies like universal childcare, expanded child tax credit, unionization, wage increases, & more. “Everyone knows that there’s an affordability crisis…but what are the plans?"

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

The U.S. is in fact an empire in decline and it wouldn't be so scary if the U.S. wasn't armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons. Empires decline. That's always been true.

I finally have my copy of Homosexual Intifada!! Such an honor to have both a poem and a story in this collection of art by queer Palestinians. Here are some sneak peaks!! @interlinkbooks.bsky.social @intifadabatata.bsky.social out June 2nd, pre-order now! interlinkbooks.com/product/homo...

You’ll find the names and stories of the victims as best as we at L.A. TACO could research them. We hope this list offers a moment to remember these individuals. The full list: lataco.com/ice-death-tr... By Memo Torres, Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Izzy Ramirez, and Odessa Hairapetian

University of Southern California (USC) & University of California, San Diego (UCSD) provided human cadavers to the US Navy, which were subsequently used to train Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

On this day in 1985, the city of Philadelphia went to war against its own citizens. I wrote about it for @teenvogue.com back in 2020: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

New from me. Buried in the staggering numbers of new anti-trans laws is another trend: more and more new laws are creating new criminal penalties. 1 in 4 trans people now lives in a state that has since 2022 created a new misdemeanor or felony penalty related to trans life.

“Nowhere in the world are crusades for liberation disconnected from one another.” @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social introduces three poems from "It’s Important I Remember" tracing links between U.S. militarism, Black resistance, Palestine, policing & empire. inthesetimes.com/article/conn...

Since redistricting and the VRA are rightfully getting attention, here‘s info about prison gerrymandering. If unfamiliar, prisoners are counted as part of population of area in which they are held captive and not where they’re from, despite felony disenfranchisement. www.prisonersofthecensus.org

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which grants pregnant people rights to protect their health at work, took effect in June 2023. Amazon, the country's second-largest private employer, is blatantly violating it, as employees, advocates, and lawyers all told me. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

UPDATE: Today a federal court granted a temporary restraining order halting the drilling. The full case will be argued later this month, says @ndncollective.bsky.social president Wizipan Garriott, and "this is the first big step in this fight to protect Pe’ Sla & clean drinking water for all.”

resist the urge to let fear define your engagement with the community you live in. when times are this dire, we have so much to lose — but your predecessors survived not through always hiding but by acting and caring, and doing so with others

REP. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “This isn't coincidental or accidental. We're seeing the greatest purge of Black power since the era of Reconstruction.” (H/T @motherjones.com ) #Memphis #JimCrow @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

We haven't done a wide call for pitches in a while. So here we are, calling! Submissions info at this link: magazine.atavist.com/submissions A flavor of our stories here: magazine.atavist.com/archive cc @studyhall.bsky.social

The left and our movements actually have a media ecosystem that does incredibly important work. People have a lot of ideas about how to make something that already exists, or how to make it more successful, when most have never put any real support behind what's already been built.

Illinois is the first state to abolish cash bail, but it hasn't stopped there. Lawmakers funded free services like transportation, childcare, and substance abuse treatment to help people return to court and avoid the legal system in the future. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Fired tenured prof using his case to organize others. “He has traveled to college campuses, bookstores, bars and cafes to talk about political attacks on academic freedom and help faculty, staff and graduate students organize within their own communities.” www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

during the hefat training for journalists i attended, the instructor provided guidance on what to do when a colleague is being targeted or accosted by hostile actors (think: january 6th). he advised something you don’t usually see: for press to stop documenting and to help their colleagues.

Independent journalism doesn’t survive on vibes. It survives because people show up for it. Tomorrow, @bloomekatz.bsky.social, interim executive director of In These Times joins @projectcensored.bsky.social, @truthout.org & @theprogressivemag.bsky.social, for a free public discussion on the future.

Participated in the discourse for your weekend reading www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Check out my conversation w/ @mollycrabapple.bsky.social for @inthesetimes.com talking about a book that has now become a bestseller! We get into the legacy of the Bund, their critique of Zionism, and their model of revolutionary antifascism and self-defense. inthesetimes.com/article/jeiw...

Interviewed Claire Valdez @claireforny.bsky.social, and one thing that jumped out to me in her labor platform is her proposal for government funding of union organizing--a great idea and one that I don't recall ever seeing a candidate officially propose. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/claire-val...

How do we think May Day went? What's next for labor & justice movements? Join @inthesetimes.com May 5 for laughter w/@atpburke.bsky.social & discussion w/@delia.bsky.social @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Jackson Potter @ctulocal1.bsky.social Jasson Perez & @milesklassin.bsky.social RSVP for *free* tix

Catch us tonight at @inthesetimes.com for a panel discussion about labor and the continuing resistance to the fascist attacks on working people across the country. Check out the full details here: secure.actblue.com/donate/mayda...

@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social profiles Adam Hamawy, a combat surgeon who saved Tammy Duckworth's life and did multiple stints in Gaza, who is running for Congress in New Jersey. prospect.org/2026/04/30/p...

If you're an editor interested in a pitch on Hachette unionizing and how it benefits workers, authors, and readers, I'd love to pitch you! (My second book published with Hachette in 2023, so this is something I've been hearing about for a bit.)

BREAKING: 870 Registered Nurses in Madison, Wisconsin are unionizing with @seiu.org @seiuwis.bsky.social

I spent time talking to aging adults with disabilities about how they’re aging independently outside of institutions. Their stories highlight the importance of relationships–and the need for continuing research and safety nets. My latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Senate Judiciary ranking member @durbin.senate.gov responds to my reporting: “This is terrifying. After Director Patel purged the FBI workforce, 9,000 seasoned professionals were forced to work on a Trump pet project. …

On World Press Freedom Day, I am thinking of the nearly 300 journalists killed by my government, but especially of Hossam Shabat, who was a senior in journalism school when the genocide came. I got to correspond with him a bit. He gave the ultimate sacrifice for our profession. Allah bless his soul.