Breaking News: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by deporting noncitizen student activists.

Trump continues threatening our state with his unwarranted, unwanted and unjust military deployments.   This dangerous pattern of politicizing our military and forcing our troops to intimidate their fellow Americans in their communities is as un-American as it gets.   Full stop.

"Far from Home" is now an Oscar-qualified short #documentary! Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!

Congrats to @brenthuffman.bsky.social who was awarded with a @buffett.northwestern.edu Faculty Fellowship to pursue his research. His documentary, “Yemen Mosaic,” is about Yemeni women working to save the cultural heritage of Yemen as they face threats including war and climate change.

Afghanistan Goes Dark As Taliban Imposes Nationwide Communications Blackout #RFE #Afghanistan

Our beautiful short doc, Far from Home, is now Oscar® qualified! We started this film 3 years ago with a vision to tell the world the untold story of Afghan refugees in India. There is more exciting news coming your way and we can't wait to share it! @brenthuffman.bsky.social @pulitzercenter.org

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8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...

Join Medill and @buffett.northwestern.edu for "Press Freedom Under Fire: Threats to Journalism and Democracy." The two-day session will feature discussions with newsroom leaders, experts and reporters about the challenges facing journalists. Register here: spr.ly/63324AgBow

Please join us 10/9 @medillschool.bsky.social

James Millward: "One of the things about history in China is that it's very, very often, for thousands of years, been controlled by the state. And I really don't want to see our own history be Tiananmenized the way that the Chinese Communist Party tries to censor its own past."

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

"Far from Home" is now an Oscar-qualified short #documentary! Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!

Agents fired pepper balls into a crowd of about 75 protesters Saturday evening and several arrests were made. Steve Held, a Chicago man who describes himself as an independent journalist, was one of those arrested. trib.al/T4ysdlD

I posted this 13 hours ago, and all four of these stories have been subsumed by stories of equal or greater absurdity.

Thank you for this support! #yemen #culturalheritage #archaeology

Israel Strikes Houthi Targets in Yemen, Witnesses Report Bombing of Civilian Areas Israel says it hit Houthi sites in Yemen, but eyewitnesses report dozens of bombs hitting residential neighborhoods, highlighting Israel’s struggle to neutralize Houthi forces.

Don't miss this very special event at Northwestern University - @medillschool.bsky.social Oct. 9th 5:30PM! #Iran

Don't miss this very special event at Northwestern University - @medillschool.bsky.social Oct. 9th 5:30PM! #Iran

Multiple people shot at Texas Ice office as suspected gunman dies

Here in Broadview outside the ICE facility, tall fencing has gone up and Broadview Police have Beach Street blocked off to traffic with barricades from Cook County EMRS. #OnAssignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social

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Across Africa, and much of the world, international reporting depends on fixers, who are mostly local journalists. Yet they are often underpaid, uncredited, and unprotected. niemanreports.org/fixers-journ...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

Dean’s Scholarships of $40,000 each are now available for ten Medill graduate students with outstanding merit. Learn about the requirements and apply here: spr.ly/63329AkXyL

Tomorrow in #palmsprings! Don’t miss this amazing doc about the harrowing situation of #Afghan refugees in #India. Filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!

India has put into force a new immigration act. This means Muslim refugees are at IMMEDIATE risk of persecution. The subjects of my film, Far from Home, are in danger. They need your support. Watch Far from Home in LA if you can. It’s screening till September 25: bit.ly/far-from-home-la-screening

Tomorrow in #palmsprings! Don’t miss this amazing doc about the harrowing situation of #Afghan refugees in #India. Filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!

We have a private screening tomorrow in Palm Springs, CA, at 5 pm. I’ll be there in person for the screening. Hope to see you there!

Far from Home is a documentary on Afghan refugees in India. It’s a story of a family that came to India and is now stuck in a limbo situation. Produced by @brenthuffman.bsky.social and funded by @pulitzercenter.org this is the first film on this topic.

BREAKING: Canada, the U.K. and Australia recognize a Palestinian state despite opposition from the U.S. and Israel.

BREAKING: The governments of Canada, Australia and the UK have formally recognised the Palestinian state. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/lcqb2s

Full text of prime minister's statement on the recognition of a Palestinian state www.gov.uk/government/s...

Exciting news! Award-winning @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary "Hey Hugo," created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class at Sheridan #Prison, will play at the prestigious #Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 25th: www.chicagofilmfestival.com/film/short-c...

Thank you so much @buffett.northwestern.edu for this support! #yemen #culturalheritage @medillschool.bsky.social

It’s the “Hamburger Helper” economy. Sales “up 14.5 percent .. “.. Distressed shoppers are also buying more cans of tuna, salmon and sardines.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

“This policy operates as a prior restraint on publication which is considered the most serious of First Amendment violations,” we told @kenbensinger.bsky.social “The government cannot prohibit journalists from public information merely by claiming it’s a secret or even a national security threat.”

This appears to be the 3rd lethal US strike in the Caribbean. Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified. No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing. President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n

At least Trump's dropped the pretense that this is about Charlie Kirk and is instead really just about him not wanting to be made fun of.

Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan sounds the alarm that the ancient Buddhist city of Mes Aynak, Afghanistan will soon be destroyed. x.com/realZalmayMK... Learn about the fight to save this priceless world heritage by Afghan archaeologists in my film Saving Mes Aynak: www.savingmesaynak.com

Big congrats to first time student filmmakers Ysa Quiballo and Annie Xia! Thank you Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Northwestern Prison Education Program. @buffett.northwestern.edu

Exciting news! Award-winning @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary "Hey Hugo," created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class at Sheridan #Prison, will play at the prestigious #Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 25th: www.chicagofilmfestival.com/film/short-c...

Universities, law firms, and media conglomerates are surrendering their rights to the First Amendment to President Donald Trump's demands without going to court. Grantee William Freivogel writes for Gateway Journalism Review. bit.ly/46Jw0kv

Photographers in Gaza risk their lives to witness the war. Their images speak louder than the critics trying to discredit them.

Yesterday, Trump was threatening a reporter. Today, he coerced ABC to kick Kimmel off the air. He's also suing NYT & WSJ for reporting the truth. And it's not just media: he's threatening private companies, colleges, Congress—everyone. Enough. NONE OF US should cave. We ALL need to push back.

Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa on 10 September damaged Yemen’s national museum, shattering windows and doors and raising fears for the safety of its collection. buff.ly/4dbZlQP

Damage at National Museum of #Yemen building following #Israeli strike: apnews.com/video/damage...