“Tough on crime doesn’t work. All it produces is mass incarceration, which costs us more than rehabilitating the individual and making them taxpayers, not tax burdens." Politics of cruelty and despair masquerading as ... cruelty and despair. www.propublica.org/article/loui...

“The horror is truly unimaginable. The depravity of all of this is beyond words.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Peace" ... i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dd...

Karen Solie: “I’m sorry, I can’t make this beautiful” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

“In terms of awe and admiration, the only admiration he’s going to be receiving is from dictators who look at his foreign policy and wish to emulate it or think that they’ve inspired him.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

On this #MLKDay, listen to these words from a Nobel laureate whose award was well deserved. youtu.be/8q8e8YvbrZE?...

Transparency doesn’t fail because statutes are unclear – it fails when institutions choose protection over accountability” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Angels do not govern us; men and women do, and no man or woman should be immune from the rule of law. We’ve taken that idea for granted for far too long. We’ve abandoned the “auxiliary precautions” the founders knew we needed. Now we are paying the price in blood. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

"On behalf of Americans who are now living without a functioning system of federal law and order, Congress should step up and end this self-interested destruction." ... But really, the picture says it all ... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...

We found over 40 cases of agents using chokeholds and other moves that can block breathing. We showed former police and immigration officials videos of incidents. They said agents are out of control. One said it’s “the kind of action which should get you fired.” www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Israel has demolished more than 2,500 buildings in Gaza since the cease-fire began www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“How is it possible that a man that left healthy, tall, chubby, robust, came back dirty, looked abandoned, with ulcers on his entire body, in a vegetative state?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #IceOut

Empire ...

Ruling for the Rich ... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

Harsh words from @kaine.senate.gov, who sits on the Senate’s armed services and foreign relations committees, and asks where Trump will deploy military forces next

We fear that the result of Mr. Trump’s adventurism is increased suffering for Venezuelans, rising regional instability and lasting damage for America’s interests around the world. We know that Mr. Trump’s warmongering violates the law. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...

Good news: "A federal judge this week canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in pursuing a human smuggling case against him." www.npr.org/2025/12/27/g...

Here in Gaza we hear the word “peace” constantly – even more often than we hear the roar of warplanes or the thuds of shelling....Every country claims to want peace for Palestinians. Yet have we ever lived it for a single day? The truth is that we have not. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

And to all a good night ...

The cease-fire in Gaza is more than two months old. But the killing of Palestinians has not yet stopped for more than a day or two at a time. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/w...

On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.

Trump officials were warned repeatedly that cutting off food aid to refugees in Kenya would lead to violence and death. They did so anyway, and thousands starved. www.propublica.org/article/keny...

Jaume Collboni: “The new pandemic affecting European cities is called the cost of housing." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered Kilmar Abrego, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, released from immigration detention as he awaits a potential second deportation. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

This is the strategy, not integration by decree, but integration through story, celebration, commerce, and shared memory. mg.co.za/thought-lead...

Australians are abandoning travel to the US, and boycotting World Cup matches there next year, as the Trump administration flags new rules that will soon require visitors to hand over their social media history when applying to enter the country. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Women work longer and earn just a third – 32% – of what men get per hour, when paid and unpaid labour, such as domestic work, are taken into account. Even when unpaid domestic labour is not included, women only earn 61% of what men make. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Karma ... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Taking children from their families is not normal. It is cruelty. It doesn’t matter if it’s one child, it doesn’t matter if it’s a child you know. This is a human being, and he is being traumatized.” #cruelty www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...

Laduma Ngxokolo: “Many brands that we come across, like Hermès, have heritage stories which we find exciting. But then we are not sharing our own as a form of decolonization of our own history to help us find a new form of confidence in our society and our people.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...

@clementineautain.bsky.social: “The French far right is high in the polls and riding an international Trumpian wave. Without the left uniting behind a radical project, we can’t beat them.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

The Guanajuato Congress approved reforms that represent progress in recognizing the rights of sexual and gender diversity, including the inclusion of same-sex marriage in the Civil Code and the prohibition of Conversion Therapy (CST) in the Penal Code. www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...

"Never content to stay within anybody else’s boxes, he held on to his mission of “taking the old and mixing it with the new. We’re not destroying the music: we’re giving it a way to live on.” Through his recordings, it will." theconversation.com/pops-mohamed...

“They are not only stealing our land but also trying to cut the roots that connect us to it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...

The Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has become the first African to be named the most influential figure in the art world in ArtReview magazine’s annual power list. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

“We’re now able to say, ‘Creating this stuff without consent is wrong.’ It’s unlawful and it’s wrong. The message is clear and that’s great.” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

“It’s sad that there’s still so much to fight for, but I hold onto the hope that if we continue to stand in solidarity, society will change for the better" english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“It’s still shocking to me to wake up and have them every day still fighting us the way that they’re fighting us. Because we have proven time and time again that we’re not going anywhere.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“I think when 2026 comes, we will see the impact, which unfortunately translates to increased mortality and morbidity, especially for African women and girls” www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/wome...

"In 2019, just 65 of the most deprived neighbourhoods bordered one of the least deprived neighbourhoods. That rose to 119 in the latest data, released in October." Sound familiar? www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

“Housing affordability has become a critical economic and political issue. With credible solutions, progressive parties can reclaim that space, and bring voters with them – but it will need real political will.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...