Black History Month is 100 years old this year; Michael Harriot talks with Geoff Bennett about his most recent book, “Black AF History,” that frames Black history not as a counter-narrative, but as the narrative of American history. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

A former ICE lawyer warns that the agency has scaled back training hours for recruits and is instructing them to violate the Constitution. Ryan Schwank says the academy where he trained cadets is "deficient, defective and broken." www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

As America turns 250, Joseph Ellis examines the founders' promise and their failures www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

omg, this guy ... @amnanawaz.bsky.social tries hard to get him to respond to the "77% are not 'criminals'" but he is committed. This is the narrative that needs to be dismantled. Border Patrol union chief defends immigration crackdown and agents' tactics www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

in general (thanks @laminda.bsky.social) go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

Trump successfully used the government to get control of CNN and HBO, in violation of the First Amendment. Trumpists will do to news there what they already did at the Washington Post and CBS. apple.news/AFF4QBC69RCu...

At least 77.2 million people — 32% of the country — now live in a county with a local law enforcement agency that has enlisted in the 287(g) program. Our new report, Deputized for Disaster, examines how these dangerous collaborations between local police and ICE endanger our communities.

Denver Mayor Bars ICE From City Property and Orders Protection for Protesters Mayor Johnston’s order is a defiant shift from his measured stance and risks drawing attention to Greater Denver after President Trump during the campaign promised a “bloody story” there www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

We’re going to the Supreme Court to protect the Constitution’s promise that people born in America are American citizens, whether or not their parents are. Sign your name to support this fundamental right.

🚨BREAKING: The Justice Department sued five new states Thursday demanding access to their unredacted voter rolls — escalating a campaign that has been rejected by multiple federal courts and faces resistance from Republican-led states as well. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz in Minnesota threatens criminal contempt, if necessary, to address ICE noncompliance in an order calling out U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen's response to Schiltz's earlier questions about noncompliance with court orders. "ICE will comply with this Court's orders."

great replacement except they want to import racists

"The most transparent administration in history" just killed yet ANOTHER public data page which helped people see what was going on. The money is flowing by the bucketload, and they're making it harder for you to see where it's going.

Patrick Swindle is the CEO operating the Dilley concentration camp. There are people behind this. They must go to prison.

Netflix won't counter Ellison's offer. Ladies and gentleman, the full right wing power grab is here and will now be beamed into every home on CBS, CNN, HBO, movies from Warner and Paramount. about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...

The Trump administration has just deleted this photo of Trump Cabinet Secretary Howard Lutnick with Jeffrey Epstein on what appears to be an island.

2/ The Ellisons are building an oligarch run state media conglomerate based on CBS, paramount and its other media properties. And now CNN.

Justice Department Exposed Cooperating Witnesses in Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Breaking News: A Columbia University student arrested by ICE earlier today was released after Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York discussed the matter with President Trump during a meeting in Washington.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

This should be a front-page scandal.

NEW: When anti-ICE protesters disrupted a church service, the Trump administration vowed to stop at nothing to protect religious liberty. But congregations across the country who welcome immigrants say ICE has been violating their rights on a mass scale. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

this is terrifying and cannot happen Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting. wapo.st/3N5cpEn

Unmasking Academe’s Gilded Boys’ Club The Epstein files reveal an elite, chummy, and venal scholarly network. www.chronicle.com/article/unma...

this is totally wrong U.S. Will Offer Embassy Services in a West Bank Settlement for the First Time Palestinians and Israelis on the right and left all say that the move is a step toward legitimizing the Israeli settlements, which most of the world considers illegal. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/w...

World Economic Forum President Resigns Over Epstein Ties Borge Brende, a former foreign minister of Norway, had maintained contact with the disgraced sex offender. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

'Israel is promised only to the Jewish people' | In search of Palestine: episode 2 – video

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money. In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it. Taxation without representation.

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.

I was literally teaching Sara Ahmed’s work on how the whiteness of institutions is a result of a series of decisions about the allocation of resources, who to recruit, what to prioritize. The values of an institution are most clearly indicated in their budgets.

Patel Ousts F.B.I. Personnel Tied to Inquiry Into Trump’s Retained Classified Records The firings are part of a rolling barrage of retribution aimed at those who worked on the two federal prosecutions of President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Former Senator Bob Kerrey Resigns From Nebraska Start-Up Amid Epstein Emails Mr. Kerrey has left his role as chairman of the company, Monolith, after Justice Department documents showed he had met and corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Justice Department Sues University of California Over Antisemitism The Trump administration accused the university’s Los Angeles campus of not doing enough to curb antisemitism, months after the government tried to cut research money and demanded more than $1 billion. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u...

Lawrence Summers Will Resign From Harvard After Epstein Revelations Summers, former president of the school, had stepped back from teaching after documents showed a closer relationship to Epstein than previously known. He will leave at the end of the academic year www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman's Assault Claim Against Trump Documents released by DOJ briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several memos related to her account are missing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

A major milestone for a SUNY musician! SUNY Fredonia senior Lucas West impressed coaches nationwide during his blind audition on NBC’s The Voice, securing him a spot on Team Legend. Wishing Lucas the best of luck as he represents SUNY Fredonia on The Voice! https://ow.ly/QZe850Ym9pR

Gathering Force in the Art Market: Female Collectors With women now controlling more than one-third of global wealth, they are spending more on art than men do, data shows, and influencing what museums acquire. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/a...

Trump’s Push for Election Power Raises Fears He Will ‘Subvert’ Midterms The president appears to be undermining Americans’ faith in the outcome, at a moment when Republicans face an uphill climb to keep control of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Federal Judge Finds Third-Country Deportations Unlawful www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

“They fund the crackdown, then exploit the very people targeted by it –because they think money shields them from consequences. The Uihlein family – among the biggest Repub mega-donors in the nation – have helped bankroll out-of-control immigration crackdowns,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

As President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech sought to boost his economic message, amid a turbulent season of high prices and unemployment, he primarily mentioned women and girls as beneficiaries of policy successes in his nearly two-hour address.

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If you’re not leading with the racism, you’re doing it wrong.

The Shakedown How Trump’s Justice Department pressured lawyers to “find” evidence that UCLA had tolerated antisemitism. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

The Betrayal of a Friend’s False Testimony Under pressure from Buffalo police interrogators, a teen-ager helped send three of his friends to prison for murder. How could he ever make amends? www.newyorker.com/news/america...

International Booker Prize Nominees: 13 Books to Get You Talking Novels by Daniel Kehlmann, Olga Ravn and Gabriela Cabezón Cámara are among the 13 titles nominated for the renowned award for fiction translated into English. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/b...