Members of Apache tribe take sacred land case to Supreme Court. "For the Apaches, Oak Flat holds a direct connection to their creator, making it a foundational part of their religious beliefs. Oak Flat is also the [location] of a large copper deposit." www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

The casual dismissal of centuries of religions, philosophies, epistemology and cosmologies from all over the world based in introspection as foundational for learning, empathy and creativity is so many levels of ignorant and appalling

Some of the lowest-paying S&P 500 corporations that pay workers so little that many are dependent on public benefits to access food or health care include Amazon, Autozone, Best Buy, Dollar General, Lowe’s, FedEx, Home Depot, Kroger, Starbucks, Tyson Foods, Target, and Walmart.

"Ghanaian President John Mahama wants to push the proposal, which is supported by 40 African Union (AU) members, at the United Nations in March." www.dw.com/en/ghana-sla...

“Beyond laundering bigotry as news, digital blackface exposes Black users to a level of personalized abuse and harassment that harkens to a minstrelsy heyday when racists were fully empowered to express their bigotry unbidden.”

'“This is the first land rematriation by Catholic sisters in the history of the country,” Koteles said. “They're setting a precedent for the largest private landowner in the world—the Catholic Church—and that's a huge invitation to healing...”' #ShareGoodNewsToo

NEW: We reviewed 700+ videos, hours of footage from ICE protesters and counterprotesters in Portland. In 2 months before Trump said he was sending the National Guard, federal officers fire on, grab, pepper-spray or tear gas people 20 times -- without charging anyone. "Gratuitous," one expert said.

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections. buff.ly/nTvLlFI

BRETT KAVANAUGH: “If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter." www.propublica.org/article/immi...

i cannot overstate how extraordinary it is for federal civil servants to do this

The White House has finally decided some of its DOGE-directed firings were a mistake. The National Weather Service has received permission to hire hundreds back—including 126 “front-line mission critical” personnel whose need became especially apparent in the wake of Texas' floods. trib.al/fXR3w2X

to all of you in the comments bringing up 1930s Germany, look first to American history. At the Ugly Laws, for instance, which allowed the state to criminalize unhoused people. Look at the histories of forcible incarceration in insane asylums, workhouses, epileptic colonies and more across the US

Rolling Stone continues to teach a masterclass in headline writing www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

Correct. The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them. See Obama, Harris, Mamdani. Clockwork. Nasty work.

Every 4th of July, I take the time to read "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July." Let us begin: "I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."

Legacy media in Chicago will not attribute the drop in crime to the Johnson administration and progressive policies. This story frames it through the lens of policing and national crime trends. The same would not be true if crime was on the rise. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/28/c...

I’ve seen enough, abolition is the centrist position

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."

The average cost of child care for a baby exceeds in-state college tuition in 41 states. For families with two kids in child care, it’s more than a mortgage or rent in most states.

"Don’t forget that dreams are fuel and that it’s important to have a vision of what we want. Our visions keep us in the fight because they are what we are fighting for. Keep creating even though it might feel as though *the* world is ending." prisonculture.substack.com/p/the-strugg...

New polling finds that most Democratic voters want the current leaders of the Democratic Party to be replaced, as current leadership has failed to unite behind a coherent message to resist President Donald Trump’s fascist power grab.

NEW: Judge Farbiarz, now in writing, orders the release of Mahmoud Khalil on bail TODAY. AND—happy surprise—he reconsiders and adds a line forbidding electronic monitoring, as Judge Sessions did for Rümeysa Öztürk. He also forbids monetary bond due today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results. t.co/JXeTALBPds

THIS JUST HAPPENED: Brad Lander walked through the fire, got burned, and came back with a fucking gasoline can. ICE arrested him — now he’s escorting migrants right past them, again. Most politicians wouldn’t show up. He showed out.

Three months ago, Zohran Mamdani confronted Trump's “border czar” Tom Homan — as most Democrats simply twiddled their thumbs after Mahmoud Khalil was taken. "How many more New Yorkers will you detain?!" "Do you believe in the First Amendment?!" Today, Khalil is freed.

I think the Catholic Church should do this every day in every city

"The hottest place to be this summer is at a lecture." NERDS, THIS IS OUR TIME www.thecut.com/article/lear...

NAACP won't invite Trump to its national convention, the first president to be excluded in 116 years

Dems are looking for a Liberal Rogan and a way to downplay mobilization while … The pro immigration anti ICE protests Are only behind … - racial justice And the environment Aka the things we are told to “compromise on”

We have a egoistic narcissistic political culture that cares more about appearance than performance. Accountability feels unthinkable and harmful when insecurity and an absence sense of self projected outward means you think everyone is out for themselves

"In its annihilative force and ambition, the Israeli campaign is unique among modern conflicts. In fact, the term 'war crime' is not even adequate for what's happening in Gaza." A searing, essential piece by Suzy Hansen:

This recent article also touches on some of these same issues. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

NYT found the “big beautiful bill” would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990. In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.* Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.

"Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. It is also a city of unions. And in California, those two constituencies have essentially melded into one." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/b...

The man who threw two shoes at W was treated better than a sitting US Senator conducting oversight.

House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.

California Nat'l Guard troops & marines deployed to LA after days of protest against the Trump administration are telling friends & family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment. They worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join.

Had a conversation today about LA protests and how this feels like a different kind of sickening. I pointed out that this is visible violence rather than the invisible structural violence of federal job losses & the budget reconciliation bill. Both cruel in intent + impact, but different damage

Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.

“No Kings” protests: Millions of Americans are expected to head to the streets on June 14 to oppose Trump’s “dictator-style birthday parade."

After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.

Absolute fucking 🔥. "Over eight hours...people throwing back tear gas...throwing anything that they could to defend themselves...Border Patrol retreated. “And the hundreds of workers in the factories were able to escape. If any community was going to fight back without apology, it was this one."

Law enforcement injure at least 4 journalists covering protests in California amid federal crackdown cpj.org/2025/06/law-...