Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Sleepy Hudson Valley Will be invaded by ICE Protesting before the sale Will continue

Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.

Trump is saying that he will disregard Congress and issue an Excutive order that will violate the Constitution. Here is my promise: If he does that, we will sue and we will win. Just like we did the last time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🎯🎯🎯 short response article from Dr Nicola Boyd (formerly on Twitter as @DrNick4126) Rapid response to: Why covid-19 is a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one www.bmj.com/content/392/...

This took my breath away to read, and it is deadly accurate in the depiction of how parents who truly believe they are acting in their child’s best interests are led astray to catastrophic results. Lurking in the background of this story are the merchants of doubt and disinformation

"[T]he only thing they tell you [when sick] is to drink more water ... [I]t seems like the water is what makes people sick."

The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.

"Nigeria’s youth crisis cannot be understood in isolation. Decades of structural adjustment, debt dependency, and market liberalisation have weakened the state’s capacity to provide employment, welfare, and infrastructure."

There is no way Senate Dems should vote for DHS funding while Republicans are threatening to nationalize elections and Trump is threatening to do it by executive order. ICE reforms are no longer enough. Their authoritarianism must be fought with every legislative lever available.

Disability justice activists were an important part of grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City. I covered their work in this piece — worth revisiting as we think about who is most vulnerable to the growing police violence in our cities and how we can come together against it.

GENIUS: adding solar panels to semi trailers is an idea so obvious it hurts

More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

ICE moves out to the suburbs The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize. www.theverge.com/policy/87871...

Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold. In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.

Chicago proudly claims African American composer Florence Price as one of its own. It was here that she became the first Black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. Minnesota Opera chose to go ahead with its planned premiere of “My Name is Florence.” 🎼✊🏾 #BHM #Classical

The American Academy of Pediatrics has emerged as the chief institutional opponent to RFK Jr.'s vaccine policy overhaul. The group is suing to restore the earlier childhood immunization schedule, and challenging changes to federal advisory panels. www.statnews.com/2026/02/13/b...

NBA star Chris Paul 'steps away' from basketball at age 40

DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g. Film: 1873 Colfax massacre Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"

Opinion: At this week’s AU Summit, Africa faces a choice: Continue with preventable maternal and child deaths and structural barriers to women’s and girls’ well-being, or make the investments needed to build resilient health systems.

A UK high court decision has implemented a full bathroom ban on trans employees. It does not apply to the public. So a trans woman working at tesco could be fired for using the bathroom at work that would be ok for her to use on her day off. Absurd. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/comp...

I rarely use the term "must-read" to describe a piece, and I read a lot. This piece qualifies as a must-read.

But if you're looking for Adorn, it's only on his 2013 Tiny Desk: youtu.be/n7w0-KgZMdY Agh wish he did more of these!! He has such a great discography. His sound and musical style is unmatched.

What's such a Sure Thing is how well Miguel STILL sounds, even after all these years and, in his own words, losing himself in the wrong values and now coming back to music 🥹❤️‍🔥 youtu.be/DzS1ak7vQ-M

I am so honored to have the support of @nypan1.bsky.social.

We’re proud to announce NYPAN’s endorsement of Lindsey Boylan for NYC Council District 3! @lindseyboylan.bsky.social is a mom, urban planner, and activist who helped take down Andrew Cuomo. She’s fighting for real affordable housing, community care, and a city that puts people before profit.

International journalists have utterly failed to arrive at ‘the authentic Africa’ and to tell the ‘real African story’. They chase a mist that doesn't exist. For there is no ‘African’ story, just diverse stories of Africa told by Africans. Here are some of them. folukeafrica.com/african-stor...

Crips for eSIMs is still sending and topping up eSIMs for people in Gaza - the project is in the red right now (including our UK team). Please share widely - US / Canada / UK specific links in the description: chuffed.org/project/crip...

I’m currently writing a book about the attempted Nazi demonstration in Skokie in 1977. This is indistinguishable from how American Nazis talked in public.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas confirms Trump prison camp purchase called off, and vows to ensure that no other site in Kansas City gets one either. KCUR story about "Platform Ventures" no sale: www.kcur.org/news/2026-02... Mayor's confirmation from instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DUqpKhwkUJb/

The University of Texas at Austin is restructuring departments at the College of Liberal Arts. The decision was announced by the dean of the college in a 30-minute meeting with department chairs on Thursday.

ABOLISH CBP/DHS

Governance by chaos- there is such harm done even if cuts never actually happen- orgs are thrown into chaos, destabilized, staff may leave and programs may be cut premptively.

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight. The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE. A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have soaked into apartment walls, furniture and even children’s toys.

I'm pretty curious about how this all came about. :)

It happened today. Trump ordered the pride flag taken down. It's back up now!

🧵The Dakota and Lakota are now occupying space outside the ICE detention center at the whipple building at ft snelling. ft snelling previously held over 1,700 Dakota prisoners of war, including Elders, women, and children,

Minnesota Dakota and Lakota people, across from the Whipple building, Minnesota 💙👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

The Oceti Sakowin (Dakota and Lakota people) have just established a tipi camp at Mni Owe Sni/Coldwater Spring, directly across from the Whipple Building.

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

Experts view a shift from injecting fentanyl to smoking it as a promising development that could cut overdose deaths and reduce needle-related harms. www.statnews.com/2026/02/12/f...

Update: The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.

Rage against the machine: a California community rallied against a datacenter – and won "Organizers in Monterey Park took inspiration from other US cities to fight against the construction of a giant data center"

Minnesota still needs your attention

A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law

*Alt Text: Screen shot from the American Heart Association’s IG account that reads, “Black and Hispanic adults were 41% less likely to receive bystander CPR than white people if their hearts stopped in public.”

I’m not shocked, but damn. Hurts a little.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a mfer ran up and kicked us, to be honest.

The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies