One hundred years ago, Josephine Baker left America and changed the world. How Black genius shaped global culture. #GoodTrouble #BlackHistoryMonth2026 www.forbes.com/sites/sonari...

Can President Trump really nationalize elections? This week at the round table for “The Opinions,” the Times Opinion national politics writer Michelle Cottle, and columnists David French and Jamelle Bouie. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...

President Donald Trump falsely claimed he had eliminated a provision of the U.S. tax code that bans 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including churches, from endorsing or opposing political candidates. https://to.pbs.org/3ZmLXsx

In a win for voters, a Florida court dismissed an anti-voting lawsuit challenging some of the Census' methods for estimating the population, a critical process that determines U.S. House votes. The case was part of a broader effort to increase GOP representation by changing population count.

I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next? ~ Georgia Fort is a three-time Upper Midwest Emmy Award-winning independent journalist based in Minnesota. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...

www.pbs.org/show/black-a... #BlackHistoryMonth2026 #PBS

Don is joined by Joy Reid for a conversation about the Trump administration’s attacks on free speech and Black journalists. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. www.youtube.com/live/qc-0PSL...

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine is a four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people—beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” #BlackHistoryMonth2026 #PBS www.pbs.org/show/making-...

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?

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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Explore the life and legacy of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court justice, Justice Thurgood Marshall, known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” from his legal career with the NAACP to his 1967 appointment to the nation’s highest court. #GoodTrouble #BlackHistoryMonth2026 youtu.be/ICr6sG8EGvA?...

Statement from CNN on the Don Lemon arrest:

apnews.com/article/don-...  Journalist Don Lemon was arrested after a protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service. #TheFirstAmendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of the press, prohibiting the government from controlling, punishing, or censoring journalists. #GoodTrouble

BREAKING: A former Illinois deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had called 911 for help.

Alex Pretti’s parents have retained Steve Schleicher, a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota convict Derek Chauvin in the George Floyd murder. Schleicher is taking the case pro bono. Renee Good’s family retained Romanucci & Blandin, the firm that represented Floyd’s family. ✊🇺🇸

Join us as we honor the memory of union member Alex Pretti and stand in solidarity with the people of Minnesota.

A group of North Carolina students sued Republican state officials Tuesday to restore early voting sites on three college campuses across the state, including North Carolina A&T, the United States’ largest historically Black college. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Catholic Church emerges as a bulwark of resistance https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/trump-immigration-pope-leo-catholic-church https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/trump-immigration-pope-leo-catholic-church

BREAKING: Ilhan Omar attacked at her own town meeting. Man sprayed some kind of chemical in her direction while she was speaking and was quickly taken down by her security. The Congresswoman refused to stop her town hall. Sara Sidner reporting.

Reckless ICE and Border Patrol enforcement operations in Minneapolis and across the country are hurting children, families, and our communities. Join me and call on Congress to demand an end to the immigration raids, and oppose any bill that funds the budget for ICE. action.aclu.org/send-message...

The latest deadly shooting during the Trump administration's immigration operation is having direct consequences on Capitol Hill, and potentially for much of the government. https://to.pbs.org/4abWwVr

Senate Republican leaders plan to reject Democratic demands to split off funding for the Department of Homeland Security and pass the rest of a giant funding package needed to avert a partial government shutdown this week, a Senate GOP aide said

Lies and Lawlessness open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Courts have dismissed three of the DOJ’s lawsuits seeking state voter data — and Democracy Docket has reported on every single one (and counting). To stay updated on the status of all 24+ of the DOJ’s lawsuits over voter data access, subscribe to our newsletters today: https://bit.ly/4iz4QBg

Where are all the 2nd Amendment folks now? He was legally carrying. He never went for or touched the gun. Then after they removed it from the holster, they executed him.

Alex Pretti was doing what any good human does — helping someone in need. ICE did what any authoritarian goon does — murdering him without remorse. 💔 #JusticeForAlex #StandUp #Resist

Don comes to you live with updates on yesterday's ICE shooting with a new video showing Pretti never drew a weapon. He was helping a woman, while filming with his phone, when officers pepper-sprayed him and grappled him to the ground, then shot and killed Pretti. www.youtube.com/live/RPRB1N0...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said 37-year-old Alex Pretti approached DHS officers with a pistol and was killed after he resisted attempts to disarm him, but videos show Pretti never drew a weapon and was filming with his phone when an agent disarmed him. www.npr.org/2026/01/25/n...

Keith Porter Jr., a Black man, was killed by an off-duty ICE agent on December 31. On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good, a white woman, was killed by ICE. On January 24, federal agents killed Alex Pretti, a white man. Tell the Senate #NotAPennyMore for ICE brutality. indivisible.org/actions/ice-...

The son of a veteran who died in 2024 says Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was his dad's ICU nurse and read out a final salute after his father's death.

Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground. Explore this article free without a subscription, from The New York Times. #ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

Here is the letter from Bondi to Walz, via the NYT I have to say, this reads to me like it’s laying the groundwork for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act soon

Voting rights attorney Marc Elias breaks down Trump’s alarming recent statements: his regret over not seizing ballot boxes in 2020, suggesting we “shouldn’t even have elections,” and his public vow to prosecute political opponents. These are not jokes. They are warnings. youtu.be/DK8A8gTmD1I?...

The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.

The Education Department sent universities and K-12 school districts a letter stating that they may be violating federal law if they consider race in any way. But after a defeat in court, the Trump administration says it is dropping the matter entirely.

Video from a bystander shows emergency responders arriving to the scene of the shooting in Minneapolis and performing CPR on the man fatally shot by federal agents.

OPINION: At the heart of beloved community is true democracy. To be agents of change who do not add to the suffering of the world, people must learn to become more loving and peaceful people. religionnews.com/2026/01/15/b...

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown has sparked protests and prompted confusion over what ICE is legally allowed to do in public and private locations. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/3NOOxVz

apnews.com/article/immi...  Police chief calls for calm after a man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown #IceProtests #IceShooting

apnews.com/article/immi... shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown has died, hospital record shows

Federal agents shoot a person in Minneapolis, Gov. Tim Walz says. Dozens of masked federal immigration officers are on the scene and protesters have started to gather. nbcnews.to/4sYfypJ

Agents with Homeland Security and the F.B.I. arrested activists, Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen, in connection with a protest Sunday at Cities Church. Explore this gift article free, from The New York Times. #GoodTrouble #Blacksky www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

Ryan Coogler's blues-steeped vampire epic "Sinners" led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar history. https://to.pbs.org/3NwabxP

#DonLemon is being targeted for bringing the #FACTS to the American People about ICE.

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKDay

Protesters disrupted a St. Paul church service on Sunday after activists determined one of the pastors works as the acting director of ICE’s field office in St. Paul.