BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

How joy can bring Black voters to the polls... A new book shows that positive emotions can be a powerful political tool. goodauthority.org/news/how-joy...

'The court finds that the local population has been inadequately supplied and that Israel has obligation to provide humanitarian provisions. The court notes that there is no evidence that UNRWA has breached the principle of impartiality'

Indiana’s Senate president says the votes aren’t there for mid-decade congressional redistricting, but the White House suggests its headcount is different. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

I added Amherst to the tracker. We're still at less than half the institutions I had by this point last year, but thinking we might see at least one more tomorrow.

Bravo, Virginia! University of Virginia declines Trump deal for priority federal funding; five of the nine universities approached have so far said they will not sign onto the deal wapo.st/4o4KL80

Listing to the oral arguments in the Callais case: There is a clear response to Kavenaugh's question about VRA duration: Section 2 does not apply if there is sufficient white cross-over voting. It will no longer apply when there is no longer race-based voting patterns

Brown rejected the compact! www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

'There is no evidence Israel's far-right has given up on its expansionist aspirations. The Israeli military is still in control of 58% of Gaza, not to mention the WB. Back in March, Israel violated the ceasefire agreement it had helped author when its aims shifted, on Trump’s clock.'

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration on behalf of four D.C. residents for its practice of illegal arrests of immigrants in the District. Since August, federal agents in D.C. have arrested hundreds of immigrants with no warrants and no legal justification. 1/ 🧵

JUST IN: A new class action lawsuit challenges ICE's warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C., which they say are occuring without probable cause and based largely on perceived ethnicity. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Important listen: "...What we have is an increasing international recognition of two states, including in Europe. But the U.S. is the main party here preventing it from happening - preventing it from happening by not allowing the Security Council to admit a state of Palestine and recognizing it."

"What we really have is... a hostage release deal, a ceasefire with uncertain term - and a prayer. We don't have a peace deal." My thoughts about Trump's Gaza deal, on @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/10/11/n...

What's Netanyahu's answer to this dramatic shift in American public attitudes toward Israel? Have allies buy TikTok and appeal to Musk to control the narrative on X. Watch: youtu.be/OG2VBv-ISnE?...

Sen. Slotkin says that ‘a lot of young people’ who don’t know better are coming to college campuses and hearing and repeating antisemitic narratives. This is highly misleading: Polls show Americans with college education have more favorable views Of Jews than those without. 1/2

BREAKING: @lambdalegal.org strongly criticizes the federal indictment of one of its lawyers in Alabama, calling it "an outrageous act of governmental overreach" that followed "unprecedented and abusive judicial proceedings." "We unequivocally stand behind Carl and all of our attorneys ...."

The same Supreme Court that said it is unreasonable to consider race when giving kids access to education, has said it's reasonable to consider race when looking to remove someone from the country. Funny how that works.

Despite today’s outrageous ruling, we all have the right to go about our daily lives free from racial profiling by the federal government. We will never stop fighting for our civil liberties and our immigrant communities.

EXCLUSIVE: State Rep. James Talarico will jump into the Texas Senate race.

“Remember they keep trying to bury us but we are the seeds of our ancestors. The roots of DC, we’ve built this city brick by brick, block by block, with blood sweat and tears.” Nee Nee Taylor, Executive Director, @harrietsdreams.bsky.social and Co-Founder, @freedcproject.bsky.social

A 21-year-old Florida man was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting family in the West Bank.

If you have limited time available, consider devoting it to fundraising for small projects and groups. There's a lot of need for funds and fundraising has become absolutely more difficult. Pick a group in your area and take it upon yourself to raise funds in all the ways you can.

Americans have made a U-turn on immigration since 2024 election - POLITICO share.google/9bfHce0TNiMn...

Quick recap/informative listen on nationwide injunction decision and Trump Admin suit against 16 judges in Maryland Federal District from @ihppod.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Making Israeli expansionism and domination cheaper and easier: New documents: reveal the U.S. pouring hundreds of millions in military aid into building IDF bases www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Highly recommend this listen if you want to understand what is going down in the courts right now.

1/ Ever received a random text or DM from a stranger looking to befriend you? Here's how a simple message could be a small piece of a global fraud machine that exploits some of the world's largest banks. THREAD 🧵

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New poll echoes our own poll last month, finding that most Americans, including most Republicans, oppose getting involved in conflict with Iran, with only 16% overall and 23% of Republicans supporting getting involved.

***Attention graduate students*** Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award! IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history. iehs.org/awards/georg...

"Today, Governor Abbott signs his billionaire voucher scam into law. Remember this day next time a school closes. Remember this day next time a teacher quits. Remember this day next time your property taxes go up because the state is defunding our schools.”

BREAKING: Texas Republicans just passed a major book banning bill. They say it’s about protecting kids from “filth.” But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted that it could ban classics like Romeo and Juliet, Catcher in the Rye, and Lonesome Dove.

If you want to hear some clear and bold defenses of educational equity, follow @jamestalarico.bsky.social!

One in six Asian Americans rely on Medicaid. Republicans are willing to let people die to give tax cuts to the rich. @karthick.com @janellewong.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

How is America enabling this? 'There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza: Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aid' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Trump is arresting and deporting students who have protested horrors like this - which everyone should be protesting! 👇

Of course Trump is exploiting antisemitism in his assault on universities. Next week, we will be releasing a new poll showing more Americans say attacks are aimed at Trump critics and critics of Israel than at antisemitism. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

“We cannot be a free democratic society when you have the most powerful people in the world who will take control of a history museum and force them to tell a lie,” said Nikole Hannah Jones, the author of the #1619Project. Save the #NationalMuseumofAfrican-AmericanHistoryandCulture

Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.

Release Arrested Students Now: 63% of all Americans say that POTUS should not be able to deport legal immigrants who have protested Israel, while only 17% say he should be able to so. nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

NO ONE should stand for this.

We are proud to partner with @aclu.org, @aclu-dc.bsky.social, @latinojustice.bsky.social, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and @legaldefensefund.bsky.social in representing League of Women Voters, LWV of AZ, LWV Education Fund, Hispanic Federation, @apiavote.bsky.social, OCA - National, and NAACP.

BREAKING: The Brennan Center and other voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's recent executive order on voting and elections that violates the Constitution and could block millions of Americans from registering to vote. Read more in our complaint: 1/

Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government to go forward by pausing a lower-court ruling in Maryland that had blocked enforcement of a series of President Trump’s executive orders.