There are multiple arenas for fighting these: corporate, political, municipal, etc. It’s worth reminding politicians of what happened to other concentration camps after the moment passed—will they want to have blessed this for their district when the trials begin?

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

Hey guess what? @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I are creating our own news outlet to cover the PNW, launching soon. Please consider subscribing.

"The news throughout the early weeks of 2026 reminded us that the concept of “both sides” in journalism is a deeply flawed, and even dangerous, way to think about reporting a story — especially when one side is actively trafficking in disinformation." niemanstoryboard.org/2026/02/06/i...

NYT confirming MS NOW reporting: Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop. Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot. Stacey Abrams Voting-rights expert

A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.

welp, this destroyed me first thing upon waking up

My friends at Niemanreports.org asked me to write about the experience of being a journalist on the ground in Minneapolis right now. I knew I wanted to tell reporters elsewhere how even this most hopeless of times has been clarifying and, in some ways, energizing. (1) share.google/ms1wKDQZmgep...

My latest newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @soledadobrien.bsky.social with @cmtapper.bsky.social on documentary storytelling and the Oscar-nominated "The Devil Is Busy," plus links from @thelincoln.bsky.social and @lizkellynelson.com niemanstoryboard.org/2026/02/06/i...

"The responses we’ve received from the public about our coverage make it clear that people want and appreciate journalists who hold power to account instead of cozying up to it." @jcollins.bsky.social @niemanreports.org niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...

On the latest @niemanstoryboard.org podcast, Christina M. Tapper speaks to Soledad O'Brien about character-driven storytelling in documentaries, and an early lesson from her mother in bearing witness. niemanstoryboard.org/2026/02/05/s... #journalism #podcasts #longreads

from curiousity at acquisiton to the "democracy dies in darkness" days to "a complexifier for me" to mandates for the opinion section. @laurahazardowen.bsky.social made a timeline of Bezos statements about @washingtonpost.com. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/some...

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

We at the @postguild.bsky.social are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.

On the latest episode of the @niemanstoryboard.org podcast, journalists Leah Sottile and Ryan Haas join Editor @markarms.bsky.social to discuss the final season of their serialized podcast “Hush." 🎧: https://niemanstoryboard.org/2026/01/22/leah-sottile-ryan-haas-true-crime-podcasting-journalism/

My friend Matt Graham and his family have suffered an unthinkable tragedy. Regan was an amazing person. Here's how you can help support them. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration

What a nightmare. “After a week of public outcry over the South Texas Family Residential Center’s treatment of young children behind its walls, the Dilley facility is experiencing a measles outbreak, according to immigration attorney Eric Lee.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

I understand it's hard for some to use the term concentration camp, even for those horrified by what's happening. And there are settings (e.g., court) where it may not be helpful today. The key thing to realize is that there's an arc of how detention regimes tend to go, and we're recognizably on it.

At least 3,800 kids, including 20 infants, have been detained since Donald Trump returned to office.

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

this Q&A by @neeldhanesha.com about what federal agents are using in MN, is alarming, but also really interesting. The pepper spray in use today is hotter & clingier than it used to be. "Less than lethal" rounds are larger & faster, and standard eye protection doesn't protect against them.

“These algorithms create this contagion” 5 years ago, Brooke Binkowski warned of “really noxious ideas getting lots of exposure… ripping apart society at the atomic level” — all paid for by Big Tech youtu.be/l_YVCrtpJjk @brooklynmarie.bsky.social

This is a direct assault on the First Amendment by the Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

This was pretty rad to be featured. @niemanstoryboard.org doesn't make a habit of featuring jabronis. Much thanks!

There's been so much important writing about Minneapolis recently. I have compiled some of the most stirring, informative, beautiful, and surprising. @kristenradtke.bsky.social @rubycramer.bsky.social @mashagessen.bsky.social @chashomans.bsky.social @kellymcb.bsky.social @philipkennicott.bsky.social

cover of The Economist this week

I will be putting in notice Friday morning with DHS to return to Dilley to check on Liam again and the many other children and families there. Liam did not look well. My staff and I are very concerned about him.

Today at @niemanstoryboard.org, Kim Cross sat down with @brendanomeara.bsky.social for an annotated chapter from his book, “The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine.” niemanstoryboard.org/2026/01/29/b... #journalism #history #booksky #longreads

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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

A 5-year-old Minnesota child detained with his father at a Texas immigration facility appeared lethargic during a visit Jan. 28 by members of Congress, who demanded the family’s immediate release and an end to the use of family detention.

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

A kindergartener is one of a growing number of children in Maine who have been left without a parent as the Trump administration carries out a major immigration enforcement effort, according to local officials.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

really quite funny that weiss is a one-trick pony and that trick is “give jobs to my dumbass friends”

My first thought was, well, obviously. But there's real insights in this story, including the back and forth between journalists and DHS. (gift article)

This five year old is still in jail

A little girl from Spokane who was detained a couple of weeks ago with her father is in the same camp, I believe. This story was such a brilliant example of local journalism www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.