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He reunited families separated under Trump. Now he’s running for Congress.
Jonathan White, a longtime civil servant who fought Trump officials’ efforts to separate migrant families, says Democrats must do more to combat the president.
The Washington Post
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with ‘dark isolation’ as community raised concerns
The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members blocks from the White House had been unraveling for years, unable to hold a job and flipping between long, lightless stretches of isolation and taking sudden weekslong cross-country drives. Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s behavior deteriorated so sharply that a community advocate reached out to a refugee organization for help, fearing he was becoming suicidal.
AP News
Space Force trainees to be first to graduate in new dress uniform
The Space Force, which has roughly 9,400 members, announced in September that sizing for the service’s first dress uniform would begin by the end of the year after the uniform spent about four years in development. Since Space Force’s establishment in 2019, its members have primarily worn the Air Force’s dress uniform.
Stars and Stripes
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
The UnPopulist
Why Fresh Collard Greens Are Becoming a Holiday Lifeline in These Communities
From farmers to churches, residents across the country are working together to provide free food for those in need this holiday season.
Capital B
Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files
A new report reveals the FBI’s frantic “special redaction project” when they thought the Epstein files would be released.
The New Republic
Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship
Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech
ACLU
Raising Teens in the Era of the Epstein Files
As the trafficking, abuse and commercial sexual exploitation of teen girls is front and center in the news right now, I want to share some of what these young people taught me and what I learned through years of work with healthcare, education and other youth-serving staff. I believe we all have a role and can build on this moment in politics and news to prepare and empower the young people in our lives and create greater safety for them.
Mississippi Free Press
“We’re Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
ProPublica
Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
“The historical precedent here is Flint, Michigan.”
Futurism
Preserving Video Game History
It’s International Games Month (IGM)! Celebrated annually in November, IGM is an initiative that hopes to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of games of all kinds of games, from fantasy adventures like Dungeons & Dragons and online roleplaying games to tried-and-true board games.
I Love Libraries
US consumer confidence takes sharp turn heading into holiday season
However, while consumption has risen, the job market in America has slowly weakened.
Miami Herald
Border Patrol’s N.C. Operation Was a Test for What’s Next
There’s a reason Customs and Border Protection, not just ICE, was deployed in Charlotte and Raleigh. And it says a lot about how the Trump administration is looking at immigration enforcement.
The Assembly
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.
ProPublica
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
The Bulwark
How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump’s megabill
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations.
CNN
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
The Guardian
Pope Leo XIV calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hope
Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s long-suffering people a message of hope and bolster a crucial Christian community in the Middle East.
AP News
Barn Where White Men Murdered Emmett Till to Be Preserved as a ‘Reverent, Sacred Site’
Now, an organization devoted to preserving the legacy and memory of Till has taken ownership of the barn and plans to open it as a public memorial by 2030. The Emmett Till Interpretive Center announced in an open letter that the organization had purchased the building from Jeff Andrews, a white dentist who purchased the property in the 1990s.
Mississippi Free Press
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say is designed to protect immigrants in their neighborhoods and around Chicago.
Religion News Service
Welp
Pope Leo XIV calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hope
Leo arrived in Beirut from Istanbul on the second leg of his maiden voyage as pope. He came to encourage the Lebanese people to persevere at a precarious moment for the small Mediterranean country as it faces economic uncertainty, deep political divisions and fears of a new war with Israel.
AP News
A Mutating Threat: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Evolving Faster Than Ever
The dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus has entered what scientists describe as a new, unpredictable stage, spreading across the world and mutating into an expanding family of viral strains unlike anything seen before.
CamNess
Diplomacy in Mexico–Spain Relationship
The demand for an apology from Spain rekindles tensions in Mexican diplomacy, while internal violence and narcopolitics call into question the coherence and direction of the country’s foreign policy.
LatinoAmerica21
Impasse over EHRC single-sex spaces guidance ‘distracting from other issues’
Staff at human rights body said to be ‘desperate for regime change’ over inertia after court’s legal definition of a woman
The Guardian
Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison
The law won bipartisan support from the center-right majority and the center-left opposition in the final vote in the Lower Chamber, passing with 237 votes in favor.
AP News
Young artists pull traditional Turkish art into zeitgeist
A new generation of young artists in Istanbul is transforming traditional Turkish arts — from miniature to tile — into sharp contemporary tools for exploring dystopia, environmental anxiety and social fragmentation.
Al Monitor
COP30 Isn’t a Failure — It’s a Farce
Why these climate summits can’t solve the crisis—and why we should support Indigenous land struggles instead.
In These Times
Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel’s president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that’s bitterly divided the country.
NPR
Indonesian residents hunt for food and water after deadly floods. 193 dead in Sri Lanka
Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from floods and mudslides in that island nation have risen to 193.
AP News
After 30 years of negotiations, it’s time to finalize the EU–Mercosur agreement
After three decades of back-and-forth, the EU and Mercosur have finally reached a historic agreement that promises to reshape the economic and geopolitical landscape between Europe and South America.
LatinoAmerica21
Rubio meets with Ukrainian delegation to discuss peace and post-war plans
U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks Sunday aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
PBS
Antony Beevor: For Russia, conspicuous cruelty is a necessary weapon of war
The leading historian of conflict says the atrocities in Ukraine are rooted in a uniquely brutal mindset that can be traced back centuries
The Telegraph
Covet an Italian masterpiece, but shy of the millions? How about a digital copy at supercar prices
The last person to get their hands on a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci shelled out more than $450 million at auction. Now, Italian cultural officials are making it possible to purchase a limited edition, certified digital copy of the Renaissance genius’ “Lady with Disheveled Hair’’ for roughly the price of a Lamborghini.
AP News
Latest poll suggests PM Orbán may keep his seat until 2030
According to the latest public opinion poll by Medián, government welfare handouts and promises—which, while devastating the budget, have significantly lifted public mood—seem to be paying off. It is now far less clear who will win the 2026 parliamentary elections, as the Tisza Party’s lead appears to be melting away.
Daily News Hungary
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