Celebrating Black Military Service Is Not “DEI Woke Shit.” It’s Essential to America’s Defense.

The Trump administration has sullied the legacy of soldiers our nation relies on.

Mother Jones

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

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.

ProPublica

America Is at Its Wits’ End. What We Do Now Matters.

Well, it has happened here. The “hysterical” f-word brandishers were right.

The New Republic

The Hardest Part of Fighting Fascism Comes After the Fascists Have Fallen

Having lived in Argentina after dictatorship, I know restoring democracy requires far more than just deposing fascists.

Truthout

How the West was won: K-pop’s great assimilation gambit

The crossover hits stacking Grammy nods this year have little in common with the culture that birthed them — but they’re winning the chart game

NPR

‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company

$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips

The Wall Street Journal

Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?

Nazi Lies in Vance’s America

Thinking About

‘Reminds me of Anne Frank’: Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump’s TPS end looms

The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Trump administration fights judge’s ban on green card interview arrests

The case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit revolves around a provisional waiver that is part of a legal path for people married to U.S. citizens to obtain legal status.

The Washington Post

Accountability for ICE and CBP

However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

Doomsday Scenario

Minneapolis’ Hotel Workers Are on Edge

Staff across the city told NOTUS how their lives have changed since the start of the federal immigration operation. “It’s frightening,” one said.

NotUs

The ICE Resistance That You’re Not Seeing

Our screens may be bursting with graphic images of the ICE occupation, but the bulk of the work is boring, invisible—and absolutely vital.

The New Republic

Which threatens American Christianity more: ICE or Cities Church protesters?

American Christians need a more robust sense of sacred connection to one another.

Religion News Service

A ‘bizarro world’: How Trump’s words have scrambled America’s gun politics

“You can’t have guns. You can’t walk in with guns. You just can’t,” Trump told reporters outside the White House, seeming to blame Pretti for having a gun on his waistband when he was shot and killed.

Trump, who has called himself “the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White House,” received a swift rebuke from gun-rights advocates, who argued that Pretti had a clear Second Amendment right to protest while carrying a gun. Some groups criticized the president outright, while the NRA, the biggest gun-rights group in the US, didn’t mention the president or his comments directly.

CNN

CBP has a history of excessive force. Critics say they were unprepared for Minnesota

Over the years, CBP has come under pressure to rein in its officers’ use of deadly force along the border. Incidents of officers shooting at people for throwing rocks came under special scrutiny, and an external review in 2013.

“Too many cases do not appear to meet the test of objective reasonableness with regard to the use of deadly force,” the report found. “[I]n some cases agents put themselves in harm’s way by remaining in close proximity to the rock throwers when moving out of range was a reasonable option.”

NPR

These Lawmakers Are Retiring. But Their Campaigns Are Still Spending.

New records show how lame-duck members of Congress are still using their political wealth.

NotUs

As a nation, we face a decisive moment. Trust the journalists who witness tyranny at street level.

History happens in the blink of an eye.

Kansas Reflector

How a trans woman’s removal from a restroom tore the world of competitive pinball apart

Pinball is one of the most welcoming sports for trans players. But after a confrontation at an arcade last fall, pinball’s governing group is struggling to rebuild trust.

NBC News

ICE Is Not the Only Problem. Border Patrol Has Acted With Impunity for Decades.

Ending immigration agents’ abuses requires reckoning with a long history of cruelty at the border.

Truthout

After COP30, climate projects continue to threaten Indonesia’s Indigenous communities

Indigenous communities face land seizures, criminalization, and increased violence

Global Voices

What Franco’s fascist regime in Spain can teach us about today’s America

While comparisons to Hitler’s fascist regime are becoming common, I’d argue that it may be even more fitting to compare the present moment to a less-remembered but longer-lasting fascist regime: that of Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain from 1936 until his death in 1975.

The Conversation

Russian drones kill at least 12 in Dnipro as Zelenskyy says more Russia-Ukraine talks next week

Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place on Wednesday and Thursday.

AP News

In the world’s driest desert, Chile freezes its future to protect plants

“The most important thing for a seed bank is to be away from large populations, because the idea is to save the seeds from catastrophes like wars, among other things,” said Ana Sandoval, a researcher who has worked at the center for more than a decade.

NPR

Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt to reopen for limited travel Monday

Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the crossing is scheduled to resume Monday as its ceasefire with Hamas moves ahead.

PBS

An American Citizen Has Been Stuck in El Salvador’s Prison System Since the Biden Administration

Two years before Trump sent Kilmar Ábrego García to CECOT, the Bukele regime arrested a U.S. citizen for his tattoos. The Biden administration didn’t intervene.

The Intercept

Roman mosaic returns home after 200 years

The mosaics, which included a depiction of Orpheus charming animals and birds with his music, were discovered in a Roman villa near the village of Withington in Gloucestershire in 1811.

BBC

Beyond boubou and wax prints: Africa Fashion Tour changes perceptions of African creativity

Although African fashion has long been reduced to wax prints, boubou (long, loose-fitting dresses), and handicrafts, another story is unfolding on this continent. African designers now dress global stars, like Michelle Obama, Rihanna, and Beyoncé. African brands have also won the LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) Prize, and the Dakar and Lagos Fashion Weeks are setting their own trends.

Global Voices

Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?

Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?

Zeteo

Nike Says Its Factory Workers Make Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. In Indonesia, Workers Say, “It’s Not True.”

“Nike is not paying double the minimum wage,” said a union official in Central Java, a lower-wage area where Nike’s contract factories have been expanding. “The fact is the opposite. Nike is seeking cheaper workers.”

ProPublica

Iran’s supreme leader warns any US attack would spark ‘regional war’

Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic.

NPR

Ghana Helped U.S. Deport Migrants, and Now Its Own Citizens Are Shut Out

Twenty-seven African nations are included in a U.S. visa freeze, even as many have helped enforce Washington’s deportation agenda.

Capital B

Harassment and security threats forced the cancellation of a Pride-themed community event in Malaysia

A two-day wellness program intended for LGBTQ+ people in Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia, was cancelled after participants and organizers received threats and harassment instigated by authorities who called for an investigation against those who normalize what they called “deviant sexual behavior.”

Global Voices