ESPN isn't covering the bombing of one the most famous stadiums on earth so.... my latest piece @thenation.com "The Razing of Iran’s Azadi Stadium Is Straight Out of Israel’s Gaza Script" www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Been waiting for us to talk about AI in this way for a LONG time. We have plenty of examples of other ways technology + industrial advancements have shifted productivity expectations.
Thailand says 3 crew missing after ship hit by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz reut.rs/4s4iJv4
Commuters rejoice, you can sue NJ Transit*
*I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is a joke about NJ transit from a resident of New Jersey.
Budgets reflect our marginal prioritization. We have limited resources, so we fund things at the expense of other things.
Giving nearly $1 trillion to the military while dramatically underfunding housing aid, while leaving kids malnourished, while leaving people uninsured - it's a choice.
Sunlight streaming through dense green forest canopy over a pathway. Logos for CAP and Justice Outside appear in the corner. Text reads: “This is about more than a nice view. It’s natural infrastructure for healthy communities. Everyone has a right to experience the benefits of nature.”
The new report from @americanprogress.bsky.social and Justice Outside, reveals the persistence of the nature gap in the U.S., where communities of color are 3x more likely than white communities to live in nature-deprived areas.
Read the report here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
Best part of my job is working with such smart people.
"“All I can say is that I’m beginning to regret having lived so long — because we’re going downhill,” Plotkin said."
I love seeing political scientists get their expertise recognized. Except then I'm also sad because it is mostly about really bad sh*t like this...Anyway, follow @casmudde.bsky.social if you haven't done so already.
Gov. Spanberger caught my attention a few years ago as the only member in Congress to try and resolve the adderall shortage...And I am really enjoying her SOTU today! www.axios.com/local/richmo...
A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.
In Minnesota, despite showing documents proving active immigration cases, pending visas, or even US citizenship, residents were arrested and detained by ICE for days or weeks.
But many who were later set free are now encountering a new challenge: ICE isn’t giving back their immigration documents.
It’s giving middle passage
@americanprogress.bsky.social summer 2026 internships applications are now open, including on our Health Policy team.
Work on coverage, affordability, reproductive health & public health systems.
Paid. Full-time. DC-based.
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I'm a recent convert to the joys and importance of federal regulation + public comments, but wow is it important!!
Jokes aside on this, while this strikes down roughly 70% of the new tariffs, we expect Trump to switch to using different (more annoying for him) authorities for most of these, and we think those have a higher likelihood of surviving in court.
This is just the beginning of a very, very long battle.
#BREAKING #SCOTUS blocks President Trump's tariffs.
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We're now up to 9 states that ban local law enforcement from partnering with ICE: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. (NJ has an exec order banning, but no law)
Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to Kristi Noem interrogating Homeland Security's compliance with disability civil rights law—namely, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act— including with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"Tobin, who celebrated two Masses with the women detained inside, said that despite their detention, they showed strength.
'It was sad and yet there was a serenity among them, because they’re women of great courage,' he said."
religionnews.com/2026/02/18/c...
"Walter Francisco Cerrato Cabrera, 47, drowned in the waters of Bayou La Loutre while fleeing DHS. He had been in the U.S. for 20 years. His memorial was held in Houston on Christmas Eve."
"Flores came to Louisiana decades ago, to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina."
“Immigrant labor has literally developed Louisiana’s seafood industry,” Green said, referring to the Croatian, Isleño, Acadian and Vietnamese immigrants who settled the state’s coast.
In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks
In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps – not by ICE, but the Coast Guard
lailluminator.com/2026/02/18/c...
Today I'm remembering the courage of Jesse Jackson across his life, including the 1984 DNC when he called for the Party to support the inclusion of queer people in their coalition at a time both parties and the public were indifferent to our suffering and opposed to our equality.
It's been a year since Kennedy became health secretary. What has he accomplished? We updated our tracker: www.statnews.com/2025/09/10/r...
Today is the deadline to submit a comment on two proposed rules from CMS that seek to restrict access to transition related health care for trans youth. DUE BY 5PM!!! www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
I am not a lawyer!! it looks like the murder charge -> death penalty legally cannot be sought unless there is a conviction in something called "crime of violence". Basically they have to prove the stalking before, not at the same time, as the murder. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
