Gregory Feifer

Between a rock and a strong man - ICWA US foreign policy is causing deep anxiety in Norway, which relies on its strategic alliance with America, ICWA fellow Brett Simpson reports.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frekeriksen has said that a US attack on Greenland would effectively end NATO. But with Russia an ever-present threat, Norway's hands would be tied if its primary defender invaded its neighbor, @brettvsimpson.bsky.social reports from Norway: www.icwa.org/norway-us-na...

Racism is not an unknowable disease of the heart, it's a provable set of actions and responses. That's why the @nytimes.com can't handle. For them to admit that Trump is racist would mean they'd have to admit they been carrying the water for a racist all these years. They won't ever do that.

The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration — when she chooses to speak up.

Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas said in a post on social media that he had picked up Liam and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, from the Dilley detention center on Saturday night and escorted them to Minnesota on Sunday morning. He shared photos of the two on social media, including one showing Liam at the airport clutching what appeared to be a Pikachu toy and wearing a Pikachu backpack. Mr. Castro was part of a delegation of Democratic lawmakers who visited Liam and his father at the detention center last week, where he said Liam’s father had reported that the child was “very depressed” and hadn’t been eating well since they were detained earlier this month.

This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen:

A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"

But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.

DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.

Two men in ICE detention say they saw guards kill a fellow detainee. Now the Trump administration is trying to deport the witnesses.

This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

This.

This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections

ICE Jails Oglala Sioux Members at Fort Snelling, Site of 19th-Century Concentration Camp Among nonimmigrants who’ve been swept up by ICE’s campaign of racial profiling are four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, three of whom remain jailed at an ICE facility at Fort Snelling south of the ...

ICE Jails Oglala Sioux Members at Fort Snelling, Site of 19th-Century Concentration Camp

The institute is thrilled to announce the 2026-2028 Rydell-Frisa Disarmament Fellowship, which will examine the state of global nuclear disarmament education, with immersion in a country or region to be determined next year. We are very grateful to Randy Rydell and Beth Frisa for making it possible.

The two kinds of state solution After the Gaza war ceasefire, might there be a creative way to ensure peace?

Two kinds of state solution: After the Gaza ceasefire, is there a different path to peace, toward the coexistence of a sovereign Jewish state & two Palestinian statelets with limited sovereignty? Steven Maly looks at the precedent of Native American tribes in the US: compass.icwa.org/p/the-two-ki...

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of three outstanding new fellows who will begin their fellowships next year: Mahli Knutson, Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social and Sabrina Ochoa www.icwa.org/icwa-2026-fe...

Congratulations to the new @icwa.org fellows!!

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EU strikes back at US and China on trade The European Commission’s new South American trade agreement comes more than two decades after negotiations began.

The EU strikes back at US and China with a South America free trade deal. It only took 25 years, Marco Zatterin writes for Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/eu-strikes...

For ICWA's centenary, ICWA alumni Joseph Battat, Bacete Bwogo, William Foote & Joel Millman will discuss tariffs & anti-migration policies dominating the international agenda. Open to the public. Register to join us on Nov 14 at @swedeninusa.bsky.social in DC: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...

A tweet from Ron Filipkowski reads: “Trump Org’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million. In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million. A massive percentage came from foreigners. It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics. But few even care.” Below the tweet is a Reuters image showing members of the Trump family and associates in suits cheering and raising their fists outside a building with a sign that reads Nasdaq. The caption reads: “Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine.”

I care. I think you do, too. The swamp is now a damn tar pit.

Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized US President Donald Trump. https://cnn.it/47eh4v5

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

Is this the model democracy? - ICWA At Arendal Week democracy festival, ICWA fellow Brett Simpson digs into the contradictions of Norway's oil-funded progressivism.

Although Norway's Arendal Week democracy festival attempts to break down the elitism of access politics, financial and professional heavyweights still dominate, ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social writes: icwa.org/norway-democ...

Updating my LEGO White House

To celebrate ICWA's 100th birthday, we're gathering alumni experts in Washington DC for a day of discussions on advancing democracy, a sustainable environment, equitability & culture at a pivotal moment in history. The event is open to the public. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...

"As I discovered aboard the Dana, crossing an ocean that comprises over 70% of Arctic geography, my worldview had been as yet—quite myopically—terrestrially bound." ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social reports from a ship researching climate change in the Arctic Ocean. www.icwa.org/arctic-ocean...

An introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policy - ICWA ICWA Fellow Rowland Robinson reports on drug addiction policy in Brazil’s national health service, Sistema Único de Saude.

In 2001, Brazil established greater protections for people with mental & behavioral disorders, creating a legal framework for non-institutional forms of health care & establishing the Psychosocial Care Network, Rowland Robinson reports from Fortaleza: www.icwa.org/brazil-tangl...

Is this the model democracy? - ICWA At Arendal Week democracy festival, ICWA fellow Brett Simpson digs into the contradictions of Norway's oil-funded progressivism.

Is Norway the model democracy? ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social digs into the contradictions of the nation's oil-funded, pro-renewables progressivism: www.icwa.org/norway-democ...

Defending our ideals in the face of adversity Democracy is about our rights.

In the face of adversity, the stories of those who risk everything for the sake of freedom and justice should inspire us to reaffirm our commitment and work tirelessly to protect and promote democracy in every corner of the globe, Suren Avanesyan writes for Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/defending-...

Trump-Epstein statue returns to National Mall The Park Service had removed the installation, saying that it was out of compliance with its previous permit.

That’s what you get when you close the government and screw with the Park Service.

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Ongoing theme: student-run @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social is place for news on Trump's attempts to take down Harvard.

Eg today: cuts Harvard already making, because of $ Trump has illegally (per court ruling) frozen. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

College papers overall the go-to news source

ICWA@100: The unlikeliest of reunions A mounting power struggle split families in 1990s Algeria.

Trustee & former fellow Katherine Kono spent her ICWA fellowship (1993–1995) in Saudi Arabia, France, Algeria, Yemen & Egypt, studying tradition & modernity in the Arab world. In this dispatch from Algiers, she reports on growing tensions between Islamists & police:
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ICWA@100: Thelma’s shoes Sharon Griffin Doorasamy on post-apartheid South Africa.

Former ICWA fellow Sharon Griffin Doorasamy reflects on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and her own family's history as Black slaves and domestic servants in the US in this intimate 1996 dispatch: compass.icwa.org/p/icwa100-th...

Edward R. Murrow, a journalist of a different era Who will stand up for the truth in our time?

For Compass, Marvin Kalb reflects on his mentor and the subject of the Broadway play "Good Night and Good Luck," CBS’s incomparable Edward R. Murrow, and asks, Who will stand up for the truth in our time? compass.icwa.org/p/murrow-a-j...

We all should.