ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting Officers claimed they were attacked, prompting one to open fire.

ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting

‘Jim Crow 2.0’: Civil Rights Leaders Sound Alarm on SAVE America Act The bill “is not about protecting our elections,” the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund says. “It’s about disguising voter suppression.”

The bill “is not about protecting our elections,” the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund says. “It’s about disguising voter suppression.”

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Join us Sunday 2/15 2-6pm for a Dignity Dialogue centered on the history of immigration enforcement in Whatcom County.

More information and the link to RSVP can be found here:

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Tyson Foods Votes Down Immigration Proposal, 2 Others at Shareholders Meeting Tyson Foods opposed a shareholder proposal on immigration compliance, citing adherence to U.S. law, while workers and advocates raised concerns about fear and exploitation of immigrant employees.

“I hear daily from Tyson workers living in fear because of the current administration’s anti-immigrant agenda. This fear is not abstract. It shows up on the production line, in workers’ homes and in their families" - Magaly Licolli, speaking for shareholders
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🌲✊ WA friends: SB 6045 could move to a vote anytime TODAY, so please call your Senator and tell them you support collective bargaining for agricultural workers! leg.wa.gov/legislators/...

Detained immigrant families protest inside Texas facility Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were detained in Minnesota in an incident that’s further inflamed tensions over the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement.

"Immigrant families protested from inside a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy and his father were sent this week from Minnesota...

"Aerial photos showed children and parents at the facility holding signs that included 'Liberty for the kids'...”

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Bulletin President and CEO Alexandra Bell reaches out to move the time on the Clock hand.

Science and Security Board members Jon Wolfsthal, Asha M. George, and Steve Fetter stand beside the Doomsday Clock as President and CEO Alexandra Bell delivers remarks.

Bulletin President and CEO Alexandra Bell gives remarks at a podium.

A close up of the Clock time shows its setting at 85 seconds to midnight.

The 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement, captured by photographer Jamie Christiani.

IT IS 85 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.

Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement: buff.ly/BGu0Zse

DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting The federal government is openly embracing white nationalist online content — including in a recent recruitment post.

DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting
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10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them. And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.

10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them. by @sambiddle.com
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense

A Florida Oyster Fishery and Its Community Fight for Their Future The controversial reopening of Apalachicola Bay will test whether its once-sustainable local food system is still possible.

The state of Florida reopened commercial oyster fishing in Apalachicola Bay on Jan. 1, leaving the small community on the Forgotten Coast anxious about its economic future. The controversial reopening will test whether its once-sustainable local food system is still possible.

With Hunger on the Rise, Urban Gleaners Seek to Strengthen Local Food Security Amid escalating food costs and cuts to food assistance, collecting surplus food offers an age-old solution.

With Hunger on the Rise, Urban Gleaners Seek to Strengthen Local Food Security

Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In. The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.

Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In. truthout.org/articles/dat...

40% of younger American women want to permanently leave the country Forty percent of American women and girls age 15 to 45 say they want to permanently move to another country — an opinion shared by just 19 percent of boys and men that age.

The share of American women and girls age 15 to 44 who would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity:

🟣 45 percent of single women
🟣 41 percent of married women
🟣 44 percent of those who do not have children
🟣 40 percent of those who do

The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs? Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.

Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...

"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."

Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:

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West African Woman Attempts Suicide After U.S. Deportation to Non-Native Country Attorneys say African migrants, deported under controversial U.S. policy, are facing life-threatening danger.

Attorneys say African migrants, deported under controversial U.S. policy, are facing life-threatening danger.

Federal defense contractor backs out of potential Oregon Coast ICE facility • Washington State Standard The Texas-based Team Housing Solutions had asked the city about leasing land at the airport last week in support of “federal operations.”

Federal defense contractor backs out of potential Oregon Coast ICE facility washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/11/13/r...

For Mexican Workers, Temporary Farmwork Visas Facilitate Abuse and Exploitation After Isabella received an H-2A visa, she faced trafficking, brutal working conditions, and gender-based violence.

For Mexican Workers, Temporary Farmwork Visas Facilitate Abuse and Exploitation truthout.org/articles/for...

How Libraries Are Creating Community Through Food Libraries nationwide are offering community classes on nutrition, food security, and how to get a good meal on the table.

Libraries, often unifying spaces, are increasingly offering public classes on nutrition literacy and food security.

“Teaching someone how to cook, how to garden, and how to encourage and include their families to participate is really impactful.” buff.ly/7buTUW8

These miners, photographed at the end of their shift in the Gilded Age, had no union, no protections, no voice. The people at the top saw nothing wrong with this picture.

This Labor Day we remember: rights were won with blood, sweat, and tears. If we stop fighting, history will repeat itself—soon.

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, St. Bernard Parish is still recovering Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.

Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.

Stumbled upon Doris the Disco Duck. IYKYK😘

20 Years After Katrina, Louisiana Residents Are Most Vulnerable to 'Die of Despair' Today, Louisiana residents are the nation's most vulnerable to 'deaths of despair' as Black New Orleanians navigate hopelessness after Hurricane Katrina.

The share of Black residents dropped by 40% while the share of white residents increased by 460%. The city’s manufacturing hub, which was anchored by NASA and was one of the main pillars of middle-class Black families, lost nearly 100,000 jobs that never returned.

The Voting Rights Act Turns 60. Its Future Has Never Looked More Fragile. Six decades after the most important federal statute protecting the right to vote was signed into law, advocates say, Black political power is hanging by a thread.

Six decades after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, advocates say, Black political power is hanging by a thread.