Carmi Orenstein, MPH

I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.

Mine, too. 💔

Our grandchildren are going to ask what we did to stop this.

Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice

It’s official! After years of hard work by IPBES experts, the #BizBiodiversity Assessment Report is approved by the Plenary at #IPBES12!

Congratulations to all on this achievement for people and #nature!

Thank you to all who contributed to this successful outcome.

“Tortoise Station” During their long walks the females are dots on the map, slowly moving across a landscape of dry washes and desert vegetation. In my downtime I like to roll into the tech tent and park beside a wat…

“During their long walks the females are dots on the map, slowly moving across a landscape of dry washes and desert vegetation.” Read Lydia Millet’s story “Tortoise Station,” which appears in Volume 6 of @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.

The US Farmers Saving Palestinian Seeds More than 40 growers nationwide are working to preserve heirloom seeds, along with the history, tradition, and identity they contain.

More than 40 growers across the U.S. are working to preserve Palestinian heirloom seeds, along with the history, tradition, and identity they contain.

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel

Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.

www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...

In the same way that masked cowardly militia played the role of judge, jury, & executioner, terrorizing Black communities — that terror is now coming everywhere in the form of ICE.

This rogue agency must be abolished & we must end qualified immunity to hold agents accountable.

'Wet tent syndrome' is killing Gaza's infants Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.

‘Wet tent syndrome’ is killing Gaza’s infants

Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.

www.972mag.com/gaza-wet-ten...

Opinion | Trump Is Engineering Regime Change, Right Here at Home

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE NNU issued the following statement in response to the murder of Alex Pretti, RN: “The nation’s nurses, who make it their mission to care for and save human lives, are horrified and outraged that immig...

We're horrified & outraged: Immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them.

This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u

If ICE is emboldened to carry out extrajudicial killings of American citizens in broad daylight, imagine what's happening to the tens of thousands of people being held in makeshift detention camps across the US without cameras, attorneys and organizers

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

“Emperor” Trump's So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance As President Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, his son-in-law Jared Kushner presented his vision of turning the Gaza Strip into an upscale seaside resort with g...

Trump's plan for the so-called Board of Peace is “a parody of a colonial body that will result “ultimate control and subjugation.”

Boeing wins Santa Susana cleanup fight though fears of toxins persist A Ventura County Superior Court judge ruled Jan. 8 in favor of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and Boeing, rejecting a lawsuit brought by community and environmental groups chall...

"Despite the setback, advocacy groups said they plan to continue working with local governments in both Ventura and Los Angeles counties to push for stricter cleanup standards."

#SantaSusanaFieldLab

@parentsvsssfl.bsky.social @psr-la.bsky.social @peer.org

www.simivalleyacorn.com/articles/boe...

Arson Suspect Arrested After Fire at Jackson Synagogue, the Site of a 1967 KKK Bombing Authorities arrested a man after a blaze erupted early Saturday at the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson.

Fire ripped through Jackson's only synagogue on Saturday, heavily damaging the historic house of worship in what authorities say was an act of arson.

Beth Israel synagogue, the largest in Mississippi, has long been a target of antisemites. It was the site of a Ku Klux Klan bombing in 1967.

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.

She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

EPA's December website edits cap off yearlong assault on climate info Like climate change, the Trump administration’s efforts to remove climate data from government websites feels vast, intangible, and overwhelming.

Wrote for the @thebulletin.org about the EPA’s latest website removals on the human causes of climate change, the administration’s yearlong assault on climate information, and why the everyday person should care about disappearing data:
thebulletin.org/2026/01/epas...

Environmental samples from BioLab fire could contain ‘Erin Brokovich’ carcinogen When Georgia environmental officials analyzed the first ash samples collected after the September 2024 BioLab chemical fire in Conyers, Ga., one element immediately stood out: chromium. The element chromium occurs naturally in some soils and is generally non-toxic. But when it burns, such as during a chemical fire, it can change into a cancer-causing compound. The fire at the BioLab chemical facility sent a toxic plume over Rockdale County. More than 17,000 residents evacuated. Another 90,000 sheltered in place. A report by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board found BioLab was storing nearly…

Environmental samples from BioLab fire could contain ‘Erin Brokovich’ carcinogen

When Georgia environmental officials analyzed the first ash samples collected after the September 2024 BioLab chemical fire in Conyers, Ga., one element immediately stood out: chromium. The element chromium occurs…

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Doctors Without Borders among dozens of aid groups Israel moves to shut down in Gaza Allied nations condemned the decision, warning it could halt relief operations within weeks.

On Tuesday, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.

Heavy rains in Gaza are flooding tents & makeshift shelters, making already difficult conditions even harder for displaced Palestinians. WCK teams are showing up—reaching families with hot meals when they need them most. When the weather turns and needs grow, we keep cooking.
#ChefsForGaza

The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?

The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/w...

Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Land Grab: Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue

“What we’ve experienced this past year is not an abstract policy disagreement... It’s a fundamental disruption of the systems that allow science in this country to function.”

—Brandon Jones, @agu.org

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/c...

As #Gaza is battered by heavy rains and storms, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians continue to struggle in flooded and broken makeshift tents.

MSF calls on Israeli authorities to urgently allow a massive scale up of aid into the Strip.

WCK’s Shadi is at a Gaza displacement camps impacted by flooding. Heavy rains have damaged tents and makeshift lodgings, making already difficult conditions even harder for families. Our teams are reaching impacted areas—distributing hot meals to people navigating waterlogged shelters. #ChefsForGaza

‘An unhealthy and creepy obsession’: Ilhan Omar on Trump’s attacks The Zen-like US representative from Minnesota has had the highest level of death threats of any congressperson because of the president’s attacks

The president's creepy obsession with me is deeply unhealthy.

Trump falls back on the same tired bigotry to distract from his obvious failures.

His recycled xenophobia won’t intimidate me or silence my fight for the people of Minnesota’s 5th District.

Zoe Weissman came to Brown University from Parkland, Florida, where she was a student during the mass shooting that occurred there in 2018.

“My most predominant emotion right now is, honestly, anger," Weissman says after living through her second school shooting.