‘It’s not because we have bigger guns’: Minneapolis’ poet laureate tells why ICE found itself in trouble

Locker Room Morality: Athletes on the Front Lines of ICE Protests

Some of the most visible moral voices right now aren’t pastors or politicians; they are athletes.  Breanna Stewart, two‑time WNBA MVP and co‑founder of the new Unrivaled league, walked onto the court in Minneapolis holding an “abolish ICE” sign just a day after agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, the second person in three weeks killed by federal officers in the city. After the game, Stewart said she had been “disgusted” all day, that “we’re so …

Mike Johnson Talks Like A Typical Abuser On 'Meet The Press'

The Trump administration is not filled with the best or brightest. Let’s see how they did on the Sunday shows this week. Mike JohnsonThe speaker appeared on NBC’s Meet The Press to lie about easily disproven things. After a brief discussion about the current partial government shutdown, the topic quickly went to the reason for this shutdown: DHS/ICE funding. House Dems are demanding bare minimum changes in ICE operations after the killings of Al…

Atlantic's Serwer: Non-Whites In MN Risk Being Profiled 'Or Worse' By ICE

Atlantic's Serwer: Non-Whites In MN Risk Being Profiled 'Or Worse' By ICE Sunday's edition of MS NOW's The Weekend stoked paranoid fears of "black and brown" people being targeted by ICE, and the Trump administration at large. Co-host Eugene Daniels primed the persecution complex, teeing up The Atlantic author Adam Serwer: "Trump and co. get to decide who gets the benefit the entire Constitution and who gets to say that they are an American li…

Trump’s ICE crackdown is on pause… but not for long

Do not mistake the pullback in Minnesota and the firing of commander Gregory Bovino as an end to the violence against migrant communities, says Paulina Velasco. This kind of strategic retreat usually precedes a more aggressive second act

How Trump officials’ narrative of a gun-carrying protester in Minneapolis kindled rage in corners of the right

Alex Pretti shooting in Minneapolis sparks gun rights debate as advocate Cam Edwards criticizes DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel.

‘It’s not because we have bigger guns’: Minneapolis’ poet laureate tells why ICE found itself in trouble

Minneapolis poet laureate Junauda Petrus recalls meeting Renee Good at an elementary school poetry workshop and shares how her hometown is building off a history of organizing.