Professor at Stanford, activist, writer, podcaster (Speaking Out of Place). https://speakingoutofplace.com/ Board of Directors, Truthout. Words in Jacobin, The Nation, Al Jazeera, etc. Book from Haymarket. Views proudly my own (not Stanford’s)
ICE has killed another person.
El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family SaysThe detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.www.thecityreporter.nyc
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
50 organisations juives du monde entier soutiennent Francesca Albanese ujfp.org/50-organisat...
50 organisations juives du monde entier soutiennent Francesca Albanese — UJFP« En tant que groupes juifs, nous exprimons notre soutien à Francesca Albanese, rapporteuse spéciale des Nations Unies sur la situation des droits de l’hommeujfp.org
NEW: How a Palestinian engineer “escaped one war” only to end up in Gaza writing poetry in English
Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour - UNICORN RIOTSurviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.unicornriot.ninja
TABLES TURN: Democrats are using “Shadow hearings” to press issues and secure millions of on-line views. And clips Even without control of Congress Just filed open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...
TABLES TURN: Democrats Use "Spotlight Hearings" to Level Playing Field Against GOPA recent series of faux-Congressional Hearings put Democrats on offenseopen.substack.com
Today's #MustReads: Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup prospect.org/2026/07/28/t... by Robert Kuttner
Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup - The American ProspectIf we are vigilant, he won’t pull it off.prospect.org
Israel routinely targets Palestinian journalists and then questions their credibility after death.
Reporters in Gaza Are Under Attack. Will I Be Recognized as One If I Am Killed?Israel routinely targets Palestinian journalists and then questions their credibility after death.buff.lyThe ruling preserves an injunction against key provisions aimed at restricting mail-in voting. buff.ly/IYomwbn
Appeals Court Keeps Block on Trump Order Targeting Voting RightsThe ruling preserves an injunction against key provisions aimed at restricting mail-in voting.truthout.org
The Trump administration claims no one died as a result of its slashing of USAID. Our reporters traveled to refugee camps in Africa to find out if that was true. Listen to this conversation from @revealnews.org on “Paper Trail”:
What Happened When Trump Officials Destroyed USAID (From Reveal)Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · July 23 · 34mpodcasts.apple.com
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court order that blocks the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from executing the president’s March executive order attacking mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump’s anti-mail voting order gets blocked again, this time by federal appeals courtTrump's sweeping assault on mail voting won’t be carried out in 23 states and D.C. ahead of November's midterms.www.democracydocket.com
no reporter or producer or correspondent reallllly wants to be the source, the subject of an important but bad and sad story of urgent national importance but she did it, anyway. thank you cecilia vega - www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Fired ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Cecilia Vega says she was told to report events ‘that never happened’Two months after she was fired from “60 Minutes,” Cecilia Vega is sharing details about the troubling editorial pressures she said she faced after Bari Weiss was placed in charge of CBS News.www.sfchronicle.com
They should all be run out of the profession and never be allowed to work as journalists ever again. I hate them all.
I hope every journalist attending that dinner is embarrassed. Because they should be.
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(NYT) - The United States has now recorded more cases of measles in 2026 than in any other year since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000 .. @nytimes.com #GoldenAge 🏅 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...
Why we aren’t getting the type of coverage needed to cover the US/Israel war on Iran in Saudi Arabia: Lack of photos or ground-level updates is due to domestic regs within Saudi Arabia that criminalize unauthorized reporting, filming, or posting about state-owned oil facilities/security incidents.
Tyrant Trump has a message for people fighting against data centers “You Can’t Fight It... You Have To Go With It”
Great article from @ew.com on the #IceOut protest in San Diego outside #comiccon2026 today! #sdcc ew.com/anti-ice-pro...
Anti-ICE protestors march through downtown San Diego on first day of Comic-ConA mass of protestors marched through downtown San Diego during the first day of Comic-Con 2026, calling for the expulsion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from the SoCal border town.ew.com