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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

DRONE TARGETS JOURNALISTS These images from the @afp.com show the aftermath of an Ethiopian drone strike today, on the headquarter TV station of the local Tigrai TV network in the Tigrayan city of Mekele, as war rages on. No info on casualties, Tigrai TV has been off air since the attack.

AFP photo showing the destruction caused to the headquarter building of Tigrai TV in the city of Mekele

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#LandBack! The Penobscot Nation regained 11,297 acres of their ancestral homelands near sacred Mt. Katahdin in Maine. Its the first phase of a 30,000-acre land return. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/rea...

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Penobscot Nation regains 11,297 acres in first phase of major land return

The Penobscot Nation has regained 11,297 acres near Katahdin as partners pursue a $32.5 million effort to return more than 30,000 acres.

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

9/17/1787 marks the day the U.S. Constitution was signed and now honors all who have become U.S. citizens. RE-CONSTITUTIONS by @feathersb.bsky.social; illustrated by Kasia Babis explores this through a boy's essay on what it means to be a citizen📜 tinyurl.com/2774fhhm #graphicnovel

The spine of the book is green. The words "World Citizen Comics" run down the left edge of the book. In the center of the cover, faceless figures work together to hold up a giant pen on top of the Earth.

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Beka Feathers @feathersb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy US Constitution Day to everyone who still believes in the rule of law! If you (or your kid or your neighbor or even a slow-moving passerby) is constitution-curious, may I suggest the book I wrote with Kasia Babis on why constitutions are such a big deal? us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Re: Constitutions

The next volume in the World Citizen Comics series, Re: Constitutions explains the role constitutions play in how government is structured and provides conte...

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026

i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected

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Simon Adams @simonadams.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

9️⃣ years later, #Rohingya genocide survivors are still waiting for justice. And still the UN Security Council has not passed a single resolution to name the crime, or hold the perpetrators accountable.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026

Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.

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Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned

Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.

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Ahmad Algohbary @ahmadalgohbary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

An official at Mokha Port told Al-Jumhuriya TV, which is affiliated with UAE- and Saudi-backed forces led by Tareq Saleh, that a new Houthi missile attack struck the port’s maritime berth this morning, causing further damage and destruction. Yemen

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gravesitemedia.bsky.social @gravesitemedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Be a GraveSite GroundBreaker 🪦 We break ground Sept 21. Join the founding class before then: a founding-member badge (retired at launch), early access to our first stories, and 20% off year one ($79 instead of $99). No conglomerate owns us; readers fund us. gravesite.media #journalism #deathpositive

Gravesite Prelaunch sale flyer and images.

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Native Americans weren’t US citizens until 1924 and spent generations fighting for ballot access after that. Now, the SAVE Act threatens Native voters again. The act does not allow people to use their tribal IDs to register to vote. nativenewsonline.net/opinion/cong...

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Congress Must Not Make It Harder For Native Citizens To Vote

Overview: The SAVE America Act would impose new proof-of-citizenship requirements that could make it harder for many Native citizens to register and vote. Opinion This past week, House Republicans…

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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Houthis finally join in, potentially taking Saudi export offline. Saudi oil currently travels by pipeline to the Red Sea, then south by ship through Bab al-Mandab to buyers in Asia. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

California has transferred a 136-acre piece of coast in Mendocino known as Blues Beach to a tribal nonprofit, returning stewardship of the bluffs, shoreline and cultural sites to the descendants of the Indigenous people who lived there for generations. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

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California returns stretch of coast to Indigenous tribes. 'This is beyond huge'

State transportation officials recently approved the transfer of Blues Beach and the surrounding bluffs to Kai Poma, a nonprofit founded by representatives of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians,...

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”

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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR

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Beka Feathers @feathersb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

@paema.ngo's atrocity alert for El Obeid in North Kordofan, with reporting from community members caught between RSF and SAF. www.paema.ngo/s/El-Obeid-A... #AllEyesOnSudan

A map of the Kordofans in Sudan, with text that reads "Since the fall of El Fasher, the Kordofan region has become the center of conflict in Sudan. Large numbers of civilians have sought shelter in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, dramatically increasing the population."

Text reads "Civilians and civilian infrastructure have come under assault. One local responder told us, 'there is an unprecedented rise in the prices of foodstuffs, basic goods, drinking water, and fuel, which has weakened the purchasing power of families and led to an expansion of the circle of need among the population and the displaced.'"

Text reads "RSF sustained use of drones has created a completely unpredictable situation for civilians. Residents that PAEMA spoke with said there is constant drone activity overhead. There is no way to predict when a drone will hit but life cannot stop, so people continue to go to work and to school. When a drone attacks, there is no warning or way to hide."

CALLS TO ACTION FOR EL OBEID
Support a localized humanitarian response.
Support safe passage and voluntary evacuation routes.
Stop the supply and use of drones.
Apply pressure to parties to the conflict to respect international law.
Support documentation and monitoring.
Hold individuals and entities responsible for atrocity crimes accountable.
Provide protection support to Sudanese civil society actors.

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Beka Feathers @feathersb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

@paema.ngo's atrocity alert for El Obeid in North Kordofan, with reporting from community members caught between RSF and SAF. www.paema.ngo/s/El-Obeid-A... #AllEyesOnSudan

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026

oh shit it's Loving Day hooray for Loving v. Virginia, my marriage, and inclusive constitutionalism, and fuck originalism forever tinyurl.com/originalismt...

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Virginia defended the legality of its anti-miscegenation law on
originalist grounds. The o-word was still not in common usage, but
the analysis is unmistakable: the state argued at length that the
meaning of the Constitution is fixed at the time of adoption and
courts must give effect to the intent of the Framers and the people
who adopted it. If one accepts that premise, they continued, there’s
no constitutional problem with criminalizing interracial marriage.

screenshotted excerpt from The Originalism Trap reading as follows:

North Carolina submitted an amicus brief that echoed Virginia’s
claim that courts cannot deviate from the Constitution’s original understanding and expressed skepticism about the Court’s authority
to disrupt historical legal bigotry: “Unless, therefore, the Fourteenth
Amendment is construed as a grand commission which constitutes
the federal courts as a species of judicial privateers to sink every
state ship in sight if they do not like the cut of its sails, then the historic position asserted by Virginia is clearly sound.” We should pay
no attention, apparently, to the fact that the “sail” in question was a
giant, billowing Confederate flag.

screenshotted excerpt of The Originalism Trap reading as follows:

The Supreme Court’s decision in Loving should be read as clear
and compelling guidance for constitutional interpretation: the substance of due process is bound up with the values of equality and
antisubordination, and the originalist notion that a case could or
should be resolved based on an identifiable original understanding is
infinitely less instructive than the Fourteenth Amendment’s command to the government to confront America’s caste systems—
chiefly, white supremacy.

photo of me and The Husband on our wedding day! we are walking down a tree-lined NYC street, complete with a yellow taxi cab in the background. I am wearing my wedding dress -- a strapless ivory gown that's form fitting up top but then expands into a massive train of tulle -- and The Husband is wearing a great navy blue suit with a pink tie. He's holding my vibrant bouquet in one hand, and holding my hand with the other

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Remembering the revolutionaries killed in the June 3rd massacre in Khartoum in 2019. May their legacy live on within us. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/06/2026

People have been asking me if I know of a resource like StandWithMinnesota for New Jersey, and I haven't found something comprehensive. So, for the moment, I have put together all the links to NJ orgs, crowdfunding links, events, and stuck them on a page of SWM. standwithminnesota.org/jersey

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New Jersey — Stand With Minnesota

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You've probably seen the word #Landback somewhere and instantly had some feelings. It sounds blunt, which is part of why a lot of people tend to have an instant reaction or jump to some very problematic misconceptions about what it means. So, let's talk Landback, from my POV and work.

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Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 14/05/2026

When US funding for CVT’s work in Jordan was abruptly pulled, clients were in the middle of care programs. CVT's Osama Ahmad Al-Mohammad speaks in @newyorker.com about clients who came to us for help with serious trauma. “We just left people behind,” Osama said. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

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The End of Refugee Resettlement

Many refugee families thought they’d have a second chance in the U.S. Then Trump returned to office.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 18/05/2026

PIctures of Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Mullivaikkal today. It's been 17 years. www.tamilguardian.com/content/pict...

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In Pictures - Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day commemorated in Mullivaikkal | Tamil Guardian

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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

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Beka Feathers @feathersb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A year ago, @paema.ngo launched our DRC News Monitor to provide accessible, regular reporting on political and security developments in DRC. If you work in or do research on DRC, this is one of the best places for comprehensive updates published in English and French. www.paema.ngo/myanmar-news...

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afghanevac.bsky.social @afghanevac.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In a fight where wins are rare, this one matters. A federal judge just ruled the State Department “woefully failed” Afghan SIV applicants, and ordered enforcement. This win belongs to @irap.bsky.social, who never let the case go quiet. 🧵👇

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

You’ll find the names and stories of the victims as best as we at L.A. TACO could research them. We hope this list offers a moment to remember these individuals. The full list: lataco.com/ice-death-tr... By Memo Torres, Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Izzy Ramirez, and Odessa Hairapetian

Art of two skeleton hands in red handcuffs holding on to cell bars.

The headline reads “Here’s Every Single Death Linked to Immigration Enforcement Since Trump’s Raids Began”

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Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The US has just sanctioned former Congolese president Joseph Kabila for his support for the M23 rebel movement, a Rwandan proxy now controlling a swathe of DRC. Washington upping the ante. home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...

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Treasury Sanctions Former Democratic Republic of the Congo President for Ties to Armed Conflict

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Joseph Kabange Kabil...

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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My story, subject of the thread was published last week in Middle East Eye, co-written w/ Oscar Rickett. Sorry, not exactly a "short" thread. Sudan's war is the worst ongoing conflict in the world, with widespread CRSV, mass displacement & genocide all documented. May year 3 be the last.

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Ruth H. Burns @ruthhburns.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Canadian astronaut carries Anishinaabe 7 sacred laws into space Jeremy Hansen is wearing a patch designed by Indigenous artist during Artemis II mission ictnews.org/news/canadia...

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Canadian astronaut carries Anishinaabe 7 sacred laws into space - ICT

Jeremy Hansen is wearing a patch designed by Indigenous artist during Artemis II mission

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Beka Feathers @feathersb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

This isn't uncommon and, imo, is a good indicator of weak political commitment to a ceasefire. If parties are committed and intend to comply, they want specifics written down to hold the other side accountable. If not, parties prefer vagueness that leaves violations open to interpretation.

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Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

For those asking on illegality: The threat itself is a violation of IHL, incorporated into the U.S. DoD's Law of War Manual under 10.5.3.2: "Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited." And, if carried out the way he makes it sound --> genocide

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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Critical situation in #DRC, still, with ongoing violence & volatile political situation. I mean, #MONUSCO (& its predecessor MONUC) has been around for decades. Easy to become complacent about a situation in those circumstances. www.jurist.org/news/2026/03...

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UN official warns Security Council of DR Congo crisis amid ongoing violence

A senior UN official told the UN Security Council on Thursday that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to face an “extremely tense” security and political situation. Vivian van de Per...

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AsAmNews @asamnews.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Sandra Wong, the great granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, is preparing to march at the #NoKings Rally in San Francisco. Today is the 128th Anniversary of the SCOTUS decision affirming birthright citizenship.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Sounds like usufruct: “The policy outlines three types of land-use agreements: access agreements that allow tribal members onto the land to reincorporate it into their communities and cultures, collaborative agreements in which land owners work with tribes to care for the land, and land return.”

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California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes — a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise

The new plan aims to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes — representing the acreage the U.S. promised and failed to hold for tribal reservat...

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 15/03/2026

The way our nation turned its back on those who helped us at great risk to themselves and their families is an unforgivable national shame. We owed Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal. Instead, ICE arrested him in front of his children and he died in their custody. We failed him and his family.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

4th Cir., 2-1, affirms a jury finding that the operators of the Abu Ghraib Prison in 2008 are liable for conspiracy to commit torture and conspiracy to commit cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment under the Alien Tort Statute. Damages awarded: $42 million. www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251...

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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

IIFFM #Sudan found 'hallmarks of #genocide' in the attacks on El-Fasher. BUT this is in the context of almost 3 yrs of such violent, ethnically/racially targeted crimes, where non-Arab communities are targeted for rape & killings. A resurgence of the early 2000s genocide. news.un.org/en/story/202...

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Sudan: ‘Hallmarks of genocide’ found in El Fasher, UN investigators detail mass killings and ethnic targeting

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence and enforced disappearances during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region...

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

"Dr. Lafayette played a key role in many of the events that defined the civil rights movement. Soft-spoken and bespectacled, he was known for his meticulous organizing skills and his commitment to nonviolence." this is one of the finest ways to be remembered we should be this lucky

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🧵 Today at @timep.bsky.social, we're launching "The Arab Uprisings 15 Years On: More Than a Moment." I'd like to tell you a bit more. This year, we mark fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings, the single most significant event that changed my life and the life of so many in my generation. (1)

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 01/02/2026

"Five years on, the Myanmar junta has failed to break the will of the people to resist its tyranny and system of repression. It has neither legitimacy nor mandate, and can only resort to violence against the ppl." ✊🏽End impunity! #Rejectshamelection & institutions formed as a result buff.ly/3wLxuZA

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Five years of resistance show Myanmar people’s resolve to dismantle the Myanmar military cartel | Justice For Myanmar

Five years after the Myanmar military’s coup attempt, the people of Myanmar continue to resist through extraordinary courage, determination, and sacrifice.

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Carla Winston @carlawinston.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).

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Beka Feathers @feathersb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Useful framing from the Sanaa Center about the current moment in #Yemen. The government has yet to meet the lowest bar: delivering basic security and services, meaningfully including Southerners and other voices, and conducting govt business through govt institutions, not non-state networks.

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After Hadramawt: An Opportunity to Reset Yemen’s Political Track? - Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies

The Southern Transitional Council’s (STC) seizure of Yemen’s southeastern governorates of Hadramawt and Al-Mahra in early December marked a dangerous turning point, plunging Yemen into a political cri...

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Yes, this. Tactical brilliance. In addition to SELMA (2014), the American experience episode on the sit-ins is terrific in this regard. I often show young organizers the segment on prepping for sit-ins as an example of setting a goal and planning backwards from it for everything you'll need.

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Freedom Riders Train for Non-Violent Civil Rights Protest | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS LearningMedia

Learn how students in Nashville, Tennessee, prepared for civil rights protests by training in the techniques of nonviolent direct action in this excerpt from Freedom Riders | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. This...

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Attorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us · 15/01/2026

The surge of DHS agents into Minnesota has done tremendous harm to the people of Minnesota, and I urge those who have personally experienced or directly witnessed that harm to share their stories with my office. To submit a report, visit: ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned. This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE. ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...

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‘I felt like I was kidnapped’: Ojibwe man recounts ICE detainment - ICT

At least five Native American men have been detained by ICE around Minneapolis following significant immigration raids

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 09/01/2026

With Gambia v. Myanmar public hearings starting on Jan. 12, @adhaque.bsky.social provides an in-depth analysis of technical issues that the ICJ may wish to clarify in its final judgment regarding the intent to kill members of a group: www.justsecurity.org/128222/eleme... #Rohingya #ICJ

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Elements of Genocide: Intent to Kill

In Gambia v. Myanmar, the ICJ should interpret ‘intentionally’ killing members of a group to include both dolus directus and dolus eventualis.

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