Friday, September 11, 2026
An ice sculpture reading "Prosecute ICE" outside the Minnesota State Capitol. Photo: Chad Davis / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Minnesota Truth Council opens hearings into federal immigration raids

A 15-member panel created by executive order is gathering testimony on two ICE operations that ran through the state over the winter.
A cell block at Camp Delta, the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Photo: US government, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

25 Years Ago, 9/11 Triggered a U.S. Crusade of Torture

Norman Solomon traces 25 years of CIA and military detention practices since September 11, and the officials who faced no consequences for them.
An "ICE Out of MN for Good" banner in Minneapolis. Photo: Chad Davis / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections

A prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that Trump officials quashed those plans.
A child using a smartphone. Photo: Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

UNICEF Report Underscores Rising Rates of Tech-Facilitated Sexual Abuse Targeting Children

UNICEF finds that approximately 1 in 5 of all children surveyed reported facing tech-facilitated sexual abuse.
Taiwan's Central Mountain Range, home to the Bunun and other Indigenous communities. Photo: Lord Koxinga, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Displaced by a typhoon, Taiwan’s Bunun people fear for the future of their culture

Nestled high on a mountain slope in southern Taiwan, Tengjhih was a key settlement of the Bunun Indigenous people. Today, however, little remains but memories of the hamlet.  Wild grass sprouts around abandoned houses. Stray dogs have made the empty streets their territory.
National Guard troops. Photo: Sgt. Skyler Schendt (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

150 groups back think tank targeted by Trump’s $5 billion lawsuit threat

Trump's attorney gave the nonprofit four days to retract a report finding no crime-reduction effect from military deployments, or face a lawsuit seeking $5 billion in damages.
The California State Capitol in Sacramento. Photo: Andre m, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

California could soon end child marriage after years of debate

Before the new ban passed, California didn't even have a minimum age for marriage — unlike most other states.
The flag of Haiti. Photo: Cloudcounter (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

DHS video shows shackled Haitians boarding deportation flight, days after TPS ends

A Miami archbishop who has lobbied Washington for Haitian migrants says the country is still "a house on fire," a week after a gang massacre in Port-au-Prince killed dozens.
An ICE civil detention center in Karnes County, Texas. Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

House Democrats demand ICE cancel $16.7 million contract for electric shock gloves

Fifty House Democrats and sixteen senators say the devices leave no visible mark, and point to a Kentucky man who died after being shocked with similar gloves by corrections officers.
A statue of Simón Bolívar. Photo: Jyothis, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Plaguing the Americas with Misery in the Name of Liberty

From the January invasion of Venezuela to a $20 billion bailout for Argentina's Milei, the authors trace how Washington's money, military and media reach are driving a rightward turn across Latin America.