Indiana University Emeritus Professor, Department of History, James Madison

(Watching Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, January 14, 2026 reminded me of the US wars on people abroad and at home:  https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/14/saint_paul_city_council_ice )

Federal agents forcefully push through a crowd of bystanders as they attempt to leave the scene where an agent killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026. Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images

In the wake of an ICE agent’s grotesque shooting of an unarmed woman – a US citizen – in Minneapolis on Wednesday, it has become chillingly evident that no one is safe in America from President Donald Trump’s 21st-century Gestapo.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which is slated to close in May 2026 after union workers went on the longest strike in the history of U.S. newspapers (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images).

Millions have seen the video, but some reports suggest that you should not believe your eyes that saw ICE agents murder Renee Nicole Good as she attempted to slowly move her car away from them.

On Friday morning, around 150 parents, students, and educators gathered for a press conference at Lake Hiawatha Park in South Minneapolis to demand ICE leave Minneapolis. The event took place two days after federal agents detained an on-duty school staffer and member of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators (MFE) at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis.

The United Nations Office of Human Rights, headed by Volker Türk, on Wednesday issued an extensive report on the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank in which it for the first time described Isra

Every time people or corporations or countries that are richer and more powerful attack and exploit those that are not, the fabric of civilization frays.’ Photograph: Nicole Combeau/EPA

Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, on February 22, 1997. (Davidoff Studios / Getty Images)

The Trump administration is rewarding states for cutting food assistance.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Monday announced some of the state-by-state disbursement from the Rural Health Transformation Program. Every state will receive between $145 million and $281 million next year—but some are rightly upset about how the money is being awarded.

Leonardo Garcia Venegas was detained by immigration agents while filming a raid on his worksite, despite having a REAL ID on him and telling the officers he was a citizen.

When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

Pope Leo XIV stands in front of a Christmas nativity scene at Paul-VI hall in the Vatican on December 15, 2025. (Andreas Solaro / AFP via Getty Images)

As John Fugelsang, who runs the risk of becoming this era’s ablest political commentator, reminds us, “The Christmas economy depends on people buying possessions to celebrate the birthday of the man who renounced possessions.”

A still from the 60 Minutes segment held by Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News.

The Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District in Arizona agreed in January to undergo federal monitoring after investigators uncovered racial and sexual harassment of students there. But the district has not heard from the U.S. Department of Education since President Donald Trump took office. Jesse Rieser for ProPublica

In Colorado, students taunted their Black classmates by playing whipping sounds on their cellphones and saying they should be shot “to make us a better race.”

A hearing in a domestic violence case at the Scott County Justice Center in Huntsville, Tennessee, in 2024. The county has implemented a number of reforms that inspired a proposed state law and policy changes in other Tennessee courtrooms. Stacy Kranitz for ProPublica

Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.

This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for purchasing healthcare insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) markets to the floor for a vote. The proposal extends the credits for three years.

The Trump FBI is drawing up an enemies list that could encompass well over half the US public: Do you “advance…opposition to law and immigration enforcement”? Do you have “extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders”? Show an “adherence to radical gender ideology,” meaning you think trans people exist? Do you exhibit (what the Trump administration would interpret as) “anti-Americanism,” “anti-capitalism” or “anti-Christianity”? Do you display “hostility towards traditional views on family, religion and morality”?

Attorney General Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list of groups or entities engaging in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism,” according to a Justice Department memo published here exclusively.

The target is those expressing “opposition to law and immigration enforcement; extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders; adherence to radical gender ideology,” as well as “anti-Americanism,” “anti-capitalism,” and “anti-Christianity.”

ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows

Move Comes as Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Cancer Patients’ Lawsuits Against Glyphosate-maker Bayer

Housing is a central need that provides us a place to call home. In the cold winter months, it is more critical than ever to be safe from the weather, and for families with young children, housing contributes to a thriving future.