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On Friday, the Department of Justice released millions more documents held in cases relating to Jeffrey Epstein, AKA the “Epstein Files.” The files are full of allegations and outright admissions of horrific behavior by elites of the billionaire and political class. However, at this point it seems consequences are unlikely beyond a few days of media headlines about increased “scrutiny.

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My first organizing job closed last summer. To the outside world, Trump-era policies for nonprofits are to blame. As a person who’s been in movements for decades, I know there is no single reason why any organization closes. But all of these causes are made worse by an inability to deal with discord and disagreement. This culture of avoidance is not unique; rather it is woven into our campaigns…

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Every day we face a constant stream of government lies. Illegal and immoral use of military force. Defiance of international law and global public opinion. Ravenous hunger for oil, and US wars to feed it. Kidnapping and torture. Rampant Islamophobia and anti-immigrant hysteria. Repression of dissent and demonization of dissenters. Killing of women and children excused as mere “collateral damage.”…

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The past year has driven home a hard truth to everyone in our movements for social justice: what got us here will not get us where we need to go. Many of the tools we have used to advance rights over the last six decades no longer work. Those in power have shown us there is no limit to their cruelty. Our suffering only increases their ambitions. They are counting on us to live in fear…

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Last week, Minneapolis-based poet and activist Kyle Tran Myhre hosted a virtual workshop called What Can Artists Do? What Are We Doing? in light of the massive ICE and CBP surge in his city. His expectation was that a few dozen people might attend. Instead, over 500 people joined to discuss and wrestle with the ways artists can engage and show up to help get ICE out of Minneapolis and beyond.

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The hottest fashion accessory this season is the whistle. Whistles have taken off as a tactic partly because they just work: Rapid response patrols, or even just neighbors who happen to be looking out their windows at the right time, can show up when federal agents are active, make a bunch of noise, and gather a crowd. That way, those agents’ actions don’t happen in the dark. They know they are…

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Dear Organizers: Minnesota is currently under siege from the federal government in a lawless, militarized ICE operation that is daily violating the constitutional rights of citizens and residents of our state. The Trump Administration has also sought to freeze Minnesota’s childcare, healthcare, food assistance, and small-business loan funding, and has used the Department of Justice to…

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This month on the Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you’d assume. Joining to help build this month’s Attention Economy Navigator in real time are friends of the pod Shaira Chaer, Senior Strategist at ReFrame, and Jess St. Louis…

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This month on the Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you’d assume. Just a quick content note: this discussion includes stories about murder, gun violence, an antisemitic attack against a house of worship, revenge porn, and child sexual abuse material. It’…

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Trump’s decision to bomb Venezuela, abduct its head of state, and openly declare that the United States will “run” the country is a direct violation of national self-determination and international law. No foreign power has the right to seize or detain another country’s leaders by force, nor dictate its political direction or economic policy. The Venezuelan people alone have the right to decide…

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