Four Medill students in front of AmDocs Film Fest backdrop

AmDocs Film Fest flyers on top of table

Three students stand on stage, one of them on the left holds a microphone

Three Medill students standing with Medill alumnus in Palm Springs

We are so proud of Professor @brenthuffman.bsky.social's students whose documentaries premiered at the Academy Award-qualifying American Documentary And Animation Film Festival in Palm Springs! 🎬 Congratulations to these first-time filmmakers. 🎉

So incredibly HONORED to be part of the second Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) graduation on Monday.

I was so very proud of my students who accepted their diplomas in front of their families, peers, and faculty.
(I was in tears most of the time!)

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

Thank you to Ama Vanniarachchy at Ceylon Today for the wonderful feature story about my work in #Yemen.

This story is an update on my work documenting the work of Yemeni women to save the threatened #heritage of their country: ceylontoday.lk/2026/01/24/s...

A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY

Credit: @mommmaliz.bsky.social

Thank you to Professor Jennifer Lackey, and all the NPEP staff, who created this wonderful pioneering program that transforms lives and helps students reach their unlimited potential.

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.

The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

Brent Huffman standing with people in Yemen.

Brent Huffman holding video camera in front of a man in Yemen.

Congrats to @brenthuffman.bsky.social who was awarded with a @buffett.northwestern.edu Faculty Fellowship to pursue his research. His documentary, “Yemen Mosaic,” is about Yemeni women working to save the cultural heritage of Yemen as they face threats including war and climate change.

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

BREAKING NEWS: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps says the Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the United States ends its blockade.

Thank you to Professor Jennifer Lackey, and all the NPEP staff, who created this wonderful pioneering program that transforms lives and helps students reach their unlimited potential.

So incredibly HONORED to be part of the second Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) graduation on Monday.

I was so very proud of my students who accepted their diplomas in front of their families, peers, and faculty.
(I was in tears most of the time!)

The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks.

The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.

It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

The problem with trying to convince Trump supporters that he’s an idiot is that they’re idiots too.

The entire GOP are corrupt traitors who have betrayed America

The grift never ends. Most corrupt regime in history

'The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants': Pope Leo XVI <article data-history-node-id="438404" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/world-being-ravaged-handful-tyrants-pope-leo-xvi" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/world-being-ravaged-handful-tyrants-pope-leo-xvi" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants': Pope Leo XVI </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Pope Leo XVI during a visit to Cameroon has slammed world leaders for manipulating religion for war.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”<br> <br> Pope Leo XVI has said the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” during a visit to Cameroon, criticising world leaders for manipulating religion for war <a href="https://t.co/XVQ0Zko1UK">pic.twitter.com/XVQ0Zko1UK</a></p> — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2044995996976029701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p><br> &nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

'The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants': Pope Leo XVI - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...

Peace, but only during trading hours

Hungary's election is a reminder that no matter how much a dictator rigs the system, there's no defense against nearly 80% of voters showing up…

Remember that.

So proud!

Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States.

Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay.

Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater.

This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning.

Never doubt your power to change the system.

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs.

Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026.

This is what corporate greed looks like.

Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

[Via @itep.org]

Man shot by ICE agents during California traffic stop arrested by FBI after hospital release, lawyer says | CNN A man who was shot by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Central California last week was arrested by the FBI upon release from the hospital Monday, according to his lawyer.

A man who was shot seven times by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Central California last week was arrested by the FBI upon release from the hospital Monday, according to his lawyer. ICE contends he's wanted for murder but his family insists it's a case of mistaken identity as he was acquitted.

Barrera said her husband said the smell of human feces in the toilet caused a fellow detainee to vomit and, in turn, created a chain of people vomiting. She said her husband is asthmatic and has not received medication to treat his condition. The lack of medicine and the stress of the overcrowded holding cell has left him short of breath and teetering on the edge of an asthma attack, Barrera said. ICE did not immediately respond to questions on April 10 about the conditions of the Mesa or Phoenix facilities. After the publication of this article, Barrera told The Arizona Republic her husband was transferred to the ICE facility at San Luis Regional Detention Center at about midnight. The San Luis Regional Detention Center is in Southwestern Arizona and has the capacity to hold 700 people.

This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.

Not feeling good about giving my hard earned money to the oligarchs, to fund illegal & unnecessary "wars,"or fund any of this admin's crooked schemes.
Not at all 'good.'

You know what's really embarrassing about this conflict? Iran has a 90 percent literacy rate while 50 per cent of the US reads at the 6th grade level or below. Iran sent Phds to the ceasefire talks. The US sent realtors.

So glad to see someone so beautifully articulate what I think about almost every day….