🎙️Stream the first episode of our new podcast, Forced from Home.

@jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social sat down with Vali Nasr to unpack the human cost of the war in Iran.

Take a listen. Like and subscribe to Forced from Home wherever you listen to podcasts.
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📢 Congress must demand humanitarian access and accountability in Gaza, in line with U.S. law. We urge members to pass:

🟢Block the Bombs Act
🟢Justice for Hind Rajab Act
🟢@sanders.senate.gov's Joint Resolutions of Disapproval

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Applications are open for the #NewAmericanSpeakersProgram – Cohort 10 🎤✨
This 10-week online program is designed for newcomers who want to build confidence in public speaking & share their personal stories with impact.
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This. Is. Murder. Even. If. No. One. Calls. It. That.

Column: SNAP provides invaluable stability for newcomer families Stability starts with a foundation. For newcomer families across Virginia, SNAP is that foundation, Harrisonburg City Councilman Nasser Alsaadun writes.

With the Virginia General Assembly continuing negotiations to finalize the state’s budget, Council Member Alsaadun is urging lawmakers to help ensure no Virginian families go hungry in the @pilotonline.com.
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I'm glad this conversation is being had, but I am flabbergasted (or maybe shocked but not surprised) every time I read an AI piece that doesn't mention its impacts on climate change and the environment (e.g., energy and water usage, pollution). Those are also part of a just society and ethical use.

Solar permitting scorecard A majority of states have done little to adopt common-sense practices that reduce the costs and delays that permitting and inspection requirements impose on families wishing to install solar panels an...

Ooh, good stuff here from @permitpower.bsky.social: a scorecard that ranks all 50 states on how easy it is to install solar, how smooth they've made permitting & interconnection, etc.

DE-AMAZON YR LIFE:

Audible—> @libro.fm
Goodreads—> @thestorygraph.com
Amazon—> @bookshop.org

Even Low-Risk Homes Are Caught Up in California’s Climate Insurance Crisis The state’s insurer of last resort is meant for high fire risk properties but homeowners in areas unlikely to burn are now being forced into the plan.

Here comes the Great Climate Insurance Collapse.

Our state legislators have the opportunity to protect all Virginians | Guest column Virginia lawmakers should curb ICE collaboration and protect our immigrant and refugee neighbors from harmful federal enforcement that threatens community safety and trust.

Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed is urging the Virginia General Assembly to protect communities & enact legislation that would limit collaboration with ICE.
“All Virginians, regardless of how long they’ve called this home, should be able to live here without fear.”
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"Downright disgraceful”: Gillibrand demands evacuation plan for Americans stranded in war zone Exclusive to Mother Jones: The senator says the administration has no plan to evacuate citizens after launching strikes on Iran.

“The Trump administration just told Americans: ‘you’re on your own.”,” Gillibrand’s letter reads, referencing the State Department hotline. “When it comes to the safety of American citizens,” she continued, “‘you’re on your own’ is an unacceptable answer.”

Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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Image caption: Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson speaks to a guard during a tour of the Krome detention facility in Miami on December 30, 1981, after the quelling of a hunger strike during the Christmas holiday. Jackson's visit brought media attention to conditions at the facility. Mark Foley. Reprinted with permission from AP Photo.

Jesse Jackson visiting the Krome Detention Center in 1981. He exposed the racist policy of mandatory detention of Haitians who were deemed "economic" refugees not worthy of asylum. Image from @tinashull.bsky.social's book Detention Empire.

Death of Rohingya Refugee After Abandonment by CBP Requires Investigation - Refugees International We are saddened by the needless death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee who had been detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Refugees International is saddened by the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee who had been detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents.

CBP's actions must be thoroughly investigated. Statement from @endgenocidedan.bsky.social
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911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.

NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents.

Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress.

Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg.

My report:

Expansion of Global Gag Rule Will Have Deadly Consequences for Women and Girls - Refugees International The expansion of the Global Gag Rule will no doubt have deadly consequences for women and girls around the world.

🚨The expansion of the Global Gag Rule will have deadly consequences for women & girls globally.

It will lead to clinic closures, service disruptions, and the loss of trusted health providers, particularly in humanitarian and conflict-affected settings.
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Risk of Renewed War in Tigray With the possibility of renewed fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, reminders and recommendations for the world to take preventive action.

With the possibility of new fighting in #Tigray, the U.S. and the rest of the world must act now to avoid an even greater cataclysm.

The painful impact of the 2020-2022 war must not be forgotten. Read the latest from Sarah Miller in @justsecurity.org.
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Refugees International Condemns DHS Memo Authorizing Detention of Thousands of Lawfully Admitted Refugees - Refugees International The move is historically unprecedented and based on false and hateful distortions of both refugees and U.S. law.

A memo from the Trump admin has authorized the roundup, detention, interrogation, & deportation of thousands of refugees resettled in the U.S.

100,000+ people may be subject to this unprecedented and cruel policy. Our statement @yaelschacher.bsky.social
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Aid and Accountability for Sudanese Refugees in Chad - Refugees International Immediate action is required to keep people alive in the Sudan–Chad corridor, and relief efforts must be combined with accountability.

Survivors who fled #ElFasher to Eastern Chad are facing a strained humanitarian response contracting under aid cuts.

Urgent action is needed to keep people alive. Relief efforts must be combined with accountability.

More from @qulshtm.bsky.social.
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What would you spend $1.65 million a day on?

Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

And donate.

Every time they kill one of us, help us make the resistance even stronger.

My group chats are full of Minnesotans reacting to today’s murder by figuring out ways they can help.

We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.

Let’s make a list of things that could help.

One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.

We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.

US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protestors in Minnesota

Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.

One court decision, two different headlines.

Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?

Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.

Beef has a huge environmental cost. And the only real fix is to consume less of it.

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Join WAAA, @rcusa.bsky.social, Church World Service @humanrightsfirst.org @npnewamericans.bsky.social on February 2nd for a webinar:

The 2026 Roadmap: Refugee Resettlement, Asylum, and Humanitarian Protection Trends
📅 Monday, February 2nd, 2026
⏰ 1pm ET

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Power, Land, and Informality: How Cartels Shape Governance and Urban Life in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228 Valentine Opanga and Detlef Müller-Mahn (Project C03 "Green Futures") examine how land cartels operate as powerful, embedded actors in Nairobi’s informal

New Publication:

Valentine Opanga & Detlef Müller-Mahn reframe land cartels in Nairobi not as anomalies, but as structurally embedded actors in the city’s urban metabolism.

Their research calls for moving beyond legality/illegality binaries.

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Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.

A third undocumented immigrant detained at a sprawling concentration camp run by DHS in the Texas desert has died, ICE announced Sunday. It is the third such death in 44 days. ICE is systematically blocking efforts by members of Congress to inspect the facility.