Leakers Helped Destroy the Deportation Case Against Tufts Student This week, a judge finally dismissed the deporation case, which was built solely on an op-ed, against the Tufts doctoral student.

The disclosures revealed the case was built entirely on an op-ed Rümeysa Öztürk co-wrote, a chilling attack on free speech.

Newly Unveiled Photos of MLK Jr. Show Depth of NYPD’s Surveillance After J. Edgar Hoover cast civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as a “liar,” the New York City Police Department’s spy unit heeded the call.

Just as Trump demonizes leftist organizers today as domestic terrorists, both federal officials and local police in the South and North condemned civil rights activists as rioters and insurrectionists.

She Criticized the Mayor’s Support for Israel on Facebook. Then the Cops Showed Up at Her Door. She criticized the Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner’s “blind support for Israel.” Then the cops showed up at her door.

“This Facebook post was protected speech, and it’s not a close question — not remotely.”

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’ Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’

Journalists’ cameras become targets at Oregon protests Federal agents in Portland are waging war on the press

Every journalist hit with a stinger grenade or pepper ball by law enforcement while covering a protest is a message from the government: Stop showing the truth.

Journalists must speak out.

Along with Melvin Lindsey––a queer Black radio host who passed from AIDS in ’92––Hughes also pioneered the “quiet storm” late-night music programming format that still shapes the music industry til this day. ✨

I frequently heard Cathy Hughes’ political segments on Majic 102.1 in the car with my parents.

Until a couple of years ago, I’d never even seen her face –– I just remember feeling empowered by her gift of uncovering the relatable and personal angle of any issue that seemed abstract.

In the Midst of Senioritis: College Seniors Struggle to Access Timely Mental Health Support at Howard   – Howard University News Service

Thanks to @howard.edu’s student journalists and faculty editors for welcoming my perspective.

It’s an honor to contribute to Howard University News Service, based in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications. Cathy Hughes’ voice informed my burgeoning racial politics during high school––

How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests Internal emails reveal U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on the student movement for Palestine.

Officials at the University of Houston used Dataminr to surveil students, while University of Connecticut administrators voiced concerns over protests against a military contractor and major donor.

"This breakdown of an absolutist, us-versus-them mindset that ‘othered’ Arab Palestinians is exactly what some veterans pinpoint as the catalyst of moral injury related to IDF disaffiliation."

"‘But eventually, that defence breaks down, leaving soldiers with psychological collapse, identity conflict, and political disillusionment,' says Eruyar."

"Dr. Seyda Eruyar, a trauma psychologist and Turkish professor, posited hat some soldiers may initially cope with the guilt of killing civilians by dehumanizing them, an action that could allow them to emotionally detach from their actions."

"Yet reports indicate that only 25 percent of detained Gazans have been militants, and 83 percent of the more than 67,000 slain Gazans were civilians."

Is Moral Injury Behind the Rise in Suicides Among Israeli Soldiers? Suicides among Israeli soldiers have hit a 13-year high. Moral injury—the scarred conscience ensuing from ethical dilemmas where no choice feels right—may be a central catalyst.

For Psychology Today, I wrote about how the suicide rate within the IDF––which conscripts all Jewish Israelis over 18––has hit a 13-year high.

"Some veterans claim that the IDF coerced them to act using threatening ultimatums, and, notably propaganda that trafficked in anti-Arab racism."

"Over 99% of amputations are performed in substandard conditions, and most could have been avoided with standard care.

There’s hardly any anesthesia, antiseptic, sterilization solutions, surgical tools, or biomedical devices."

How Structural Ableism Is Worsening the Crisis in Gaza There is a disability crisis in Gaza, particularly among children. But their suffering too often goes overlooked.

For Psychology Today, I wrote about the disability crisis in Gaza, which now has the most child amputees per capita: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyo...

Gaza’s medical infrastructure has endured 697 attacks that destroyed 94% of hospitals and left 2k hospital beds for over +155k injured people.

"Narcissists want bystanders and associates to take sides based on loyalty, not contextualization, critical thinking, or perspective-taking."

"They feel betrayed by anyone who filters their embellishments and exaggerations through healthy skepticism, anyone who attempts to humanize or empathize with their targets, or anyone whose perspective-taking points out their own insecurities, projections, and manipulation/victimization tactics."

"The greater the mob, the more convinced they are that they're innocent, despite their unconscionable psychological abuse, bullying, and manipulation.

"This self-deception can explain why narcissists are big on loyalty (e.g., creating an echo chamber of enablers that does not burst their bubble)."

"Narcissists engage in relational aggression not just to appear blameless, but also to convince themselves that they are blameless.

They interpret social power as a form of social proof that justifies their aggressive and harmful self-righteousness."

How Narcissists May Groom Bystanders to Abandon Scapegoats Narcissists often attempt to remain blameless by using exile and isolation as tools of suppression, and by recruiting an echo chamber of enablers seeking to prove their loyalty.

For Psychology Today, I wrote about how narcissists often attempt to remain blameless by using exile and isolation as tools of suppression, and by recruiting echo chambers of enablers seeking to prove their loyalty:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyo...

"By victim-playing to a new lover who is eager to prove their emotional intelligence and capacity to be a safe space, the narcissist manipulates them into feeling that sharing enemies is a necessary rite of passage or sacrifice for the relationship to solidify."

"They know that the beginning of relationships can feel tentative, probationary, and fraught with baggage in terms of trust issues.

Thus, new partners—even if they are not otherwise gullible—can be unknowingly groomed to resent the narcissist's ex-partner/former supply."

How and Why Narcissists Weaponize New Partners Against Exes Learn why many narcissists exploit the attachment and protectiveness of romantic partners in order to protect their grandiose self-concept and self-serving conflict narratives.

For Psychology Today, I discussed how narcissists often weaponize new partners against exes:

"Narcissists often exploit in new partners an unspoken obligation to prove one's commitment, loyalty, and protectiveness."

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyo...

How to Help Therapy Clients Adapt to an HIV+ Diagnosis Serophobia, or discrimination against those living with HIV, is a structural, social, and internalized prejudice that can impact mental health and self-worth.

Last December, for Psychology Today, I published a practical guide/tool covering 5 types of anxiety commonly experienced by those recently diagnosed with HIV:

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyo...

8 Preventable Pitfalls of Restorative Justice Processes What if accountability wasn't framed as a spiteful threat of banishment and ridicule, but instead a pathway back to relationality for people who actually want to change?

7) shifting goalposts ("you fulfilled every single thing, so let's extend the final step/change course...again")

8) undefined communication channels or timetables ("you're unaccountable if you reach out...and if not")

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyo...

5) favoritism ("X and Y both did the same/similar things, but show absolutely no mercy on X––be relentless")

6) no checks and balances ("there's no such thing as taking it too far if you're the wronged party")

These 8 pitfalls are:

1) absolutist thinking ("they're all good/bad" + moral absolutism)

2) cynical/defeatist thinking ("they'll never change")

3) masochism/schadenfreude ("scapegoat them")

4) exile ("strip away the community they need to heal")

8 Preventable Pitfalls of Restorative Justice Processes What if accountability wasn't framed as a spiteful threat of banishment and ridicule, but instead a pathway back to relationality for people who actually want to change?

Last October, for Psychology Today, I wrote a practical guide/tool that outlines 8 roadblocks to generative conflict resolution that can deter personal accountability from flourishing––specifically during mediation and restorative justice processes: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyo...

Responding to a question from @democracynow.org on Wednesday, during his first press conference as mayor-elect,
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said ICE agents who break the law in New York will be held accountable by his administration. "Everyone will be held to the same standard," he said.