tools for commensality 🧿7h ago

“Why is it that so many white Americans are willing to continue to vote for a president that is demolishing democracy, so long as he’s willing to affirm them effectively as true Americans?”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/25/i-saw-the-backlash-coming-civil-rights-activist-kimberle-crenshaw-on-america-and-race

#usPol #CivilRights #CriticalRaceTheory #intersectionality

‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race

She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to power

The Guardian
David Scott Moyer11h ago

https://youtu.be/v02TAGv--6k?si=zPpRH8ZMHst7ds98

#DavidBrooks makes noise about how many people are moving to #redstates from #bluestates. He is foolish to assume that those people will vote #Republican, especially after experiencing the lack of #services, the horrendous #education, and the erosion of #civilrights happening in red states. #Arizona was reliably red, and then millions of people moved there. It has since passed through purple to blue.

Brooks and Capehart on the partisan redistricting battle

YouTube
Steve Luker14h ago

From deportation to denaturalization to bank accounts. The line keeps moving — and it's not stopping where you think it will.

New piece at The Broken Spoke examining what the immigration crackdown actually is, who it's hitting, and who it isn't.

https://stevenluker.substack.com/p/20260425-from-deportation-to-denaturalization

#Immigration #Denaturalization #StephenMiller #ImmigrationPolicy #CivilRights #Journalism #Substack

From Deportation to Denaturalization.

From Deportation to Denaturalization: How Far Is This Going to Go?

The Broken Spoke
Killer Rabbit 901d ago
Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining https://theintercept.com/2026/04/24/palantir-irs-contract-data/ #uspoli #TrumpRegime #Palantir #DataMining #PrivacyRights #RegulateTech #TechRegulation #CivilRights
Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining

Military contractor Palantir has been paid more than $130 million by the IRS to analyze sensitive federal databases.

The Intercept
Eric Darnley Small2d ago
A former NC law enforcement officer was arrested with a handgun & 200+ rounds of ammo at a Florida hotel — allegedly headed to commit a racially motivated mass shooting at a major Louisiana festival. Christopher Gillum, who is white, had allegedly expressed explicit threats to harm Black people. His own family reported him missing and tipped off police. Jazz Fest draws 460,000+ attendees. A tragedy was potentially averted — but the threat exposes an urgent and ongoing crisis of racially motivated violence in America. Stay informed.
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-festival-mass-shooting-arrest-f2b60f1e8415c9177c04c230ce930c76
#JazzFest #NewOrleans #HateCrime #RacialViolence #MassShooting #Arrested #Louisiana #CivilRights #BreakingNews #StayAlert
Ex-officer planned to kill Black people at a New Orleans festival, police say

A Florida county sheriff's office says they arrested a former law enforcement officer whom federal authorities say planned a mass shooting targeting Black people at a large festival in New Orleans. The event wasn't named, but the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival got underway Thursday. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office says Christopher Gillum from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was wanted for terroristic threats. Deputies arrested him Wednesday at a hotel and found a handgun and about 200 rounds of ammunition in his room. Gillum once worked in a North Carolina county sheriff's office and as a police officer. It wasn't known if he had a lawyer and phone messages were left for him.

AP News
NYT > Home Page2d ago

Trump Officials Investigate N.Y.C. Schools Over Pro-Palestinian Group

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/nyregion/nyc-schools-trump-civil-rights-investigation.html

#Politics #Education #CivilRights

Trump Officials Investigate N.Y.C. Schools Over Pro-Palestinian Group

The federal Department of Education said it would begin a civil rights investigation, reviewing teachings by a group known as N.Y.C. Educators for Palestine.

The New York Times
NOLIGARCHY.US2d ago
World Cup visitors: be warned.
Amnesty and U.S. civil-rights groups just issued a travel advisory about U.S. immigration policy and widening authoritarian risks.
It bundles civil liberties and public-safety concerns — because doors and borders now affect the same freedoms.
https://go.noligarchy.us/VQcLQz #US #CivilRights
Rights Groups Issue World Cup Travel Advisory for the U.S. - noligarchy.us

Amnesty International and U.S. civil rights groups have issued a World Cup travel advisory for the United States. The warning says Trump’s immigration policies

noligarchy.us
NPR Politics Podcast2d ago

Civil rights group says federal charges are political

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797249/civil-rights-group-says-federal-charges-are-political

#Politics #CivilRights #News

Eric Darnley Small2d ago
The U.S. government wants to strip citizenship from 384 naturalized Americans — and that's just the beginning. The DOJ is deploying prosecutors across 39 regional offices to massively accelerate denaturalizations, targeting more people in one push than the entire period from 1990–2017 (305 cases total). While fraud is the legal basis, experts warn this is about far more. "The message it sends is that naturalized citizens don't have the same rights as native-born citizens," says UVA law professor Amanda Frost. Is your citizenship actually secure? The answer may disturb you. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html
#Immigration #Citizenship #Denaturalization #DOJ #TrumpAdministration #ImmigrationLaw #CivilRights #USPolitics #BreakingNews
Trump Administration Aims to Strip Citizenship From Hundreds of Naturalized Americans

The Trump administration is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of U.S. citizenship.

The New York Times
AP Top News (via Google News)2d ago

Civil rights groups condemn Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment and prepare for legal fights - AP News

https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirAFBVV95cUxPeXl4LUVjMDg3TFRMQjJ1OHQ3M21NSFRuQWNIUWNSeDZfbDdtT091TkhwRWMxUEs1UnhnVFlsS3VNRFFla1kzVldtUlJteGlYNS1zWmRiYU45QzRpSVY2RlVsRHYwaFV1RDFDZ0xrdVJuZlozeFV1THBKT0VjWjlCSVRGQ3FpaHpvSVhDMEFZcjZWNk5pU3JUcV9fYXpxTERmejd0UEN6UlJ6d0lF?oc=5

#CivilRights #Law #News

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