Lawyers, advocates say prosecution of some anti-ICE activists is meant to curb activism | MPR News

Even if federal charges against anti-ICE activists don’t stick, some worry that the Trump Administration is using prosecutions to suppress dissenting views. — Read on http://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/26/lawyers-and-advocates-say-the-prosecution-of-some-anti-ice-activists-meant-to-curb-activism

Rebuild Gaza x The Sameer Project | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising

With your help, your contributions we can help families return, we can be a part of history bringing Palestinians back to they land, we can support those who have lost everything, we can clean up Gaza, we can start to heal. — Read on chuffed.org/project/149178-sameer-project-x-mass-displacement-campaign

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action | AP News

According to current and former DEA agents and records reviewed by The Associated Press, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico from 2023 to 2025. — Read on apnews.com/article/dea-fentanyl-unseized-drugs-new-mexico-8f5b546e668e5007c64078da74b90903

In the Details, Week Ending 6/21/2026 (3): “Strong Mayor” Off to Ballot after Split Vote & Mayoral Tie Breaker; Non-Profit Allies No-Show for Becker Contract Change; CPRA Director Pushes Back on Council’s Anti-Oversight Budget Decision

In the Details, Week Ending 6/21/2026 (3): “Strong Mayor” Off to Ballot after Split Vote & Mayoral Tie Breaker; Non-Profit Allies No-Show for Becker Contract Change; CPRA Director Pushes Back on Council’s Anti-Oversight Budget Decision — Read on oakland-observer.ghost.io/in-the-details-week-ending-6-21-2026-3-strong-mayor-off-to-ballot-after-split-vote-mayoral-tie-breaker-once-allied-orgs-are-no-show-for-beckers-revenue-cutting-request-cpra-director-pus/

From Cell to Cell, Jailed Minnesota Unionists Sang of Freedom | Labor Notes

Yesterday the federal government arrested and indicted 15 people, many of them union activists, on conspiracy charges over the protests and massive strike against ICE in Minnesota last winter. Two of those indicted had just returned from the Labor Notes Conference, where Emmett Doyle’s prize-winning song “Hold the Line” was also sung (see box). TheContinue reading “From Cell to Cell, Jailed Minnesota Unionists Sang of Freedom | Labor Notes”

Everybody’s Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson: My Interview With Shira Small

Sometimes, you have ideas that just sit inside you for years. You think they’ll be something you never get to write. I am so very glad this dream piece finally happened. — Read on timgrierson.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-interview-with-shira-small.html

EXCLUSIVE: Deported Adelanto Hunger Striker Speaks Out For the First Time ~ L.A. TACO

Kyron Shakeel Swaso, 35, spoke with L.A. TACO following his deportation to Belize, in what he says was an act of retaliation for organizing a hunger strike at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. — Read on lataco.com/deported-adelanto-hunger-striker-speaks-out