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Bad News First
The news can be overwhelming, but it can also help focus our engagement. Let’s take a quick peek.
- Reporting revealed that a contractor overseeing more than a dozen ICE facilities successfully sought reduced protections for detainees and a White House cabinet member invested in a kratom company supported policy changes in the company’s favor.
- The administration is quietly making census data potentially less useful and sunsetting standards for federal data center usage, while arguing in court that Elon Musk’s company xAI must be allowed to run unpermitted turbines alleged to be polluting Mississippi for secret reasons.
- The unwinding of the Department of Education continues, shifting disability rights and civil rights programs to other agencies.
But Here’s the Good News
Encouraging developments don’t always make the headlines. But people all over the world are showing us how to show up.
- Look how the good people of Lawrence Kansas have welcomed the Algerian soccer team.
- Look how the Albanian people are standing against a new Trump resort.
- Look at the people of Belfast, standing up against anti-immigrant rioters.
And Here’s What You Can Do
Even small efforts have the potential to ripple out in ways we don’t expect. Plus, doing good is good for you.
- Download 20 letters and join a one-hour virtual letter writing party some Monday or Tuesday.
- The Center for Common Ground educates and empowers voters of color in states where their vote is suppressed. Can you help?
- Read this Brennan Center brief on Money in Politics for clues on where those weird ads are coming from.
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