Europe builds its own payment network, ditches Visa - Boing Boing
Visa and Mastercard process $24 trillion a year. Trump can weaponize them. Europe is building an alternative.
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics
The US government has found a frighteningly efficient way to keep tabs on citizens who criticize the government: just demand their personal data from Google.According to recent reporting from the …
Anthropic's $200M Pentagon Contract at Risk Over Objections to Domestic Surveillance, Autonomous Deployments
Talks "are at a standstill" for Anthropic's potential $200 million contract with America's Defense Department, reports Reuters (citing several people familiar with the discussions.") The two issues?
- Using AI to surveil Americans
- Safeguards against deploying AI autonomously
The company's po...
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Rice University students launch public map tracking ICE activity
After ICE enforcement halted their volunteer program in Southeast Houston, two Rice University freshmen launched ICE Map, tracking arrest and detention activity
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Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities
Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.
French Lawmakers Vote To Ban Social Media Use By Under-15s
French lawmakers have voted to ban social media access for children under 15 and prohibit mobile phones in high schools, positioning France as the second country after Australia to impose sweeping age-based digital restrictions. The Guardian reports: The lower national assembly adopted the text by ...
Pluralistic: Carney isn’t a hero (and that’s OK) (27 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Why the New College of Florida Story Matters: It's 'Ground Zero' for the Anti-DEI Takeover of Higher Education, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.
Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Catalog to Greenland For Free
Neil Young has escalated his way against Amazon due to Jeff Bezos' support of Trump, and is giving his music to the people of Greenland.
The Second American Civil War Has Begun | David Todd McCarty
I never considered a civil war where the government attacked its own citizens, and its supporters cheered them on. I don’t know why I didn’t think that was an option here. Did I mention my naivety?
Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters - CBS Minnesota
Minnesota State Patrol troopers used a powerful sound system first used by the military in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to communicate and disperse noisy protesters.
When Fear Shows Up at School: Supporting Students During ICE Crackdowns
'Are they coming to take us away?' asked kindergarteners in Minnesota.
Alabama Senate passes ban on ‘three-cueing’ method of reading instruction
The Alabama Senate passed a bill Thursday morning that bans the use of an education strategy known as the three-cueing system.SB 168, sponsored by Sen. Donnie Chesteen, R-Geneva, codifies the Alabama State Board of Education’s May 2024 ban of the method. Three-cueing is a teaching strategy affiliated
The Rupture
“The powerful have their power. But we have something too: the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home, and to act together.”
Benefits of Attending TCEA for San Antonio Locals
Discover the benefits of attending TCEA for San Antonio locals, like lower costs and a network of other Texas educators!
When Librarians Help Censorship Without Realizing It
A powerful, firsthand reflection on why “neutrality” is not librarianship and how silence and self-censorship can unintentionally fuel book bans. This post explores representation, intellectual freedom, and what school librarians must do to protect student access and fight censorship.
Do it! - Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump
The leading French economist Gabriel Zucman is urging European governments to inflict financial pain on American billionaires in response to US President Donald Trump’s effort to seize control of …
The teacher pay penalty reached a record high in 2024: Three decades of leaving public school teachers behind
Over the past three decades, stagnant weekly wages of public school teachers have fallen further and further behind those of college graduates who chose other careers, resulting in an ever increasing teacher pay gap that hit a record high in 2024.
An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
Imagine for a moment that you’re a member of Renee Good’s family. You’re mourning her death at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, and you want justice.So you visit a lawyer to see what can be done.First, you want to help in any criminal investigation of the officer. You’ve got information …
How Trump intends to hijack the midterms
Donald Trump’s authoritarian chaos machine is running amok. Pro-democracy Americans — and those simply hoping for a return to normalcy — are pinning their hopes on a Democratic victory in November’s midterm elections. But that salvation will not be easy or cheap. Their hopes will face a coordinated e
US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know
President Donald Trump's administration is finalizing its repeal of a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, with an …
Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate, by Josephine Lee, Texas Monthly, Jan. 13, 2026
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Randall Kennedy Is Afraid. He Thinks You Should Be Too. Chronicle of Higher Education, January 2, 2026
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers
Two Minneapolis residents who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in t
Conservative alarmed over poll showing 8 in 10 Republicans want 'fascist race war'
Conservative Bulwark Editor Jonathan Last argued there are two groups of President Donald Trump's voters: Those who signed on to deport 20 million immigrants regardless of whether they had committed …
Global Tech-Sector Layoffs Surpass 244,000 In 2025 - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Network World: The global technology sector eliminated some 244,851 jobs in 2025, according to a report from RationalFX. The U.K.-based financial services company says the worldwide downsizing reflects how companies in 2025 restructured their operations to fo...
Yet Another ICE Nightmare Unfolds Miles Away From Fatal Shooting
An account of a seemingly random arrest of a 20-year-old U.S. citizen by ICE agents with weapons drawn occurred just one day after Renee Good’s killing.The first sign of an impending nightmare for …