Immigration & Muslim/Refugee News
- Muslim Brotherhood, Mainstream In Many Countries, May Be Listed As Terror Group by Jane Arraf (NPR)
- Trump’s New Travel Ban Will Look A Lot Like The Old One, Stephen Miller Says by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
- Mexican man kills himself after being deported from US (BBC)
- Donald Trump’s new travel ban ‘delayed until next week’ by Katie Forster (Independent)
Standing Rock
- Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Clean Up As Deadline Looms by Amy Sisk (NPR)
- Protesters Ordered To Disband Main Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp by Michael McLaughlin (Huffington Post)
- Showdown looms for protesters near site of Dakota Access pipeline by Terry Sylvester (Reuters)
- Pipeline fights move from Dakota prairie to Louisiana bayous by Liz Hampton (Reuters)
- Dakota Access Pipeline: US Army Corps of Engineers shuts down protesters by Blake Nicholson (Independent)
- (Opinion/essay) FAA Complicity in violence against Standing Rock water protectors by Larae Meadows (Native News Online)
- Taxpayer-Funded Horror at Standing Rock by Sandy Tolan (The Daily Beast)
- Dakota pipeline protesters leave site after year-long occupation (BBC)
- Protesters Leave Dakota Access Pipeline Area; Some Stay And Are Arrested by Rebecca Hersher (NPR)
- Last Remnants of Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Are Engulfed in Flames by Blake Nicholson & James MacPherson (TIME)
Transgender Students
- Trump Is Poised to Remove Protections on Transgender Students’ Rights by Jeremy Peters, Jo Becker, Eric Lichtblau, and Julie Hirshfeld Davis (NY Times)
- Donald Trump’s administration close to passing bill scrapping transgender student rights permanently by Rachael Revesz (Independent)
- White House rolls back federal transgender protections (Al Jazeera)fdonald t
- Trump Administration Rescinds Obama Rule On Transgender Students’ Bathroom Use by Rebecca Hersher (NPR)
- Trump Just Made Life Harder for Transgender Students by Ashley Dejean (Mother Jones)
- Trump withdraws guidelines designed to protect on transgender students by Justin Carissimo (Independent)
- Celebrities Respond to Trump Revoking Protections for Transgender Students by Oliver Gettell (TIME)
- Trump just made it official: transgender students no longer have an ally in the White House by German Lopez (Vox)
- Opinion: Trump Will Lose the Fight Over Bathrooms for Transgender Students by Ria Tabacco Mar (NY Times)
News
- Top Trump envoys head to Mexico to repair damaged ties by Tracy Wilkinson (LA Times)
- Ryan’s border visit launches push for Trump’s wall by Rachael Bade (Politico)
- Muslims raise $55,000 to fix vandalised Jewish cemetery (Al Jazeera)
- US Muslim community campaigns to repair Jewish cemetery (BBC)
- Muslims raise thousands to repair vandalised Jewish cemetery by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- Trump weighs in on DNC race: Ellison ‘predicted early that I would win’ by Paulina Firozi (The Hill)
- Trump’s federal hiring freeze forces two Army bases to close child-care programs by Paulina Firozi (The Hill)
- Poll: Majority of Americans fear US will become involved in another major war by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Sweden’s official Twitter account debunks Donald Trump claims line by line by Lucy Pasha-Robinson (Independent)
- Mexico fears Donald Trump administration will begin building deportation camps along border by Mark Stevenson (Independent)
- GOP Politicians Face Anger and Protests Over President Trump at Town Halls by Alan Suderman (TIME)
- Fight erupts in Trump administration over transgender students’ rights by Jeremy W. Peters, Jo Becker, and Eric Lichtblau (The NY Times)
- Thousands of emails detail EPA head’s close ties to fossil fuel industry by Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson (The Washington Post)
- Mexico will not accept unilateral Trump immigration steps, foreign minister says by by Julian Borger and David Agren (The Guardian)
- Eliminating arts funding programs will save Donald Trump just 0.0625% of budget by Christopher Hooton (Independent)
- Kellyanne Conway is reportedly being kept from going on TV to defend Donald Trump by Jason Abbruzzese (Mashable)
- Emails Reveal Close Ties Between EPA Boss Scott Pruitt and Fossil Fuel Interests by Oliver Milman & Dominic Rushe (Wired)
- Report: Donald Trump’s Handlers Planted Friendly News Stories to Try and Prevent His Twitter Meltdowns by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Protecting Trump Tower Cost New York City $308,000 A Day by Gina Cherelus (Huffington Post)
- How Trump’s campaign staffers tried to keep him off Twitter by Tara Palmeri (Politico)
- Pence makes surprise visit to vandalized Jewish cemetery by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Report: House measure forcing release of info on Trump conflicts likely to die in committee by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Hispanic leaders plan fight against Trump’s agenda by Julie Hirschfeld-Davis (The NY Times)
- GOP senator says she’s open to demanding Trump’s tax returns as part of Russia probe by Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)
Analysis
- CPAC, explained by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- What Trump means for the world’s poorest people by Steve Coll (New Yorker)
- ‘Sinking like a rock’: Trump’s approval rating keeps plummeting by Jeremy Berke (Business Insider)
- Milo and the Moral Corruption of the Conservative Movement by Adele M. Stan (American Prospect)
- Extremism from both sides: What does the research tell us about Islamist extremism and far-right extremism? (Salon)
- Donald Trump is dangerous when he’s losing by Ezra Klein (Vox)
- Sebastian Gorka, Trump’s combative new national security aide, is widely disdained within his own field by Pamela Engel (Business Insider)
- McMaster May Reorganize Trump’s Foreign Policy Team Once Again by Peter Baker (NY Times)
Opinion
- Milo and the hypocrisy behind free speech by Rachel Shabi (Al Jazeera)
- Robert Reich: 7 Signs American Democracy Is Sliding into Tyranny by Robert Reich (AlterNet)
- I’m undocumented. People like me need your help by Carlos Roa (The Guardian)
- “We will never stop”: An EPA employee blasts the Trump administration by Eric Holthaus (Mother Jones)
- Can Trump help Democrats take back the House? Here’s a big thing to watch. by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- In Australia, we get rid of questionable leaders easily. Here’s what Americans could learn from us. by Richard Glover
- The Trump White House is already cooking the books by Catherine Rampell (Washington Post)
- In first month of Trump presidency, State Department has been sidelined by Carol Morello and Anne Gearan (Washington Post)
Resources / Action
- A guide to the committees: Senate (The Hill)
- Witches worldwide are planning to cast a spell on Donald Trump on February 24th. Here’s how to join them. by April Lavalle (Some News)
- FAQ on the Withdrawal of Federal Guidance on Transgender Students (National Center for Transgender Equality)
- Ten Examples of Resistance to Government Raids by Bill Quigley (AlterNet)