Journalist/journo prof. Publisher: “The Croton Chronicle” https://xitter.cf/t.co/gYXi3Vcixi and “Words for the Wise” https://xitter.cf/t.co/1EBthERMGS
By the beautiful Hudson River.
Joined September 2008
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Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) Research Act still stuck in committee.
michaelbalter.substack.com/p…
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A 79-year-old Colorado pastor who lost 35 pounds and the strength to walk after being placed in immigration detention 13 months ago has been released by order of a federal magistrate judge. wapo.st/4Bk8KXH
James Carville, Please Go Away
elizabethspiers.com/james-ca…
Resisting uprooting in the West Bank mondoweiss.net/2026/10/resis…
@mbalter — investigations and commentary retweeted
"Tied up and tortured: Israel using US-made electroshock weapons on Palestinian detainees
Investigation suggests American company Axon still supplies Israel with Taser weapons despite evidence they have been used to torture prisoners"
theguardian.com/global-devel…
Nearly All of the World’s Shallow Coral Reefs Are Now Critically Endangered nytimes.com/2026/10/22/clima…
Why a Pillar of Christian Journalism is in Turmoil nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/ch…
New Emily in Paris season sees her learn how to make a Molotov
chaser.com.au/entertainment/…
@mbalter — investigations and commentary retweeted
Relatives of gravely ill detainees at two Florida immigration jails say Trump authorities are about to deport their loved ones to unknown countries in Africa despite worsening medical conditions. trib.al/baHyI4X
The French Student Protesters Subverting Monuments Like It’s May 68
Demonstrators are upending the country’s public landmarks to denounce police violence, under-resourced schools, and a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
hyperallergic.com/the-french…
New Data Shows Steep Decline in Humanities Ph.D.s in Last Decade
[In other words, while we think we are getting smarter, in reality we are getting stupider.]
insidehighered.com/news/quic…
‘There are no people’: Springfield, Ohio, faces loss of Haitian residents washingtonpost.com/immigrati…
Some foreign leaders blame migration for France’s riots. Macron says that’s ‘stupid.’ washingtonpost.com/world/202…
@mbalter — investigations and commentary retweeted
.@StephenM's America:
The @ACLU released this 10-min film about the Oct 2025 Wilder, Idaho raid, where ICE descended on a Hispanic festival with 200 armed law enforcement, detained 400 for hrs, zip-tying the adults. Had arrest warrant for 5 for unlicensed gambling.
1/2
youtube.com/watch?v=jMd_YarM…
U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Elections nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/po…
@mbalter — investigations and commentary retweeted
Beyond targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Trump administration has killed, arrested, deported, and demonized Somalis at home and abroad. theintercept.com/2026/10/21/…
Stop the Presses! Local Publishers to Report on Themselves [Westchester/Rockland/Putnam County readers] peekskillherald.com/43284/ne…
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Israel detains U.S. congressional candidate Brad Lander in West Bank, group says haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-1…
Supreme Court allows gender transition care for federal prisoners for now
During his first days in office, President Donald Trump signed an order directing officials to end transition care for federal prisoners with gender dysphoria.
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
How AI Changes the Fundamental Structure of the Classroom—Especially the Segregated Ones
KAMAU BOBB ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION AND AMERICA‘S RACIAL CASTE SYSTEM
lithub.com/how-ai-changes-th…
Cinema Amid the Ruins:
How Two Sisters Built a Movie Theater For the Children of Gaza
“WHEN WE SEE THE EFFECT OF A FILM ON THEIR FACES, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUCCEEDED.”
lithub.com/cinema-amid-the-r…
