Identity politics for me, and not for thee.

Trump declares that it constitutes a high crime and misdemeanor worthy of impeachment for a federal judge to rule against him.

I'm still sort of floored that the Department of Defense changed the url for their article about Charles Calvin Rogers, the highest-ranking Black Medal of Honor recipient, to read "deimedal"

.Mayor Eric Adams, who says he is definitely going to start his re-election campaign "soon" and "very soon," raises a little over $36,000 from 38 donors this round -

Andy Beshear, the Democratic governor of ruby red Kentucky appears to the left of California Governor Gavin Newsom after vetoing a GOP bill aimed at restricting and dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion at Kentucky universities. kentucky.com/news/politics-…

As predicted, a Washington Post review of websites operated by the National Park Service shows that edits on dozens of pages since Trump’s inauguration have softened descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the nation’s past washingtonpost.com/investigations…

BREAKING: LAUSD confirms plainclothes federal agents tried to question kids at two elementary schools in Los Angeles Monday but were denied entry by administrators. Superintendent Carvahlo said the agents claimed they had parent permission to question the kids, but it wasn't true

NEW: We got a copy of the government's evidence against Mahmoud Khalil: a two-page memo by Secretary Marco Rubio, containing no allegations of criminal conduct but arguing Khalil should be expelled for beliefs that undermine "core American interests" apnews.com/c6073836817128…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services said the grant highlighting Black history and culture “no longer serves the interest of the United States.” wwno.org/politics/2025-…

The gang unit was incentivized to fill the database, said the former member, because intelligence gathering was a core function of the grant funding. washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Update: After Columbia | SIPA canceled my class on Race, Journalism, and International Affairs, More than 2,200 people have signed up to take it online. Blown away. Let's GOOO. You can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

“A professor runs afoul of the 2025 Letter if she expresses the view in her teaching that structural racism exists in America, but does not do so if she denies structural racism’s existence. That is textbook viewpoint discrimination,” the judge wrote. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Three children who are U.S. citizens -- including one with Stage 4 cancer -- were swiftly deported from Louisiana. The cases renew concerns that deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens, via Emmanuel Felton & Maegan Vazquez washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Census records list the new pope’s maternal grandparents as Black and living in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. Black Catholics, an often overlooked part of the American Catholic community, have celebrated the discovery. By Emmanuel Felton washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05…

Cincinnati, whose population is 40% Black, doesn't have a single Black general surgeon after its only one retired. That surgeon had spent years developing a modest scholarship fund for Black med students at U of Cincinnati. The university now says it must axe it, because Trump.

Smart analysis from Lok Darjee: "What we have seen in the case of the Afrikaners is a strategic, racialized provocation that...reinforces the narrative that white individuals are the true victims of globalization and competitive multiracial democracy. thehill.com/opinion/immigr…

Happy to share my opinion: "America’s moral and constitutional credibility hinges on defending not just those who command headlines or electoral power but precisely those who do not." " theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The IMLS strikes again Story via Emmanuel Felton

Pennsylvania is low key the king of American urbanism. It's like a time capsule, you've got hundreds of little towns and dozens of midsized cities where normal middle class people are still living in townhouses, shopping at corner shops, and walking for a daily errands.

Two weeks after Ambridge PA's municipal manager publicly declared "We always welcome the Hispanic community with open arms.” ICE, with the assistance of the city’s police force, set up a roadblock on Merchant Street, checking everyone’s immigration status. paydayreport.com/following-ice-…