Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Frank Deale

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

Joblessness for Black workers is rising again, two years after reaching a record low. The Trump administration’s assault on diversity programs and cuts to the federal work force could make it even more difficult for Black workers to recover when economic conditions improve.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

Federal layoffs and an end to diversity initiatives have weakened a historically strong labor market for Black workers.

nyti.ms

22 50 130

Reposted by Frank Deale

US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal Democrat @us-political-news.bsky.social · 15h

Trump’s purging of black officials makes latent racism official policy https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/12/2347752/-Trump-s-purging-of-black-officials-makes-latent-racism-official-policy?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

Trump’s purging of black officials makes latent racism official policy

President Trump’s firings send a clear message that white mediocrity is always preferable to Black achievement. By Erin Aubry Kaplan for Capital & Main Back in 1986, when I was a first-year ...

www.dailykos.com

1 5 11

Reposted by Frank Deale

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 15h

A music analyst revealed on Sunday that a new song by one of America's most popular country artists has exposed the "cracks" in President Donald Trump's MAGA base.

'Feeling a pinch': Analyst claims county star's anti-ICE song exposed MAGA's 'cracks'

A music analyst revealed on Sunday that a new song by one of America's most popular country artists has exposed the "cracks" in President Donald Trump's MAGA base. Dominic Patten, executive politics editor for Deadline.com, discussed country star Zach Bryan's new song "Bad News," which talks about t...

bit.ly

5 26 100

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 21h

What Is Ezra Klein Thinking? newrepublic.com/article/2011... via @newrepublic.com

What Is Ezra Klein Thinking?

The New York Times columnist is asking the right questions, but pushing the wrong answers.

newrepublic.com

1 1

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 21h

The President Wants America’s Biggest Businesses to Conduct a Purge of His “Enemies.” Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for Them to Push Back: verdict.justia.com/2025/10/03/t...

The President Wants America’s Biggest Businesses to Conduct a Purge of His “Enemies.” Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for Them to Push Back

Amherst professor Austin Sarat examines President Donald Trump’s current efforts to pressure major law firms and corporations, including Microsoft, to punish individuals he considers personal enemies—...

verdict.justia.com

1

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 1d

The Fragile Peace of Trump's Gaza Plan www.juancole.com/2025/10/frag...

The Fragile Peace of Trump's Gaza Plan

by Ronny P Sasmita ( Middle East Monitor ) - The Gaza plan unveiled by Donald Trump and reluctantly accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been described as bold, controversial, and...

www.juancole.com

2

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 1d

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump's Gaza "Peace" Plan www.juancole.com/2025/10/pale...

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump's Gaza 'Peace' Plan

by Dr Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) - He had moments of discomfort and embarrassment – pressed into calling the Qatari prime minister by his host to apologise for striking Doha and made to pa...

www.juancole.com

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 1d

Kamala Harris still blaming Gaza protesters | The Electronic Intifada electronicintifada.net/blogs/michae...

Kamala Harris still blaming Gaza protesters

Democratic voters recognize reality of genocide as elected officials and mainstream media fall short.

electronicintifada.net

1

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 1d

How the shutdown ends
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

How the shutdown ends

In the unfriendly skies

open.substack.com

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering Ann Fagan Ginger, 100, 'oracle of justice' who fought McCarthyism and championed human rights www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/01/o...

Remembering Ann Fagan Ginger, 100, 'oracle of justice' who fought McCarthyism and championed human rights

Founder of Berkeley's Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, she pioneered the field of "peace law," defended Angela Davis and wrote the resolution establishing Berkeley as a Human Rights City.

www.berkeleyside.org

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 1d

Declining American Democracy: Trump is a Symptom, Not the Cause
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Declining American Democracy: Trump is a Symptom, Not the Cause

The modern GOP is inherently authoritarian

open.substack.com

1

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 2d

The Crisis in Uniform: The Danger of Presidential Immunity for the U.S. Military at www.justsecurity.org/121919/milit...

The Crisis in Uniform: The Danger of Presidential Immunity for the U.S. Military

Military personnel are increasingly aware that they may be asked to prioritize loyalty to an individual over their rights and responsibilities

www.justsecurity.org

1

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been through government shutdowns. This one is radically different.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

This shutdown is different

Here’s what’s at stake, and why Dems must hold the line.

open.substack.com

3

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 2d

Several Northwestern professors turn to AFT liability insurance dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/09/c...

Several Northwestern professors turn to AFT liability insurance

Northwestern faculty are purchasing additional professional liability insurance to protect themselves from complaints and lawsuits, according to political science Prof. Jacqueline Stevens, president o...

dailynorthwestern.com

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 3d

Trump Rebrands America: The Land Where Hatred Finds a Home: verdict.justia.com/2025/10/01/t...

Trump Rebrands America: The Land Where Hatred Finds a Home

Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses the shift in American political culture, focusing on a moment at Charlie Kirk’s memorial where President Trump publicly embraced hatred for his opponents, cont...

verdict.justia.com

1 5

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 3d

Destroying Section 2 in Order to Save It electionlawblog.org?p=152332

Destroying Section 2 in Order to Save It #ELB

At first glance, the SG’s brief in Callais seems less radical than those of the appellees and of Louisiana. The latter argue that Section 2 is flatly unconstitutional, while the SG’s brief merely reco...

electionlawblog.org

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 3d

A different kind of leader gives a different kind of speech
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

A different kind of leader gives a different kind of speech

An afternoon with the Pope

open.substack.com

Reposted by Frank Deale

Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 4d

Actions have consequences.

31 180 660

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 3d

E-bikes can cut carbon, congestion, costs — if cities take them seriously | Grist grist.org/transportati...

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously

E-bike sales are booming, providing a clean form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet cities remain committed to cars.

grist.org

1

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 5d

Understanding the Coming Premium Apocalypse
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Understanding the Coming Premium Apocalypse

Why health insurance is about to become unaffordable

open.substack.com

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 8d

Are the Law Firm Settlements with the Trump Administration Illegal?: verdict.justia.com/2025/09/26/a...

Are the Law Firm Settlements with the Trump Administration Illegal?

Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf explores whether law firms that settled with the Trump administration by agreeing to provide free services to the government violated the Antideficiency Act, whic...

verdict.justia.com

1 1

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 8d

New Mexico Will Become the First State to Offer Universal Child Care www.the74million.org/zero2eight/n...

New Mexico Will Become the First State to Offer Universal Child Care

A look back at the policy changes that have led the state to this step.

www.the74million.org

2

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 9d

Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed? - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2509202...

Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed? - Inside Climate News

In Lighthiser v. Trump, 22 young people are asking a federal court to declare executive orders that “unleash” fossil fuels unconstitutional. They face some of the same challenges that led to the dismi...

insideclimatenews.org

1

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 9d

How to beat MAGA in 2026, 2028, and Beyond
open.substack.com/pub/americas...

How to beat MAGA in 2026, 2028, and Beyond

As you read this, I'm asking one question: Is this a plan you would put your name on?

open.substack.com

Frank Deale @fdeale.bsky.social · 10d

An indomitable anti-Zionist Jewish feminist talks about the steadfastness (sumud) of Palestinians (A Land With A People coeditor interviewed for 'The Famous Feminist') - Monthly Review monthlyreview.org/an-indomitab...

An indomitable anti-Zionist Jewish feminist talks about the steadfastness (sumud) of Palestinians (A Land With A People coeditor interviewed for 'The Famous Feminist') - Monthly Review

"...a woman in Gaza, her family had been bombed out of their home. But she was determined to make bread and she had found a hot plate. She was making these breads. She said you could get killed going ...

monthlyreview.org