@jamesjbaratta.bsky.social and I spent the summer getting to know the residents of Lowndes County, AL. They're fighting to stop the development of a hyperscale data center; a struggle sustained by the community's rich tradition of civil rights and environmental justice advocacy. Read here:

The mortality reviews that ICE published late last week show that medical neglect is widespread in Trump's concentration camps — something immigrants, advocates and attorneys have said for years, and which ICE routinely denies. New from me in @prospect.org.

During Tennessee's primary elections last month, a voting rights group documented several concerning cases of voter intimidation and misinformation. You can read and understand why it matters as the midterms approach here: prospect.org/2026/09/09/t...