How to Film ICE
By WIRED staff IN JANUARY 2026, two Americans were killed in the act of watching Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Renee Nicole Good was acting as a legal observer while her wife recorded…
Injustice
The “Kill Line” Redefines American Dream in China
By Jianlu Bi Recently, a wave of digital shockwaves rippled across Chinese social media platforms like Bilibili and Xiaohongshu. It wasn’t triggered by a geopolitical skirmish or a trade dispute, but by a viral video…
How to Block ICE In Your City
An interview with Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay By Eric Blanc ICE and the Border Patrol’s terror campaign has taken the lives of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and led to the abduction of five-year-old Liam…
When Survival Becomes a Crime
Commentary by William Murphy When survival becomes illegal in your own city, displacement isn’t a side effect—it’s the policy. This is the quiet logic of the Erasure Economy: a political system that systematically removes people…
Duke Energy Seeks Higher Rates, Profits
in NC Despite Soaring Disconnections By Sue Sturgis Duke Energy has asked North Carolina regulators to approve major rate hikes for both of its North Carolina utilities while also increasing the “return on equity” that…
A Brief History on Gerrymandering in NC
By Joshua Peters Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing the boundaries of electoral districts to give one political party or group an advantage over others. The term “gerrymandering” was coined in the early 19th century…
NC Legislators Freeze Millions for Legal Aid
By Lucas Thomae Civil legal aid organizations, which provide tens of thousands of North Carolinians with free legal services each year, have been forced to close offices and reduce client intake after the state legislature…
Trans Youth Under 19
Left with Few Options in NC By Brandon Kingdollar After North Carolina’s two largest medical providers halted gender-affirming care for patients below the age of 19, trans youth in the state are left with few…
Belgium’s Lumumba Case Raises a Question
By Tafi Mhaka On January 20, a court in Brussels, Belgium, convened a procedural hearing in the long-running case concerning the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the…
Administrative Warfare
The End of the Political Commentary by Nel Bonilla Why are administrative instead of legal tools used to sanction people like Jacques Baud, Hüseyin Doğru, Alina Lipp, or Nathalie Yamb? We are witnessing a fundamental…