US and Israel launch major attack on Iran to trigger regime change as Tehran retaliates across the Middle East – live

Benjamin Netanyahu says 'all indications’ show Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is ‘no longer with us’. Follow our blog for live updates

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Live updates: U.S., Israel strike Iran as Trump calls for regime change; Tehran retaliates The U.S. launched “major combat operations in Iran,” President Donald Trump said, promising to destroy its missiles and give rise to a change in government.

Iran’s state broadcaster reported the toll from the U.S.-Israeli strikes so far has reached 201 dead and 747 injured across 24 provinces, citing figures from the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

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Bombing an elementary school to take attention away from the Epstein Files

I will never get used to the disdain our country holds for brown and Black children.

From Palestine to Iran to Sudan, we normalize the destruction of schools and hospitals and daycares. We reduce children to death tolls and their futures to rubble with no consequence or second thought.

Israel's Plan to Artwash Genocide at the Venice Biennale The artwork at the heart of the pavilion promises to continue the project of denying Palestinian existence.

The artwork at the heart of the pavilion promises to continue the project of denying Palestinian existence.

'This is the danger of the liberal Zionist position. It offers the language of conscience and dialogue while absolving itself of engagement or responsibility.'

ICE whistleblower comes forward to testify before Congress Ryan Schwank, a former ICE academy instructor, is expected to testify that ICE “is lying to Congress and the American people” about its training program.

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An ICE whistleblower is expected to testify at a congressional forum today that the agency is "lying to Congress and the American people" about its training of new recruits.

Ryan Schwank was an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned earlier this month.

Opinion | What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?

"Always, always, always concentration camps are an end run around the existing legal system. These people that are getting rounded up because whoever’s in power wants to do something that they can’t do using the letter of the law..."

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They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom. An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

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European countries currently investigating EPSTEIN crimes:

UK, FRANCE, POLAND, TURKEY, LITHUANIA, LATVIA (+ more)

USA: 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

#AccountabilityIsHappening_Elsewhere ⚖️

Mervyn Morris writes on “Reading Louise Bennett, Seriously,” questioning some ideas he expressed 60 years ago, having learned from Bennett’s Jamaica Labrish (1966), and focuses on Bennett’s performance choices and on her sociopolitical commentary.
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A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba

A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/w...

In light of what the trump regime is doing to cuba here's a reminder that cuba is one of the best countries in the world when it comes to trans rights.

The blockade on Cuba is unconscionable.

Why Is Trump Strangling Cuba? How Miami elites may be behind the current blockade causing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba.

"Why Is Trump Strangling Cuba?"

How Miami elites may be behind the current blockade causing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba.

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White text: "'With me, making a film is always about humanity.' Ryan Coogler, Writer, director of films including Black Panther and Sinners. ACLU. Black Futures Month." Photo of Ryan Coogler, a Black man wearing glasses and a cap, speaking into a microphone he's holding with both hands.

Ryan Coogler is a highly acclaimed director, writer, and genre-defying filmmaker known for films that explore Black identity and experiences.

His latest work Sinners received a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations, more than any other film in Academy Awards history.

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Ro Khanna has been inspiring to watch during this Epstein scandal while he fights Trump and the White House, as they stonewall the probe at every turn.

We too will not rest until those who committed these crimes are held accountable.

“I Have Never Felt So Much Fear”: Immigrant Children Speak Out on Life Inside ICE Jail in Dilley, TX A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside, such as being served contaminated food, with children and...

A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside.

Together For Palestine - Lullaby (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Together For Palestine

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Essential oil perfumes let you design scent with intention. From romantic florals to uplifting citrus blends, these recipes show how to create wearable fragrances that feel personal
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The Palestine Action ruling vindicates the courageous – and shames the complicit | Owen Jones The home secretary has vowed to fight the judgment, but she and the government are on the wrong side of history, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

❝ This is a day of humiliation for those who facilitated Israel’s genocide in Gaza – and a moment of vindication for those who stood against “the crime of crimes” ❞ — @owenjones.bsky.social

Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical

I love Arundhati Roy's courage, integrity, intelligence, and her artistry as a writer of fiction & nonfiction.

Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.

Author Arundhati Roy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's Gaza Remarks, Pulls Out of Berlinale 2026 The Indian author, film maker and peace activist responds to a recent attempt by jury membres at the festival to deflect from the violence inflicted by Israel on the Gaza strip.

Author Arundhati Roy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's Gaza Remarks, Pulls Out of Berlinale 2026

Text on a grey background reads: in Conversation with Vicki Bertram Poetry, to me, is the opposite of power, it doesn't make you powerful. That's the other thing I've heard people say, 'I started to write because I wanted to have power because I didn't have any.' For me, that doesn't make any sense, because poetry makes one vulnerable. That's what poetry did to me anyway, it rendered me utterly vulnerable. Lorna Goodison, PNR

From an interview with Lorna Goodison, published in PN Review 177. Goodison's new book, Dante's Inferno, is published this month!

Follow the link below to read in full. 🔥
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Lorna Goodison was the poet Laureate of Jamaica. She is remarkable.

This poem might be particularly useful for history teachers.
Slides have additional info. I used these to model thinking about layers in poetry and history.
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Decades of Palestinian History, Told by 3 Films With Awards Hopes

Decades of Palestinian History, Told by 3 Films With Awards Hopes www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/m...

‘I’ve been advised not to say certain things’: The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators and death threats The actor Wagner Moura and writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho explain how the Brazilian thriller mirrors their experiences of political corruption and why they are compelled to speak out

‘I’ve been advised not to say certain things’: The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators, death threats

Actor Wagner Moura and writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho on how the Brazilian thriller is their experience of political corruption, why they speak out www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Trump's Board of Peace and Its Plan for Gaza Are Sheer Evil | Common Dreams ​The board's vision for Gaza is a greed-soaked plan dependent on mass murder and land theft, driven by men so wealthy and entitled that they believe they can escape accountability while reaping billio...

Trump's Board of Peace and Its Plan for Gaza Are Sheer Evil

A greed-soaked plan dependent on mass murder and land theft, driven by men so wealthy and entitled that they believe they can escape accountability while reaping billions in profit in the process www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...