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Drone strike hits upscale hotel in Erbil; no casualties Footage submitted to The New Region showed smoke rising from Arjaan Rotana and the adjacent Sky Towers residential compound. No reports of casualties have emerged so far.

Erbil has been seen as a bastion of safety in the region, spared from the spillover of nearby conflicts and years of war in Iraq and Syria. This week has changed that. Unclear how the Kurdish government, both KPD and PUK, will respond.

How do you explain ICE to your child? Immigrant families are having 'The Talk' For generations, Black Americans have prepared their children for the realities of racism. As ICE expands its reach, more parents are navigating similar conversations.

“I’m parenting in a political climate that could separate my whole family. It could break us apart. It’s just one more thing; this emotional labor that we carry on as mothers — but this one’s with more stress.” @19thnews.org 19thnews.org/2026/02/ice-...

Liam Ramos and 6 Other Kids Were All Detained by ICE from This 1 School District. How the Raids Upended Daily Life For months thousands of ICE and other officers swept through Minneapolis, apprehending immigrants like Liam Ramos. Now a shaken school district reveals how its community has changed and how its member...

'Every Aspect of Daily Life Has Been Impacted'

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ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

"Camp East Montana struggled to provide safe and humane housing for thousands of people... Detainees have complained of physical abuse by guards, inadequate food and substandard medical care. Last September, ICE’s own inspectors found dozens of violations of federal standards."

Maps and charts of the Iran crisis The United States and Israel launched their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades.

the Reuters graphics team is doing incredible work www.reuters.com/graphics/IRA...

Razor Wire and Clearcutting at the Border Threaten Native Rio Grande Habitat - Inside Climate News As border barriers go up in the Rio Grande Valley, one nature enthusiast in Starr County is documenting what’s being lost.

"Residents are raising the alarm that border wall construction and border buoys will irrevocably change the landscape, harm wildlife and violate the rights of property owners." @psskow.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0403202...

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Albuquerque has increasingly criminalized conduct associated with homelessness, causing a growing number of people on the streets to be arrested and jailed.

@nicolesantacruz.bsky.social reports for @propublica.org
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Independent photographer among 30 more arrested, charged in connection with Minnesota ICE protest following Lemon and Fort cases - Committee to Protect Journalists Washington, D.C., March 2, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on the Department of Justice to drop all charges against independent photographer Shane Ryan Bollman, known professiona...

“Using federal agents to arrest a journalist weaponizes taxpayer dollars to deter reporting, which directly impacts their rights to information. The charges against Bollmann must be dropped immediately and his electronic devices returned.”

Inside Ukraine’s ‘kill zone’ Drones are reshaping the frontline with Russia — and the future of warfare

Drones have changed nearly every aspect of modern warfare. There's no going back.

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

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CatchLight - CatchLight Local Visual Desk Editor, part-time CatchLight is a visual-first media organization. At CatchLight, we believe in the power of images to inform, transform and connect communities. We act as a catalyst, connecting visual storytellers, co...

*Journalism Jobs* @catchlight-io.bsky.social is hiring a part-time Visual Editor to work with their member newsrooms in Philadelphia and Cleveland. catchlight.submittable.com/submit/4f6b5...

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*Journalism Jobs* CNN Digital is hiring a photo editor to coordinate visual coverage for breaking news and features across platforms. FT, hybrid w/ 4 location options, 3+ years of experience, $77k-$144k. careers.wbd.com/global/en/jo...

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ICE has detained this high schooler for 10 months. Here’s what he and his classmates want you to know Dylan Lopez Contreras, a student at Ellis Prep academy, was taken by ICE in May. The Guardian invited him and five of his classmates to share their lives and dreams

"Over the course of two months, students met with the @us.theguardian.com, shared oral histories and wrote original essays in English and Spanish. The Guardian also provided the disposable cameras for students to document their lives."

The Mysterious Cereus Blooms in West Texas These desert cereus plants flower only one day out of the year—at night, in the middle of nowhere—if at all

"Perhaps miracles are blooming all around us, in all hours and all seasons, but pass by unseen, unheard, untouched, their flashbulb existence supremely calibrated to a complex world. It is as if we don’t know a miracle until someone points it out to us." @texashighways.bsky.social

As someone who spent years covering conflicts in places like Iraq and Syria, I can confirm that war is mainly boring... until it's not.

“I don’t get bored. There’s nothing boring about this.”

- Trump on war being boring

ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

“The public interest in this information is substantial and ongoing. Since there are approximately 49.6 million students in the U.S., changes to the ED and its policies affect millions of families.” @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/educ...

“It is what it is, the government is shut down but we have money for wars,” TSA agent speaking to a 45 minute+ pre-check security line at Austin AUS airport

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National Magazine Award, Finalists

hell yeah we did www.propublica.org/awards/natio...

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

Detainees told @propublica.org that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls. www.propublica.org/article/dill...

Tomorrow night in Austin, TX

Come hang and listen to me ramble about Mosul, Iraq, and the fight against ISIS.

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

“‘The officer was being attacked. This was an ambush.’ All of that spin is to cast the victims as violent perpetrators. Then the story falls apart once you get the facts.””

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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

“Since September, federal agents have fired at vehicles at least 10 times in six different cities. Two of the shootings were fatal.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

This 18-year-old is protecting his California farm community – and his own mother – from ICE Cesar Vasquez, who has supported families of undocumented immigrants since age 14, has become a community lifeline – and a known ICE target

“I think about the kids being left behind. The children home for winter break whose parents never returned because of the December raids. And there was no way to know what happened to them because school didn’t reopen until days later.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

ProPublica Wins Polk Awards for International Reporting and Political Reporting

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