DARK SECRETS: 15 | Vintage Vibes

Pete Davidson tackles Minnesota as new Trump-world character in SNL cold open

Pete Davidson rallies bumbling ICE agents who think they should be ‘wild ‘n out’

The Independent UK · Feb 1

Right-wing influencers are targeting Somali child care centers, leaving some fearing for safety

A video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis has drawn attention throughout the United States

The Independent UK · Feb 1

In Minneapolis, all-encompassing immigration story tests a newsroom in midst of digital transition

With the eyes of a nation upon it, the Minnesota immigration enforcement effort has tested a local newsroom in the midst of a digital transformation — and it hasn't left the local journalists overmatched

The Independent UK · Feb 1

Federal District Court Judge Rejects Minnesota's Anti-Commandeering Arguments Against DHS "Operation Metro Surge" (and with Good Reason)

There may be lots of things wrong with the way the Trump Administration is handling immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, but commandeering is not among them.

Reason · Jan 31

‘Backing down isn’t an option’: Minnesota ICE shootings mobilize Americans to join ICE observer groups

The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities

The Guardian - US · Jan 31

Mary Tyler Moore stands for Minneapolis

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show" demonstrated that progress can be won

Salon · Jan 31

Pho, handwarmers, grief and loss: a week on the block where Alex Pretti was killed

Residents line up to support businesses that became refuges from teargas, and refresh the memorial daily

The Guardian - US · Jan 31

As officials disparage Pretti and Good, families of Black people killed by police have déjà vu

The shooting deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis have followed a playbook that is painfully familiar to Black Americans

The Independent UK · Jan 31

Nurses remember Alex Pretti and vow to ‘bring the care our patients need’

Flowers and candles laid by VA building in Washington as killing reverberates through nursing community

The Guardian - US · Jan 31

Minnesota CEOs' 'milquetoast' response to ICE raises a core debate for leaders: Is speaking up worth it?

Is corporate caution amid ICE tensions prudent business—or a moral failure?

Fortune · Jan 31