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Scheer Post • Jan 16, 2026
There’s an Intensifying Kind of Threat to Academic Freedom – Watchful Students Serving As Informants
Restricting academic freedom is often thought of in terms of universities telling professors what they can and cannot do or teach. But that isn’t the only scenario.
Semafor • Jan 16, 2026
Director Spike Lee helps drive diaspora migration to Benin
The “My Afro Origins” project aims to reconnect descendants of the country with their cultural roots.
Democracy Now • Jan 16, 2026
"All That's Left of You": Oscar-Shortlisted Film Traces Palestinian Family's Love & Loss Since 1948
All That’s Left of You is a new feature film that looks at 70 years of Palestinian history through the lens of one family’s experience over three generations. Democracy Now! speaks with Palestinian American director and actress Cherien Dabis, who says the film is about “looking for meaning in grief and choosing humanity even in the most difficult of circumstances, which Palestinians have done and do every single day.”
Semafor • Jan 16, 2026
Caledonia Mining Corp bets on Zimbabwean gold
The company plans to spend $132 million this year to launch what would become Zimbabwe’s largest gold mine.
Semafor • Jan 16, 2026
Uganda’s President Museveni takes early lead in election results
Reports emerged of deadly violence during the polls after a campaign noted for brutal state-led repression.
Semafor • Jan 16, 2026
US immigrant visa pause hits 26 African countries
The suspension is the latest crackdown on migration under the Trump administration.
Democracy Now • Jan 16, 2026
Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Speaks Out as New Ruling Could Lead to His Rearrest, Deportation
A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, opening the door for his rearrest. Khalil was a graduate student at Columbia University when he was arrested in March and detained for months. He missed the birth of his son, Deen, while in detention. “The Trump administration is trying everything in its power to come after me, to put the full weight of the government to actually make an example out of me,” Khalil tells Democracy Now! “The U.S. government has not brought a shred of evidence that I broke any laws.” The appeals court did not weigh in on the constitutional merits, instead saying Khalil should have appealed his removal order in immigration court before going to a federal judge. “What people need to understand is the immigration courts are not real courts,” says Baher Azmy, a member of Khalil’s legal team. “They’re part of the executive branch.”
Democracy Now • Jan 16, 2026
"Autocratic Power Grab": Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota
Following Minneapolis protests in response to the ICE killing of Renee Good, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday, a move that would allow him to send military forces to the city. Trump’s comments came after a second person was shot by ICE following a traffic stop. “Trump probably sees this as a civil war,” says Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights. “This, as we all know, is being leveraged as part of an autocratic power grab.”
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Al Gore’s Rallying Cry Ahead of Saturday’s No Kings Protests
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Economic Liberties Applauds Bicameral “Take Back Our Hospitals” Legislation
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War on Iran during nuclear negotiations undermines the US’s ability to talk peace around the world − and the effects won’t end when Trump leaves office
The Conversation •
Has Trump Started Something He Can’t End? Tommy Vietor on Iran, Iraq, and the Democrats
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New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
The Conversation •
From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous
The Conversation •
American politicians talk about persecuted Christians abroad – but here’s what happens when those Christians migrate to the US
The Conversation •
How a diplomatic snub evokes the complicated US-Brazil relationship in the second Trump era
The Conversation •
Birutė Galdikas: The last of the ‘angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter
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