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  • Religious Leaders' Response To Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

    Religious Leaders' Response To Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
    Feb 12 2026
    Thousands of people protested the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota last month, including hundreds of religious leaders. At least a hundred clergy were arrested during a demonstration at Minnesota’s largest airport.

    Meanwhile in Maine, local religious leaders have been lining up outside of businesses targeted by ICE to form a “spiritual shield” to protect immigrant workers. But the actions of these faith leaders is a stark contrast to the conservative Christianity touted by the Trump administration.

    The relationship between religion and social activism is far from new. But how is that relationship evolving in the current political moment?

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    38 m
  • Local Spotlight: The Carpet Capital’s Chemical Problem

    Local Spotlight: The Carpet Capital’s Chemical Problem
    Feb 11 2026
    Northwest Georgia is a picturesque place, with rolling hills and open farmland. Its creeks and rivers have sustained families for generations. On the surface, the environment looks pristine.

    But something toxic lurks within the lush landscape that you can’t see, smell, or taste. For many years, locals weren’t aware of its presence.

    PFAS are a group of synthetic chemicals used to repel water and stains. Many of them don’t break down in nature, which is why they’re often called ‘forever chemicals.’ They can build up in the environment and our bodies over time.

    These chemicals were used for years in the production of carpets in northwest Georgia. And the long-term environmental and human cost in the region is high.

    In this installment of our Local Spotlight series, we head to the “carpet capital” of the world to examine its chemical problems.

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  • 'If You Can Keep It': Election Integrity And The Upcoming Midterms

    'If You Can Keep It': Election Integrity And The Upcoming Midterms
    Feb 9 2026
    We’re just a few weeks out from the very first state primary elections of the year. And President Donald Trump and the GOP are, at the moment, unpopular.

    As people around the country prepare to head to the polls to decide who will run in this year’s midterms, the president is once again trying to undermine the most basic functions of elections. He’s still spreading lies about past elections he lost and is now sowing seeds of doubt in the local elections process. There is no evidence to support Trump’s repeated, false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

    In late January, the FBI seized boxes of 2020 election ballots and other voting records in Fulton County, Georgia, which for years has been the focus of his baseless conspiracy theory that the election was rigged.

    In this installment of our weekly politics series, “If You Can Keep It,” we explore what the president’s latest attacks on election integrity mean for the future of our democracy.

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