Weekly Roundup | Jun 15, 2026

Happy Monday!

This week we simply want to highlight our current call for submissions. Please consider submitting a piece and share with other creatives and writers!

Continue reading for more, including urgent crowdfund requests, additional resources to dive deeper on this week's topics, and other stories that we missed. That's all for this week!

Some crowdfunds to contribute to

• Protect Black Trans Farmers: Justice and Healing for Saighé
• Housing Support for a Black Trans Person!
• Support Myoshi Smith’s survival and wellbeing after losing her job

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Other Stories Worth Knowing

News that we didn't focus on, and worthwhile angles that we missed.

• They Were Detained by ICE. Then They Vanished.
• No First Amendment for Prison Journalists
• As short-term rentals increase near the Obama Center, housing advocates say affordable units are disappearing
• Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology
• (in Dutch) How Pokémon Go players unknowingly trained military drones: 'I was just playing a game'
• ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light
• The passage of another death penalty law shows the one issue Israelis can unite behind: death for Palestinians
• New York’s Iconic Queer Beach Faces Looming Privatization Scheme
• NYC Amazon Driver Fired Over Pro-Union Social Media Posts
• Conservation Groups Sue to Block SpaceX Land Deal in Texas Wildlife Refuge
• ‘You Will Not Speak on Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting
• Justice Department Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges