2026 Things I don’t want to lose track of…

2026 has started out with more grief and anger than I sometimes know what to do with. Between the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and all of the intentional disinformation our federal government is putting out, I hardly remember to breathe.

But then I do remember to do so.

And SO VERY MUCH creativity has been poured out! Here are some elements I do not want to lose:

Articles that help me to think

• Distinctions between activism and dissidence an Atlantic article
• Distinctions between the "normative" state and the "perogative" state a Vox essay
• Minnesota proved ICE wrong an Atlantic article
• A timeline of ICE in Minnesota starting in December

Websites that I go to for networking

• Monarcamn.org
• Unidos-mn.org
• MN Interfaith Coalition on Migration
• ISAIAH in MN
• Joint Religious Legislative Coalition
• MARCH

News organizations

• MinnPost
• Racket
• Sahan Journal
• National Catholic Reporter
• Minnesota Public Radio
• Vox
• The Atlantic
• The Righting
• Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American

Creative pieces

• a list of the many protest songs that have been shared in recent weeks from MinnPost
• Pasture politics: satire from a farmer
• Singing resistance MN on Instagram

A few miscellaneous things

• A legal analysis of the church protest (ignore the ridiculous ad break in the middle) from Legal Eagle
• Further legal analysis following the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon
• The multi-faith service that was held at Temple Israel the morning of the first general strike January 23, 2026
• My page of personal resources (started long ago)
• The ELCA presiding bishop and MN bishops’ statement