Nausheen Husain
@nausheen.bsky.social
writer and professor of journalism | words in The Nation, The Appeal, The HuffPost, Chicago Tribune | send tips: DM or nhusain@syr.edu | urdu mein bhi
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4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border
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ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
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We don't really know how many children are in immigration jail. A few thousand. Many are being held long past the permitted time (20 days, which, ...). Some are babies.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
We don't really know how many children are in immigration jail. A few thousand. Many are being held long past the permitted time (20 days, which, ...). Some are babies.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
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When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
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The warrant allowing the FBI to raid Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home is "outrageous," FPF's Seth Stern told @richlusc.bsky.social and @jeremymbarr.bsky.social.
"The administration may now be in possession of volumes of journalist communications."
"The administration may now be in possession of volumes of journalist communications."
FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move
Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The warrant allowing the FBI to raid Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home is "outrageous," FPF's Seth Stern told @richlusc.bsky.social and @jeremymbarr.bsky.social.
"The administration may now be in possession of volumes of journalist communications."
"The administration may now be in possession of volumes of journalist communications."
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When they talk about chickens coming home to roost, this is what they mean.
The war always comes home.
Imperial boomerang.
The war always comes home.
Imperial boomerang.
ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross
@theintercept.com discovered a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq”
More incredible reporting by
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@theintercept.com discovered a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq”
More incredible reporting by
@jsweetli.bsky.social
@jesswash.bsky.social
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...
ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross
Identifying the shooter in Minneapolis, The Intercept found a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq” posted by a man noted in public records as his father.
theintercept.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM
When they talk about chickens coming home to roost, this is what they mean.
The war always comes home.
Imperial boomerang.
The war always comes home.
Imperial boomerang.
"Polishing impunity only comforts the unaffected. It’s true that many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn’t stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable and more expensive."
Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
organizingmythoughts.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 AM
"Polishing impunity only comforts the unaffected. It’s true that many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn’t stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable and more expensive."
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I talked to a mom whose daycare teacher was grabbed by ICE. substack.com/home/post/p-...
When ICE Comes To Your Baby's Daycare
A dispatch from Chicago
substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I talked to a mom whose daycare teacher was grabbed by ICE. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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I’m more active on Substack than I am on here. If you’d like to follow my work, please support by subscribing! In my latest article, I look at the breadth of suffering inflicted on Palestinian children and what kind of a world we have created.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’m more active on Substack than I am on here. If you’d like to follow my work, please support by subscribing! In my latest article, I look at the breadth of suffering inflicted on Palestinian children and what kind of a world we have created.
open.substack.com/pub/sanasaee...
open.substack.com/pub/sanasaee...
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Congressional republicans have been spewing racist attacks on Mamdani for weeks and it’s almost never mentioned in our media. Not only that, the person leading the hate campaign—Randy Fine—is treated by the same media as a good faith expert on antisemitism. I wrote about this obscene double standard
Why is Mainstream Media Ignoring Overtly Racist Attacks on Mamdani from Congressional Republicans?
Non-stop Islamopbohic vitriol, threats of deportation, and virtually no coverage from CNN, NBC, CBS, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal or The Washington Post.
inthesetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Congressional republicans have been spewing racist attacks on Mamdani for weeks and it’s almost never mentioned in our media. Not only that, the person leading the hate campaign—Randy Fine—is treated by the same media as a good faith expert on antisemitism. I wrote about this obscene double standard
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Deeply moving to see this first family.
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Deeply moving to see this first family.
"No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney. Any discussion of his works must begin with the 2021 assessment of Brown University’s Costs of War Project that found, conservatively, that the War on Terror killed between 897,000 and 929,000 people across five of its battlefields."
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney. Any discussion of his works must begin with the 2021 assessment of Brown University’s Costs of War Project that found, conservatively, that the War on Terror killed between 897,000 and 929,000 people across five of its battlefields."
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Dick Cheney is dead now, but his legacy lives on. The damage he did is still unfolding. The hegemonic, hypermilitaristic ideology he promoted has become the baseline norm.
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dick Cheney is dead now, but his legacy lives on. The damage he did is still unfolding. The hegemonic, hypermilitaristic ideology he promoted has become the baseline norm.
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we ended up where we are now for a number of reasons, but one was that Dick Cheney realized he could go on camera, lie about saying things he’d previously said on camera, and TV interviewers would just sputter
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
we ended up where we are now for a number of reasons, but one was that Dick Cheney realized he could go on camera, lie about saying things he’d previously said on camera, and TV interviewers would just sputter
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Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests
Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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Journalist must be safely allowed into Gaza as this transition is occurring.
A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.
A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.
A free press is essential to peace.
A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.
A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.
A free press is essential to peace.
Today is an important day - the remaining Israeli hostages were released, Israel freed Palestinian prisoners, and the bloodshed in Gaza has stopped.
It’s now time to rebuild. As I said before, it can’t go back to an open air prison, it must be a place where Palestinians can thrive.
It’s now time to rebuild. As I said before, it can’t go back to an open air prison, it must be a place where Palestinians can thrive.
October 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Journalist must be safely allowed into Gaza as this transition is occurring.
A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.
A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.
A free press is essential to peace.
A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.
A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.
A free press is essential to peace.
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BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
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📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET!
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET!
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
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JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:
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October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:
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Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
Very Large Thumbs Down
October 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Very Large Thumbs Down
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If you're interested in Paramount, CBS News, the Free Press, or the right-wing takeover of the media, please help spread this around and let's see if we can find out anything interesting :-)
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October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you're interested in Paramount, CBS News, the Free Press, or the right-wing takeover of the media, please help spread this around and let's see if we can find out anything interesting :-)
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I’m so incredibly proud of my colleagues at other indie and nonprofit media orgs across the city, when I say this city is extraordinary these are the folks I’m talking about
Still thinking about the way Chicago indie media came together yesterday to demand Steve’s release.
That level of solidarity in such a crucial moment gives me hope.
What’s happening in Chicago is reaching people. Amanda Seales shared it on IG.
Tired, but encouraged to keep pushing.
That level of solidarity in such a crucial moment gives me hope.
What’s happening in Chicago is reaching people. Amanda Seales shared it on IG.
Tired, but encouraged to keep pushing.
September 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m so incredibly proud of my colleagues at other indie and nonprofit media orgs across the city, when I say this city is extraordinary these are the folks I’m talking about