A Reagan-appointed federal judge delivered a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists — calling it an “unconstitutional suppression of free speech.” In September after students and scholars were detained and nearly deported without being charged with crimes, Judge William G. Young warned the U.S. must not become a country that punishes dissent. This week, he went even further, describing the administration’s actions as “authoritarian,” and an unconstitutional attempt to “pick off” people for their speech. Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, weighs in, “this is an aberration, and we have to call it out and name it as such, because otherwise it gets normalized.”

Newly released footage from the smartphone of Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, sheds new light on the shooting. Breaking down the footage with Ali Velshi, Pace University School of Criminal Justice adjunct professor and former NYPD Lieutenant Dr. Darrin Porcher calls the incident “a travesty” and says that Ross’s behavior goes against policing best practices. Porcher says that despite claims that Good was threatening Ross, “that’s not what I see in the video” and adds that the Trump administration is “drawing conclusions far too soon.”

As the year ends, we look at how America’s “results-now” mentality is eroding democracy and what a 1920’s reform movement can teach us today. A century ago, during a previous Gilded Age, a band of visionary progressives achieved success challenging inequality, economic upheaval, and threats to democracy. Historian John Fabian Witt argues their genius was in “organizing tens of millions of working-class Americans” across racial lines to make democracy work.

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After Democrats scored big wins in this month's elections running on affordability, Trump has started talking about the issue. But his new proposal of 50-year mortgages isn't only a terrible deal, but it does nothing to address the broken system that's made homeownership out of reach for many Americans.

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