Thursday’s News & Ideas - 1/22/2026

Two arrested over anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church, Bondi says
The Guardian: Demonstrators alleged that one of church’s pastors was acting field director of St Paul ICE office

250 years in: Indigenous resistance is integral to how we move forward as a nation
Religion News Service: As we live through these apocalyptic times, it’s imperative that Indigenous wisdom is heard.

Antisemitism is bad politics — and even worse Christianity*
America: The resurgence of antisemitism on the American right has of late often been reduced to a matter of strategy.

Irrevocable harm and irrevocable good*
The Christian Century: A favorable immigration ruling in Chicago was overturned. The growth of our bond fund was not.

For many unhoused people, New Jersey church’s warming center is both shelter and community
Episcopal News Service: Trinity Church in Asbury Park, a seaside city on the Jersey Shore, is always prepared for “Code Blue” nights. The Episcopal church runs the county’s largest drop-in overnight warming center for adults, which over the years has become a community of its own.

The Spark

Memory’s role in Chile’s democratic rebirth
In post-Pinochet Chile, public memory became a pathway to accountability, JSTOR says.

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