Turbulent Weather: Ice Brutality and Community Advocacy

In this episode, editorial staff Amel Mohdali meets with TBR Director Jasmine Patrick. MLK Jr. Day reflections turns into a critical discussion of ICE brutality and its ties to white nationalism and xenophobia. Tracing back to Trump’s Big Beautiful Wall, The Blue Record examines the evolution of border militarization into a full scale domestic assault, from raids and killings in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Minnesota to media wars grappling to make sense of a “perfect” victim. This episode also confronts tensions between Black and Brown communities and begets the question of what solidarity and resistance means in this moment, before closing with essential know your rights information and examples of how communities are organizing to survive and fight back.

Edited by: Jordan Grant