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Episcopal and other faith leaders across the United States are moving from cautious statements to active resistance, organizing legal, pastoral, and public-witness efforts to defend immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, religious minorities, and other vulnerable communities in an increasingly hostile political climate.[1][2][3] Some bishops are telling clergy to get their wills and affairs in order, signaling that they expect real risk as they accompany those targeted by new federal policies and rising hate violence.[4][5][6] “I have asked [the clergy of the diocese] to get their affairs in order, to make sure they have their wills written... because it may be that now is no longer the time for statements, but for us with our bodies to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable.” Bishop A. Robert Hirschfeld 's galvanizing call to action at a candlelight vigil in Concord, New Hampshire (January 2026) - In New Hampshire and elsewhere, Episcopal bishops have told clergy to ...

The current situation in the United States , as of November 2025 , is marked by high political volatility , deepening social divides , and increasing instability—raising alarms among analysts regarding the nation’s slide on both the " fascism meter " and the " civilization collapse meter " [1][2][3]. The Political and Social Climate The 2025 off-year elections were seen as a referendum on President Trump’s second term, with Democrats making some notable gubernatorial gains by running as pragmatic moderates and focusing on issues like affordability and resisting Trump’s agenda [4]. However, the elections also took place amidst what experts called the “highest levels of political violence in the U.S. since the 1970s,” with domestic and foreign actors seeking to disrupt the democratic process through threats, cyberattacks, and acts of targeted violence. High-profile incidents, such as political assassinations and bomb threats at polling sites, have heightened a sens...

 The humanitarian landscape of 2025 reveals an increasingly disturbing reality: the institutional brutality of U.S. immigration enforcement has metastasized into a domestic apparatus of control, echoing fascist escalations of the 1930s. Nowhere is this more grotesquely embodied than in facilities like Florida’s “ Alligator Alcatraz ,” an Everglades detention complex likened by advocates to a modern internment camp designed under the guise of “national security”.[1][2][3][4] The Rise of Alligator Alcatraz Built amid the Big Cypress National Preserve , Alligator Alcatraz now holds thousands of migrants in overheated FEMA shelters, surrounded by barbed wire and swamp. Reports from members of Congress describe detainees crammed “32 per cage,” crying for “ libertad ” as the state enacts what civil rights lawyers call a “ mass suspension of due process .” The site’s environmental devastation compounds the human tragedy, drawing lawsuits from Indigenous tribes and rights organizations ov...

Federal Agents and Troops in D.C. Spark Anxiety as School Begins A notably large mobilization of federal agents and National Guard troops descended on Washington, D.C. as children began the new school year in late August 2025, transforming everyday routines into scenes of tension and uncertainty for many families . Particularly in Black and immigrant neighborhoods, the sight of armed personnel near schools prompted widespread alarm —a reaction amplified by growing fears related to both racial profiling and potential encounters with immigration enforcement . Community Fears: Deportation and Profiling For Latino and immigrant families , the arrival of authorities affiliated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stirred deep fear of deportation and the possibility that children or relatives could be detained . Social media reports have spread warnings about possible checkpoints and arrests, fueling anxiety and leading some to question the safety of sending children to school...

Global Stakes and Power Moves Israel’s Gaza Offensive Faces World Condemnation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s push for a renewed, large-scale ground offensive in Gaza has met with widespread international condemnation. Despite clear warnings from Israel’s own military and the United Nations, Netanyahu insists on “defeating Hamas” only to later hand over Gaza, without Palestinian consent, to unnamed Arab authorities. This approach, widely seen as perpetuating occupation and instability, has fueled mass protests by hostage families and concerned citizens worldwide. The United Nations Security Council has convened an emergency session, but U.S. veto power continually undermines international efforts to enforce a just peace in the region.[1][3] Global Push for Climate Action Blocked Efforts in Geneva to establish a binding international treaty to curb plastic pollution collapsed following resistance from the United States and other major oil producers. While more than 100 countrie...

As summer 2025 draws to a close, the world’s leaders have foregone solving crises to instead polish their apathy to a blinding sheen. From sweaty conference rooms to well-catered government offices, the powerful manage little more than empty gestures and grave expressions, while millions slide deeper into chaos and hunger. Citizens grapple with tumultuous economies and scarce resources as meaningful change is strangled by bureaucracy and political acrobatics. Manufactured Famine in Gaza Famine is a gruesome reality. Nearly 200 people, including almost a hundred children, have died from starvation in just the past weeks, as hospitals turn away the dying and humanitarian groups are forced to decide which desperate family eats and which continues to go hungry. With most of Gaza’s infrastructure obliterated and safe zones shrinking to a paltry 12% of the Strip, aid is dropped by drone into ruined neighborhoods—sometimes missing hungry hands and landing on shattered rooftops, far out of...