CURE News Digest: Monday, May 4, 2026

[CURE News]

Fallout from the recent Supreme Court Callais decision:

5-4-26  Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

“The Week Ahead” by Joyce Vance

Vance concludes her post with this reminder:  “Gerrymanders can be defeated by massive voter turnout. That’s our path forward; think Hungary. And remember that gerrymandering only affects races where we vote in districts, not statewide races.”

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-be3

5-4-6  Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

“Substack Live with Marc Elias” by Joyce Vance

Elias & Vance will discuss election law/gerrymandering/voting rights tomorrow, May 5, at 11 am central time.

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/substack-live-with-marc-elias

5-4-26  Robert Reich substack

“Sam Alito and My Friend Mickey” by Robert Reich

A personal story about racism, with Reich stating “The Roberts-Alito court has ensured that Dred Scott and the Confederacy are reborn.”

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sam-alito-and-my-friend-mickey

5-4-26  Letters from an American

“May 3, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson

Richardson lists Trump’s erratic tweets and decisions from last week, and ends her discussion with Trump’s fear about the midterms and his encouragement for states’ to redraw/gerrymander their districts for Republicans. 

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-3-2026

Black ICE:

5-4-26  Popular Information

“ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months” by Judd Legum

“The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a massive spike in detainee deaths and medical crises.”

https://popular.info/p/ice-has-not-paid-for-detainee-medical

5-1-26  The Conversation

“When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration:  Lessons on research from 150 historical cases” by Braithwaite & Van Nostrand

https://theconversation.com/when-immigration-detention-becomes-a-system-of-concentration-lessons-from-research-on-150-historical-cases-277728

4-27-26  The Grassroots Connector

“Bearing Witness at the ICE Field Office” by Dawn Olcott

https://grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/bearing-witness-at-the-ice-field

 

Quote for the day:

"It is the citizens of our nation who must preserve our system of government, and we cannot forget that." 

~Sandra Day O'Connor, former associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court