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The Trump Administration has rescinded the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, removing conservation as a formal public lands “use” and shifting federal land policy toward energy development, mining, grazing, and other extractive priorities amid criticism from environmental and conservation organizations.
Cannabis rescheduling may be imminent, with reports pointing to a possible announcement as soon as tomorrow, a development that could carry wide implications for law, medicine, religious use, and federal regulatory frameworks.
Although Operation Metro Surge has drawn down, its affects on the Twin Cities continues. Two prominent Heathen organizations have issued statements supporting the people of Minnesota.
TWH speaks with two members of the Twin Cities Pagan community, Sister Donyelle Headington and Benjamin Kowalsky-Grahek, about their perspectives on Operation Metro Surge and the community’s response to it.
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement escalates its enforcement actions, TWH has received reports that botánicas, specialty stores that serve African Diasporic Religions, have been targeted.