Change Seems Possible Until It Doesn’t

Julia Azari: “The killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis yesterday feels like a significant turning point in what was already an awful and authoritarian situation. In some sense, the questions about abolishing ICE seem somewhat beside the larger point that the federal government has declared war on its citizens. ICE is just the mechanism.”

“But sweeping political change actually happens at a granular, institutional and even mundane level. Questions about how major institutional change can be possible, even when it seems politically impossible, are still relevant even in this terrifying and emotional moment.”