This week on What Rough Beast, we talk to Trevor Mitchell, a reporter on the ground in Minneapolis for the nonprofit publication MinnPost. We wanted to discuss with him what everyday life looks like under ICE occupation—and how the Twin Cities are fighting back. We discuss:

* Why the most important stories are the hardest to tell—and why print journalism can reach people cameras can’t

* Mutual aid networks sprouting everywhere from churches to sex shops as neighbors step up to protect each other

* The Women with Walkers—senior activists protesting from chapel pews who’ve been doing this since 1967

* How half of the city’s Spanish-speaking students don’t show up to school and parents are too terrified to send their kids outside

* Whether this feels like war reporting, pandemic reporting, or something entirely new

* Why Minnesota—and what it means when 3,000 federal agents occupy American streets

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