This Rap Song Helped Sentence a 17-Year-Old to Prison for Life

A growing number of scholars, lawyers, and lawmakers are calling for a reassessment of how rap lyrics are used in court.

The Jailing of Jesse Harvey

A drug war activist turned to civil commitment for help — and found a civil liberties nightmare.

What Happened When Oakland Tried to Make Police Pay for Misconduct

In the ‘90s, the city passed a policy requiring the police department to pay some of their own legal costs. There’s no evidence that the department ever paid up.

How the Country’s Most Prominent Conservation Agency is Failing to Tackle Climate Change

Newly obtained documents show FWS officials pursued plans to remove protections from an endangered Florida animal despite internal warnings about sea level rise.

The New Right’s Grim, Increasingly Popular Fantasies of an International Nationalism

In the quest to unify American conservatism’s fragmented ranks, a right-wing vanguard
is looking to Hungary and Poland for inspiration.

Texas National Guard Filmed Trespassing During Border Operations

Allowing soldiers to patrol border communities with assault rifles is the latest escalation in Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.

The Big Thaw

Alaska becomes the nation’s first frontier of climate disruption