InvestigationJustice, Politics Prisons Have Become Finishing Schools for the Alt-Right As right-wing extremists do time for increasingly serious crimes, today’s young neofascists are becoming more radicalized. Ali WinstonVanity FairOctober 15, 2024
InvestigationJustice, Technology ShotSpotter Routinely Missed Reported Shootings, City Data Shows In a recent 20-month period, more than 20% of shootings and reckless discharges in Chicago’s coverage area had no corresponding ShotSpotter alert. Max Blaisdell, Ethan Corey & Jim DaleySouth Side WeeklyOctober 9, 2024
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics If Trump Wins the Election, U.S. Parks and Wildlife Face a New Age of Mining As president, Trump would dramatically weaken environmental protections and remake America’s public lands. Adam Federman & Jimmy TobiasThe GuardianSeptember 28, 2024
InvestigationImmigration The fatal flaw in the Border Patrol’s rescue program The Missing Migrant Program is meant to prevent deaths. Instead, it may be causing them. Tanvi MisraHigh Country NewsSeptember 1, 2024
InvestigationImmigration La falla fatal en las operaciones de rescate de la Patrulla Fronteriza La agencia tiene la tarea de salvar a migrantes en peligro pero puede estar empeorando las cosas. Tanvi MisraHigh Country NewsSeptember 1, 2024
InvestigationImmigration, Justice ICE agents ‘don’t fire warning shots’ Exclusive training documents encourage quick, decisive use of deadly force. They say little about de-escalation. Lila HassanBusiness InsiderAugust 12, 2024
InvestigationJustice Armed and untouchable: ICE’s history of deadly force An analysis of six years of shootings by immigration agents reveals a rogue force whose officers sometimes recklessly fire their weapons. Lila HassanBusiness Insider, The TraceAugust 1, 2024
InvestigationJustice, Politics The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer. Adam FedermanIn These TimesJune 20, 2024
InvestigationJustice, Politics The War on Protest Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action. Adam FedermanIn These TimesApril 17, 2024
InvestigationJustice Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment Brian BarthThe GuardianApril 16, 2024