InvestigationJustice Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars. California and New York legislators are trying to undo the damage caused since the 1994 Crime Bill. But elder parole isn’t working as hoped. Victoria LawThe NationDecember 14, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Desert Ruins In the US-Mexico borderlands, Customs and Border Protection activities continue to harm the desert wilderness—and the land management agencies seem helpless to stop it. Adam FedermanSierra MagazineDecember 12, 2022
InvestigationJustice How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice Heavy-handed policing by Arkansas authorities—with an assist from the Trump and Biden Justice Departments—put Dawn Jeffrey in jail and left her fellow protesters demoralized and demobilized. Aaron Miguel Cantú & Kandist MallettThe NationNovember 1, 2022
InvestigationImmigration The Rural Texas County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment Officials in Kinney County, Texas are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers. Melissa del BosqueThe InterceptOctober 12, 2022
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Unstable Ground How thawing permafrost threatens a Biden-supported plan to drill in Alaska's Arctic. Adam FedermanGristOctober 3, 2022
InvestigationPolitics The Christian Nationalist Boot Camp Pushing Anti-Trans Laws Across America The Statesmen Academy elevates the profiles of right-wing lawmakers and helps them promote legislation rooted in baseless distortions of science and medicine. Sarah PosnerBusiness InsiderSeptember 21, 2022
InvestigationJustice San Quentin Is Still Punishing People for Being Sick Incarcerated people described filthy conditions and harsh treatment in San Quentin’s medical quarantine unit. Katie Rose Quandt & Juan Moreno HainesThe American ProspectSeptember 19, 2022
InvestigationPolitics Deal With the Devil The roots of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe go back 50 years, to when zealots preaching a gospel of misogyny and homophobia—led by an accused sexual predator—took over the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination. Sarah PosnerThe NationSeptember 12, 2022
InvestigationHealth, Justice Roe Was Never Enough Though the federal government is obligated to provide tribes with health care, decades-old restrictions on federal funding have severely limited the provision of abortion. Adreanna RodriguezViceAugust 25, 2022
InvestigationJustice, Politics, Technology When Porch Piracy Became a Felony Around the country, 13 states have passed or introduced laws to make package theft a felony. Critics say the harsher penalties are an ineffective response that can lead to increased surveillance of communities and harm people of color. Lam Thuy VoThe GuardianAugust 25, 2022