Courts & Law

Stored for Safe-Keeping, Never To Be Seen Again

This story was originally published by ProPublica.When Stephenie came upon workers in Portland, Oregon, who had bagged up all of her belongings in a homeless encampment sweep, she desperately...

Cashing In

Buying a presidency, it turns out, pays off. Tech billionaires who invested in President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign are...

How Texas Jails Paved the Way for Migrant Incarceration

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for...

‘War on Cartels’ and Harm Reduction in Peril

President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed and could soon have the authority to make that...

“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril

President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have the authority to make that...

After Pushing False Election Claims, Right-Wing Activists Recruit Poll Workers

This story was originally published by ProPublica and co-published with Wisconsin Watch.Right-wing strategists still talk about what happened in Detroit in 2020, when poll watchers...

The Rise of the Constitutional Sheriff

Sheriffs in the United States hold immense power. They arrest people on the streets they patrol, they run their county’s jails, and they enforce evictions....

Caught in the Storm: How Florida Prisons Responded to Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Milton unleashed winds up to 140 miles an hour and catastrophic flooding in Central and Southern Florida. Thousands of people under mandatory evacuation orders fled their homes....

Caught in the Storm: How Florida Prisons Are Responding to Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Milton unleashed winds up to 140 miles an hour and catastrophic flooding in Central and Southern Florida. Thousands of people under mandatory evacuation orders fled their homes....

A System of Special Rights for Corporations Has Come for Honduras

This article originally appeared at Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. For...

The Regulatory Failure Behind a Georgia Chemical Plant Catastrophe

This article was originally published by the Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for the Lever‘s free newsletter. A year before a Georgia...