AIPAC Targets Black Democrats — While the Congressional Black Caucus Stays Silent
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
Justice
Protests for Black Lives
Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests
Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.
DNA Evidence Sent Anthony Sanchez to Death Row. But Did It Actually Solve the Crime?
A college ballerina was raped and murdered in Oklahoma. DNA put Anthony Sanchez at the scene. But it did not tell the whole story.
Most Cops Involved in High-Profile Killings Since 2014 Kept Their Police Licenses
An Intercept investigation reveals how rare it is for officers who use excessive, deadly force to be barred from working as cops.
Leading Democrat in Maryland Senate Race Once Blamed Murders On Decriminalized Pot
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks ran tough-on-crime campaigns for prosecutor. Now she’s fashioning herself as a reformer.
Companies Already Ban the Use of Their Drugs for Lethal Injection. Now They’re Blocking IV Equipment.
Medical manufacturers say states can’t use their IV equipment to kill, a stance that could fuel new challenges to lethal injection.
Voices
Cop City Indictments Threaten Press Freedom Too
The message is clear: Try to spread opinions cops don’t like through the media, and you might be charged next.
Guatemalans Guarded the Memory of Democracy Through Years of War and Corruption. Now They See an Opening.
Hope for a revival of the “Guatemalan spring” — cut short in 1954 by a CIA-backed coup — lifted Bernardo Arévalo’s unlikely campaign.
Defying RICO Indictment, Faith Leaders Chain Themselves to Bulldozer to Stop Cop City
In solidarity with those facing racketeering charges, protesters against the planned police compound chose to stand their ground against state repression.
Undercover Federal Police Shot and Paralyzed Unhoused Man in Wheelchair
According to Brooks Roberts’s wrongful shooting claim, officers opened fire when they saw he had a gun — but he thought his brother was being robbed.