Voices
Keep Talking About Gaza at Your Thanksgiving Table
The so-called ceasefire might seem like a good excuse to bury the hatchet and enjoy a quieter family dinner, but it’s not.
Justice
Chilling Dissent
The FBI Wants AI Surveillance Drones With Facial Recognition
An FBI procurement document requests information about AI surveillance on drones, raising concerns about a crackdown on free speech.
Chilling Dissent
Wyden Blasts Kristi Noem for Abusing Subpoena Power to Unmask ICE Watcher
“DHS apparently is trying to expose an individual’s identity in order to chill criticism of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies.”
At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row.
Richard Randolph, now Malik Abdul-Sajjad, is scheduled to die tonight. His biological mother will never get a chance to meet him.
Chilling Dissent
How California Spent Natural Disaster Funds to Quell Student Protests for Palestine
California’s Law Enforcement Mutual Aid fund has been used to fight fires, floods, earthquakes — and Gaza demonstrations.
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump’s pardon entitled him to multimillion-dollar reparations.
Voices
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
Nationwide, faculty and students fight against Trump’s assault on higher education — and administrators capitulate.
Trials of Richard Glossip
Judge Failed to Disclose Personal Ties to Prosecutor in Two Death Row Cases
Veteran prosecutor Fern Smith convicted both Tremane Wood and Richard Glossip. She calls a judge in both cases a friend.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Human Rights Campaign Rejects Weapons Company Sponsorships After Pressure Around Israel Genocide
Activists had been pressuring the Human Rights Campaign, one of the world’s largest LGBTQ+ groups, to stand against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The War on Immigrants
Lawmaker Challenges ICE Plan to Hire Bounty Hunters
ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.