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.
Justice
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.
Chilling Dissent
Trump’s Federal Cops Just Gave Themselves Expansive Anti-Protest Powers Targeting Masks
The Trump administration’s fast-tracked rules grant the Federal Protective Service sweeping powers to make arrests off federal property.
The War on Immigrants
New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care
“I shouldn’t have lost my fingers,” one detainee said of ICE guards’ failure to get him the care a doctor prescribed.
The War on Immigrants
Local Cops Aren't Allowed to Help ICE. Did the Feds Dupe Them Into Raids That Rounded Up Immigrants?
Local police participated in a drug raid. The feds had coordinated beforehand to have ICE to take cannabis farm workers into custody.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Investigations, Powered by Nvidia
ICE’s investigative division, increasingly involved in ground-level immigration enforcement, is using Nvidia tech to crunch data.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate.
Chilling Dissent
Man Jailed for Facebook Meme Is Freed in Tennessee
Larry Bushart Jr. spent more than a month in jail after a Tennessee sheriff ordered his arrest for a meme trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil.