Voices
World Bank Chief Apologizes to Staff for Handling of Child Sex Abuse Scandal
"Put simply, mistakes were made."
Justice
Israel’s War on Gaza
More Than 20 Student Groups Protested. A Lawsuit Asks Why Columbia Only Suspended Two.
In addition to Columbia, another Ivy League lawsuit by Penn faculty seeks to block the school’s cooperation with a “McCarthyesque” House committee.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Billion-Dollar Jewish Communal Fund Bars Donations to Progressive Jewish Group
The Jewish Communal Fund, which lets contributors direct their donations, blocks gifts to Jewish Voice for Peace because of its stance on Israel.
Biometrics Giant Accenture Quietly Took Over LA Residents’ Jail Reform Plan
A plan to divert money from police ended up funneling an $8.6 million contract back toward the prison-industrial complex.
The End of Roe
Roe Was Never Enough to Ensure Reproductive Freedom
Biden vowed to codify Roe. But the ruling was never about whether the government had a right to your body, only when it had a right to your body.
The Informant at the Heart of the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Was a Liability. So Federal Agents Shut Him Up.
Internal FBI reports and undercover recordings reveal that federal agents were concerned about entrapment claims.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Leaked U.S. Cable: Israeli Invasion of Rafah Would Have “Catastrophic Humanitarian Consequences”
With 1.5 million Palestinians trapped in Rafah, a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable says an Israeli offensive would cut off all aid and seize an already collapsed health system.
Voices
Florida Anti-Trans Bill Could Raise Everyone’s Health Insurance Costs
The Florida GOP's so-called trans erasure bill mandates that insurance companies cover widely debunked "conversion therapy."
Voices
An Abortion-Seeker Is Not a Victim
“Abortion trafficking” bills and a new study of rape-related pregnancy contribute to the “awfulization” of abortion.
Voices
Alabama Court Rules Frozen Embryos Made by IVF Are “Children”
With Roe v. Wade dismantled, far-right courts are coming for all aspects of reproductive health care.