Honduras Defense Official and U.S. Drug War Ally Tied to Narco-Trafficker, Notorious Mercenary Firm
Documents and interviews link Col. Elias Melgar Urbina to a convicted drug trafficker and a security company accused of assassinating activists.
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Abortion Bans or Democracy — You Can’t Have Both
Controlling people’s bodies requires trashing representative government and violating every individual right.
Ron DeSantis’s Next Ideological Coup: “Judicial Gerrymander” in Florida
The governor’s allies took the first steps toward moves that could upend the election of Democratic prosecutors and even judges.
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Alabama Trans Health Care Ruling Is a Worrying Omen for a Future SCOTUS Decision
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pulled from Dobbs v. Jackson to argue trans health care isn’t “deeply rooted" in history.
“Serial” Podcast’s Adnan Syed Might Go Back to Prison Because of Toxic Maryland Politics
The whiplash-inducing back and forth of the most viral true-crime case in recent memory might owe to disputes between local- and state-level officials.
Police Are Getting DNA Data From People Who Think They Opted Out
Forensic genetic genealogists skirted GEDmatch privacy rules by searching users who explicitly opted out of sharing DNA with law enforcement.
The End of Roe
Clinic Fire Deals Blow to Abortion Access on California-Arizona Border
The Planned Parenthood clinic was the only abortion provider in California’s Imperial County and a haven for out-of-state patients.
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Anti-Press Hatred Is Alive and Well in Kansas
The assault on the Marion County Record is another reminder that Trumpism is a threat to press freedom.
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Targeting Trans Kids, Florida School Board Requires Parental Approval for Nicknames
The Orange County Public Schools’ anti-trans policies are extreme, even in Ron DeSantis’s Florida.
Umar Khalid Challenged Modi’s Anti-Muslim Agenda. India Accused Him of Terrorism and Locked Him Up.
The Modi government has weaponized India’s sedition and anti-terror laws to disappear Khalid and other political critics from public life.