Oil and Water
Pipeline Company Spent Big on Police Gear to Use Against Standing Rock Protesters
TigerSwan worked with law enforcement to fight an information war against the Indigenous-led water protectors.
Justice
Profits Skyrocket for AI Gun Detection Used in Schools — Despite Dubious Results
Amid aggressive marketing to schools, Evolv announced it had doubled its first-quarter earnings compared to last year.
The End of Roe
U.S. Marshals Spied on Abortion Protesters Using Dataminr
Twitter’s “official partner” monitored the precise time and location of post-Roe demonstrations, internal emails show.
The War on Immigrants
Desperate Families and Gun-Toting Vigilantes Converge in Arizona After Title 42 Ends
As President Joe Biden swaps one asylum crackdown for another, the border’s lethality endures.
Playing With Fire
Claude Garrett Was Wrongfully Imprisoned for Decades. He Died After Five Months of Freedom.
In many ways, Claude was lucky. He had a job, a place to live, the support of loved ones. But incarceration exacts a heavy toll.
Voices
Tragedy in Texas as Pandemic Border Policy Ends — and a Rush to Judgment
The hate-crime narrative that emerged after migrants were killed in Brownsville ignored details about history and life in the border town.
Trials of Richard Glossip
The “Power, Pride, and Politics” Behind the Drive to Execute Richard Glossip
The Supreme Court spared Glossip’s life — for now. But his fight is far from over.
AI Tries (and Fails) to Detect Weapons in Schools
Companies like Evolv sell multimillion-dollar AI-powered gun detection systems to schools nationwide, but weapons still slip through.
Why St. Louis's Reform DA Kim Gardner Quit
“I don’t think we’ve spoken enough about what Black women have had to endure here,” said Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx, a Gardner ally.
The War on Immigrants
Ban on Property Sales to Citizens of China, Iran, and Others Is Cruising Through Texas Legislature
Whether the bill, which Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to sign, ends up as law or not, the discrimination is already stinging marginalized communities.