Adam Federman

Adam Federman is a reporting fellow with Type Investigations who writes about environmental policy, public lands, and corporate and police spying on environmental activists. The recipient of a 2020 Fetisov Award for his environmental reporting, he has written for Politico Magazine, the Washington Post, Wired, Slate, The Nation, and other publications. His first book, "Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray," was a New York Times notable book of 2017 and a finalist for the LA Times Book prize in biography.

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FORTH WORTH, TEXAS - JULY 1: A sign that reads FREE THE PRAIRIELAND DEFENDANTS is taped to a post outside of the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Two judges sentenced seven defendants in the Prairieland Detention Center attack in the federal court Wednesday. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

Exclusive: Feds Denied Ballistics Expert Access to Prairieland Defendant Who Got 100 Years in Prison

Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn

- Sep. 27

From gaps in the evidence to a judge's intervention, jurors never got to hear the ricochet theory that would have undermined attempted murder charges.

CIUDAD JUAREZ , MEXICO - FEBRUARY 3: An aerial view of the construction of a second 12-meter-high metal barrier behind the existing border wall between Ciudad Juarez and New Mexico, built to prevent migrants from illegally entering the United States at Santa Teresa area in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on February 03, 2026. This ongoing second wall construction is part of the border wall expansion project announced by Kristi Noem. (Photo by Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

Adam Federman

- Apr. 30

DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

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Exclusive: Feds Denied Ballistics Expert Access to Prairieland Defendant Who Got 100 Years in Prison

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

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Exclusive: Feds Denied Ballistics Expert Access to Prairieland Defendant Who Got 100 Years in Prison

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

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