Hard Times in Trump Country
Over the course of a year, photographer Stacy Kranitz documented life in the Ohio River Valley, where voters went for Trump by wide margins.
Alice Speri
Alice Speri writes about U.S. foreign policy, abuses by military and security forces, and the repression of dissent. She has reported from Ukraine, Palestine, Haiti, El Salvador, Colombia, and across the United States. She is originally from Italy and lives in the Bronx.
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Oil and Water
An Activist Stands Accused of Firing a Gun at Standing Rock. It Belonged to Her Lover — an FBI Informant.
Red Fawn Fallis’s case sheds light on federal law enforcement’s surveillance of the water protector movement and generations of indigenous activists.
New DHS Numbers Show Trump Is Deporting Longtime U.S. Residents, Ripping Families Apart
A Human Rights Watch report lays out the costs of Trump's shift toward a policy of interior deportations.
These Wall Street Companies Are Ready to Cash In on Trump’s Border Wall
BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo have invested in border wall construction, despite CEOs distancing themselves from Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric.
Oil and Water
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Paid Mercenaries to Build Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Environmentalists
The private security firm TigerSwan worked to build a RICO suit accusing Greenpeace, Earth First, and BankTrack of inciting protests to increase donations.
Oil and Water
Law Enforcement Descended On Standing Rock A Year Ago And Changed the DAPL Fight Forever
No other incident during Standing Rock better illustrates the collaboration between police and private security in suppressing the NoDAPL movement.
The War on Immigrants
Top Trump Official John Kelly Ordered ICE to Portray Immigrants as Criminals to Justify Raids
A February directive to ICE officials across the country to portray undocumented immigrants as criminals came directly from then-DHS Secretary John Kelly.
The War on Immigrants
Internal Emails Show ICE Agents Struggling to Substantiate Trump’s Lies About Immigrants
ICE officials were instructed to find examples of "egregious" cases in a campaign to portray undocumented immigrants as hardened criminals.
Oil and Water
Police Used Private Security Aircraft for Surveillance in Standing Rock No-Fly Zone
The FAA’s no-fly zone barred indigenous drone pilots from documenting the NoDAPL struggle, but private security aircraft continued surveillance.
Israel Security Forces Are Training American Cops Despite History of Rights Abuses
Among the trainees in the latest trip is a Washington D.C. police commander, over the objections of a D.C. city councilmember.