Citizen App Again Lets Users Report Crimes — and Experts See Big Risks
The revived video feature could foment racism, increase invasive surveillance, and stoke panic, the experts say.
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A "Black Vests" Movement Emerges in France to Protest Treatment of Undocumented Migrants
The gilets noirs took their name from the gilets jaunes, or yellow vests movement. They won't let migrants be blamed for global inequality.
The War on Immigrants
From the Mediterranean to Mexico, Capt. Pia Klemp Believes Rescuing Refugees Is Worth Facing Prison Time
If governments are criminalizing people who “show basic human decency, then I think that shows that we’re doing something very right.”
Amid Spike in Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean, Europe Is Still Delaying Rescues
“They know where we are and they just wait for the Libyans to come tomorrow to pick our corpses,” came the anguished call from a boat in distress.
The Trump Administration Wants to Make It Harder for Transgender People to Access Homeless Shelters
A new Housing and Urban Development rule would roll back Obama-era protections for transgender people.
Migrants Trying to Reach Europe Are Trapped in Libya — Between Militias and the Sea
Amnesty International says that fighting in Tripoli has led to possible war crimes, and that migrants are in particular peril.
A Veteran’s War Movie Sheds Damning Light on How the Marines Fight in Afghanistan
“Combat Obscura” amounts to a deft condemnation of the behavior of U.S. troops, an excruciating lament for the loss of life caused by the Afghanistan War.
Supreme Privilege
The Unbearable Dishonesty of Brett Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh’s choice to lie about things that are easily disproved speaks to a kind of hubris, or entitlement, that’s fitting to someone of his pedigree.
Supreme Privilege
Kavanaugh’s High School, Georgetown Prep, Warned Parents in 1990 of “Sexual or Violent Behavior” at Parties
Georgetown Prep joined six other D.C. private schools in sending a letter to parents describing “excessive drinking and sexual license.”