“I Can’t Believe He Did That”: Retired Kansas City Detective Charged With Kidnapping and Rape
Roger Golubski has long dodged allegations that he framed suspects and engaged in a pattern of abuse. Will his victims finally find justice?
Jordan Smith
Jordan Smith is a state and national award-winning investigative journalist based in Kansas City, Missouri. She has covered the criminal legal system for more than 25 years and, during that time, has developed a reputation as a resourceful and dogged reporter with a talent for analyzing complex social and legal issues. She spent more than 20 years reporting in Texas where she was regarded as one of the best investigative reporters in the state. Her investigative work in wrongful conviction cases has helped to exonerate six people. A longtime staff writer for the Austin Chronicle, her work has also appeared in The Nation, the Crime Report, and the Texas Observer, among other places.
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Liberty Counsel’s Donor Records and Pro-Trump Election Messaging Exposed in Data Breach
Thanks to its tax status, the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group has largely avoided public scrutiny.
Trials of Richard Glossip
Explosive New Evidence Points to Richard Glossip’s Innocence. Why Is Oklahoma Still Trying to Kill Him?
As witnesses came out of the woodwork and an independent report cast grave doubt on Glossip’s conviction, the state set a new execution date.
The End of Roe
Abortion Faces Early Electoral Test in Kansas — but Misinformation Is Rampant
Anti-abortion actors have deployed misleading talking points to convince voters that the right to abortion isn’t on the line.
The End of Roe
The Fight for Abortion Rights Turns to State Constitutions
In the wake of Roe v. Wade, providers are challenging abortion bans based on expansive rights protected in state constitutions.
The End of Roe
In Overturning Roe, Radical Supreme Court Declares War on the 14th Amendment
Alito’s opinion completely elides the significance of the 14th Amendment, which was explicitly designed to address the particular horrors of slavery, including the right of individuals to determine whether, with whom, and when to form a family.
The End of Roe
The Interstate Tug-of-War Over Reproductive Freedom
As states like Illinois work to expand abortion access in the wake of Roe, others, like Missouri, will seek to assert control over their residents.
The End of Roe
Oklahoma’s Total Abortion Ban Will Mean Surveillance, Criminalization, and Chaos
The state’s new ban is the most extreme in the country, going further than Texas’s notorious S.B. 8 by banning abortion after fertilization.
The End of Roe
The Fact-Free Logic of Samuel Alito
In his zeal to overturn Roe and do away with abortion rights, the Supreme Court justice relies on deceptive arguments and a regressive read of the law.
Melissa Lucio’s Life Was Spared at the Last Minute. What Happens Now?
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted Lucio’s execution and ordered her trial court to consider evidence of innocence.