The War on Immigrants
Georgia Police Arrest Farmworkers — Then Get Warrants From DHS
Georgia authorities said their goal was to serve warrants for crimes against children. Instead, they swept people up and got immigration detainers after the fact.
Schuyler Mitchell
Schuyler Mitchell is a Brooklyn-based journalist, originally from North Carolina. Her work has appeared in The Intercept, Truthout, Jacobin, The Baffler, Labor Notes, and elsewhere.
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Chilling Dissent
NYU Law About-Face: Students Can Take Exams Without Swearing Off Protests
NYU Law reversed course on its demand that students renounce protests to take finals — but they are still banned from most school buildings.
Chilling Dissent
NYU Demands Law Students Renounce Protests or Be Barred From Sitting Final Exams
After being banned from campus buildings following peaceful sit-ins, students said the disciplinary processes broke from school policies.
Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup
The corporation behind Roundup herbicide has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it’s backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.
Climate Crimes
LA Budgeted Money For Cop Jobs While Cutting Fire Department Positions. Now the City Is Burning.
“The consistent defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” said a local activist.
Hurricane-Struck North Carolina Prisoners Were Locked in Cells With Their Own Feces for Nearly a Week
“We thought we were going to die there. We didn’t think anybody was going to come back for us.”
Vinyl Chloride Industry Keeps Expanding Despite East Palestine Disaster
Proposed laws to curtail the use of PVC plastics have failed amid heavy lobbying.
The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring
What Happened When a Star Prosecutor Was Accused of Running a Jailhouse Snitch Scheme
Kelly Siegler’s talent for solving cold cases made her a TV celebrity. Then she was confronted about her use of informants.
The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring
How Two Men Convicted by Kelly Siegler Uncovered the Dark Secret to Her Success
Jeffrey Prible and Hermilo Herrero always insisted on their innocence. From prison, they tracked down the man who could help them prove it.
The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring
Kelly Siegler Is a True-Crime Celebrity. Did She Frame an Innocent Man for Murder?
As a Houston prosecutor, Kelly Siegler won 68 murder convictions and 19 death sentences. But the case of Jeffrey Prible raises questions about her record.