How U.S. Universities Used Counterterror Fusion Centers to Surveil Student Protests for Palestine
From a statewide counterterrorism surveillance and intelligence-sharing hub in Ohio, a warning went out to administrators at the Ohio State...
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Family of man who coined ‘genocide’ fights institute using his name to accuse Israel of war crimes
A growing coalition of prominent U.S. rabbis is urging Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and state officials to review the...
Everyone Wants to Ban Congressional Stock Trades, but Some Supporters Worry Mike Johnson Is Stalling
On paper, the idea of banning congressional stock trades has all the ingredients for success: supermajority support in polls, bipartisan...
China formally arrests 18 leaders of underground Zion Church amid religious crackdown
Chinese authorities formally arrested 18 leaders of a major underground church, clearing the way for their prosecution and potential prison...
How California Spent Natural Disaster Funds to Quell Student Protests for Palestine
Cal Poly Humboldt students had been occupying a campus building in solidarity with Palestine for three days when then-university President...
Trump’s Federal Cops Just Gave Themselves Expansive Anti-Protest Powers Targeting Masks
Citing “civil unrest” in American cities, the Department of Homeland Security has accelerated new regulations meant to expand the powers...
Episode Five: What Fourth Amendment?
In June 2010, Las Vegas police conducted a no-knock raid on Trevon Cole’s apartment, where he lived with his nine-months-pregnant...
From Trump, With Impunity
Once again, Israeli bombs rained down on Gaza. The latest wave of strikes killed more than 100 people, mostly women...
Dark Money Drives Anti-China Crackdown Across State Legislatures
States are passing a flurry of anti-China bills that critics warn could chill free speech, create an administrative albatross for...
An Obscure Military Program Helps Local Cops Buy Armored Cars and Spyware. It Might Balloon Under Trump.
Local cops have gotten tens of millions of dollars’ worth of discounted military gear under a secretive federal program that...
Trump Is Rewriting History to Justify His Sketchy Pardon of a Crypto King
After Donald Trump pardoned a billionaire crypto king on Thursday, he claimed that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was “persecuted” by...
DHS Is Billing Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids $5,000
The Department of Homeland Security has sent unaccompanied immigrant teenagers $5,000 fines for illegally entering the United States, according to...
Trump Would Rather Let Birth Control Expire Than Give It to Africans as Aid
The Trump administration is allowing a stockpile of nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives to expire in a Belgian warehouse...
California high school volleyball team with trans athlete sees controversial season end with playoff loss
A nationally contentious season came to an end Wednesday night for a high school girls' volleyball team in California.Jurupa Valley...
‘Untold damage’: Global assisted suicide movement targets children
In the spring of 2022, Canadian teenager Markus Schouten’s dying wish was that no child should be forced to choose between life...
