Episode Seven: Dirty Information
In 2004, New York narcotics officers raided Alberta Spruill’s home, shattering her door and detonating a flash grenade. Spruill, a...
Research
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...
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
A poster reads “UCLA Faculty for a Free Palestine” as faculty and staff members demonstrate with students at the University...
You Will Never Send Money Digitally Without a Private Company — If the GOP Gets Its Way
Americans who want to transfer money online have options. They can go with services like Venmo and PayPal, make transfers...
Episode Six: Airborne Imperialism
Veronica and Charity Bowers, a young Christian missionary and her daughter, are killed when the Peruvian Air Force shoots down...
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
President Donald Trump’s military occupations of U.S. cities have cost nearly half a billion dollars, according to an expert estimate...
Lawmaker Challenges ICE Plan to Hire Bounty Hunters
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., says he has “grave concerns” over a plan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to award...
How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa
After threatening last weekend to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria in defense of Christian Nigerians, President Donald Trump has ended protection...
New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and staff have administered what experts said was shoddy medical treatment to at least...
From Africa to Iran: Mamdani’s mayoral win draws praise from unexpected quarters, sharp criticism
Zohran Mamdani’s historic win as New York City’s first Muslim mayor has sparked global reactions — from pride in Uganda...
Trump admin ramps up Sudan peace effort as civil war leaves tens of thousands dead
President Donald Trump’s global roller coaster of peace moves — led by him and his team to end wars around...
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...
Trump admin pressures Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah as envoy calls nation ‘failed state’
The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm the Iran-backed terrorist movement, with one senior U.S. official...
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering hiring private bounty hunters to locate immigrants across the country, according to a...
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...
