InvestigationImmigration The fatal flaw in the Border Patrol’s rescue program The Missing Migrant Program is meant to prevent deaths. Instead, it may be causing them. Tanvi MisraHigh Country NewsSeptember 1, 2024
InvestigationImmigration La falla fatal en las operaciones de rescate de la Patrulla Fronteriza La agencia tiene la tarea de salvar a migrantes en peligro pero puede estar empeorando las cosas. Tanvi MisraHigh Country NewsSeptember 1, 2024
InvestigationImmigration, Justice ICE agents ‘don’t fire warning shots’ Exclusive training documents encourage quick, decisive use of deadly force. They say little about de-escalation. Lila HassanBusiness InsiderAugust 12, 2024
InvestigationJustice Armed and untouchable: ICE’s history of deadly force An analysis of six years of shootings by immigration agents reveals a rogue force whose officers sometimes recklessly fire their weapons. Lila HassanBusiness Insider, The TraceAugust 1, 2024
InvestigationJustice, Politics The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer. Adam FedermanIn These TimesJune 20, 2024
InvestigationJustice, Politics The War on Protest Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action. Adam FedermanIn These TimesApril 17, 2024
InvestigationJustice Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment Brian BarthThe GuardianApril 16, 2024
InvestigationHealth When the State Comes for Your Estate Medicaid was designed to provide healthcare for the poorest Americans. But after death, their relatives can be socked with massive bills, as one Charlotte family learned. Safiya CharlesThe AssemblyApril 8, 2024
InvestigationEnvironment How the U.S. Government Began Its Decade-Long Campaign Against the Anti-Pipeline Movement Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets. Adam FedermanGristFebruary 14, 2024
InvestigationJustice Louisiana Law Gives Judges a Financial Incentive to Set High Bail and Secure Convictions Years after a federal court declared the practice unconstitutional, judges continue to take money from criminal defendants. Some spend it on resort stays, luxury cars. Garrett HazelwoodWWNOJanuary 31, 2024