InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Trump’s Greenland Problem As the president-elect’s call to buy—or take—a sovereign country moves from punchline to possibility, a look at the real stakes of the Arctic’s mounting cold war. Adam FedermanIn These TimesJanuary 16, 2025
InvestigationEnvironment A Slippery Slope Oil giants and the incoming Trump administration are ready to spark a new drilling boom on Alaska’s North Slope Adam FedermanSierra MagazineDecember 9, 2024
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics If Trump Wins the Election, U.S. Parks and Wildlife Face a New Age of Mining As president, Trump would dramatically weaken environmental protections and remake America’s public lands. Adam Federman & Jimmy TobiasThe GuardianSeptember 28, 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
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
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The New Cold War in the Arctic Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the U.S. is expanding its military presence in Greenland, increasing the risk of something going very wrong. Adam FedermanIn These TimesOctober 30, 2023
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice How the FBI Used ‘Cop City’ Protests to Snoop on Activists in Chicago Internal FBI documents indicate a larger federal law enforcement assessment related to “Anarchist extremism” and domestic terrorism. Adam FedermanGristMarch 23, 2023
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on the Industry She Says Is to Blame. Mary Peltola won her election by campaigning on a platform to save the state’s prized fisheries. A powerful fishing lobby is standing in her way. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineMarch 3, 2023
InvestigationEnvironment Desert Ruins In the US-Mexico borderlands, Customs and Border Protection activities continue to harm the desert wilderness—and the land management agencies seem helpless to stop it. Adam FedermanSierra MagazineDecember 12, 2022