InvestigationJustice The Imbalanced Scales of Immigration Justice Cameroonian asylum seekers fleeing violence back home say they were met with abuse, lengthy detention stays, and threats of deportation in Louisiana and Mississippi. Bobbi-Jeanne MisickGulf States NewsroomDecember 19, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice The Scorched-Earth Legal Strategy Corporations Are Using to Silence Critics Energy and extractive industry giants are targeting environmentalists with racketeering charges. Sasha ChavkinThe InterceptDecember 16, 2022
InvestigationJustice Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars. California and New York legislators are trying to undo the damage caused since the 1994 Crime Bill. But elder parole isn’t working as hoped. Victoria LawThe NationDecember 14, 2022
NewsImmigration New Report Shows How Faulty Foreign Information About Immigrants Can Lead to Family Separation and Denied Asylum Claims The National Immigrant Justice Center says DHS is refusing to disclose information on transnational data sharing. Melissa del BosqueDocumentedDecember 13, 2022
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
BackstoryJustice The Backstory: Aaron Miguel Cantú Reporting on the Prosecution of Protestors Paco AlvarezNovember 9, 2022
ProjectJustice, Politics Prosecution of Black Lives Matter Protestors After the Trump administration prosecuted hundreds of protestors, Biden's Justice Department doubled down with an expansive view of extremism. Aaron Miguel CantúNovember 1, 2022
InvestigationJustice How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice Heavy-handed policing by Arkansas authorities—with an assist from the Trump and Biden Justice Departments—put Dawn Jeffrey in jail and left her fellow protesters demoralized and demobilized. Aaron Miguel Cantú & Kandist MallettThe NationNovember 1, 2022
InvestigationImmigration The Rural Texas County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment Officials in Kinney County, Texas are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers. Melissa del BosqueThe InterceptOctober 12, 2022
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Unstable Ground How thawing permafrost threatens a Biden-supported plan to drill in Alaska's Arctic. Adam FedermanGristOctober 3, 2022