The Little-Known Reason Counties Keep Building Bigger Jails: Architecture Firms

Amanda Abrams

All over the country, architecture firms make the case for bigger jails — then get hired to design them.
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These Convictions Thwart Trump’s Plan to Pardon Himself

James Risen

Found guilty on 34 counts by a New York jury, Trump might find himself campaigning behind bars.
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Not Just Coastal Elites: Here’s How Three Rust Belt Colleges Protested Israel’s War in Gaza

P. Nick Curran, Akela Lacy

The narrative that took hold ignored inland campuses, like in the Rust Belt and into Appalachia, where students formed their own encampments.
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He Made a PowerPoint on Mothers Starving in Gaza. Then He Lost His Government Job.

Shawn Musgrave

A senior USAID adviser said he was pressured to resign days after the agency censored his presentation.
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Guantánamo Prosecutors Accused of “Outrageous” Misconduct for Trying to Use Torture Testimony

Elise Swain

Government prosecutors claimed they didn’t know a former detainee recanted his testimony in interviews with the government.
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Joe Biden’s Terrible Israel Policy Is Really About Getting in Bed With Saudi Arabia

Aída Chávez

Biden’s plan to cozy up to Arab dictators is right out of Donald Trump’s playbook — but even worse.
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