For Decades, Officials Knew a School Sat on a Former Dump — and Did Little to Clean Up the Toxins

Georgia Gee

In Gainesville, Florida, children are on the front lines of the hazards long ignored by local and state government officials.
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Columbia Law Review Refused to Take Down Article on Palestine, So Its Board of Directors Nuked the Whole Website

Natasha Lennard, Prem Thakker

The students who edit the journal sought out the article by a Palestinian scholar who was censored by Harvard Law Review last year.
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One Facebook Ad Promotes a For-Profit College; Another a State School. Which Ad Do Black Users See?

Sam Biddle

Researchers tested for bias in Facebook’s algorithm by purchasing ads promoting for-profit colleges and studying who saw them.
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Missouri’s Attorney General Is Waging War to Keep the Wrongly Convicted Locked Up

Jordan Smith

Andrew Bailey’s office has a losing record of fighting against exonerations recommended by local prosecutors — but it’s not giving up.
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New York Spends $225 Million on Its Own “Cop City” — to Make the Whole City Run on Cops

Natasha Lennard

A proposed New York training facility shows how establishment politicians only understand governance through policing.
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To Understand the Trump Verdict, Look at the Case Against Shukhratjon Mirsaidov

James Risen

Trump fans say his conviction is an overreach. But a close look at another recent fraud trial shows his case was run-of-the-mill.
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Imran Khan Remains Imprisoned Over His Wife’s Menstrual Cycles. State Department Says That’s “Something For the Pakistani Courts to Decide.”

Ryan Grim, Murtaza Hussain

The charge of an illegitimate marriage is all that’s left after a court acquitted Khan over his handling of a classified cypher.
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Joe Biden’s Cruel Border Shutdown Follows in Clinton and Obama’s Footsteps Too

Natasha Lennard

The draconian restrictions on asylum-seekers owe a lot to Trump’s immigration crackdown, but the path was paved by Democrats.
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A Federal Judge Visited Israel on a Junket Designed to Sway Public Opinion. Now He’s Hearing a Gaza Case.

Shawn Musgrave

Activists suing the Biden administration over Gaza policy are demanding the judge recuse himself over the sponsored trip.
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Rafah Clash Exposes Roots of Egypt and Israel Tension

Intercepted

H. A. Hellyer and Murtaza Hussain discuss the current discord and complex history between the Israeli government and Egyptian military.
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