Law & Defense
From Africa to America, here’s how climate protest is being criminalized
Elder activists with the group Third Act gather outside Citibank's headquarters to protest its funding of fossil fuels.Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA...
The looming danger of Trump’s January 6 pardons
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After Random Attacks, NY Renews Push for Involuntary Commitment
Top: Ramon Rivera is flanked by police after his arrest. Bottom: Evidence markers at the scene of a stabbing.Mother Jones...
Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences in largest one-day clemency
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Hospitals gave women medications during childbirth—then reported them for using illicit drugs.
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Where’s Pedro Moreno’s pardon?
Pedro Moreno, now 64, is serving a life term in federal prison for marijuana-related charges.Leo Pfeifer/Ground Floor Fight disinformation: Sign...
The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston
An image from a newspaper article about the death of Carol Stuart is projected on to the Boston skyline at...
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she’d been raped. Then she hit record.
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Gaetz ethics report should stay sealed because he’s a “private citizen,” says House Speaker Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson is implausibly alleging that former Rep. Matt Gaetz—and the potential next Attorney General—is a "private citizen."Robin...
Alex Jones is trying to halt the sale of Infowars. Elon Musk’s X just got involved in the case
Alex Jones speaks outdoors of the Dirksen constructing on Capitol Hill in Washington in September 2018.Jose Luis Magana/AP Struggle disinformation:...
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