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
BackstoryJustice, Politics The Backstory: Adam Federman Reporting on the War on Protest Paco AlvarezApril 23, 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
InvestigationJustice Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment Brian BarthThe GuardianApril 16, 2024
BackstoryJustice The Backstory: Garrett Hazelwood Following the Money in Louisiana's Court System Paco AlvarezFebruary 20, 2024
InvestigationJustice Louisiana Law Gives Judges a Financial Incentive to Set High Bail and Secure Convictions Years after a federal court declared the practice unconstitutional, judges continue to take money from criminal defendants. Some spend it on resort stays, luxury cars. Garrett HazelwoodWWNOJanuary 31, 2024
BackstoryJustice The Backstory: Olivia Gentile Reporting on Parental Alienation Paco AlvarezNovember 6, 2023
InvestigationJustice The Truth Behind The Experimental Therapy That Kids Say Starts With ‘Legalized Kidnapping’ Hundreds of children across the U.S. have been sent into controversial treatment programs where they’re cut off from the parent they trust and forced to live with the one they fear. Olivia Gentile, Erica Berenstein & Mark Adam MillerInsider, Retro Report on PBSNovember 6, 2023
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice The Climate Crisis Is Pushing Washington’s Prisons to the Brink Why not let people out? Sarah Sax & Christopher BlackwellHigh Country NewsNovember 1, 2023
NewsJustice Solitary Confinement is Widespread in New Jersey Prisons, Watchdog Finds A report released by the state’s corrections ombudsperson indicates that prisons are breaking a law that limits the use of solitary. It confirms a recent story by Type Investigations and HuffPost. Nina ZweigOctober 31, 2023