This story was produced in partnership with The Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. Jennifer was freezing. She was dressed in a brown T-shirt and scrubs. Chains, wrapped twice around her waist, pinched her belly. Handcuffs dug in tightly on her wrists, …
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The small town where I live, along the spine of the Green Mountains of Vermont, was a water world last summer. Endless days of rain, the most in our history, washed out the roads east and west out of town. We lost one house to a landslide, but we were …
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Congressman Jamie Raskin’s office is busy. It’s the summer interns’ first day, one staffer explains. Constituents and aides flutter in and out of the small lobby, somehow still spacious considering the generally cramped conditions the House’s quarters are renowned for. Everyone is watching the clock, everything is running a little …
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Hunter Biden‘s federal trial on three gun-related charges kicked off in Delaware this week. The government alleges that the president’s son lied about his drug use on a form to buy a gun, and thus obtained the firearm illegally. On Wednesday, prosecutors called two of Biden’s exes — including Kathleen …
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Former President Donald Trump‘s gun license is expected to be revoked by the New York Police Department after he was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump’s concealed carry license for New York City was suspended following his indictment in April, a senior police official told …
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The chief financial officer of right-wing media media company, The Epoch Times, has been arrested and charged with heading a $67 million global money laundering scheme. Weidong Guan, also known as Bill Guan, was charged with one count of conspiring to commit money laundering and two counts of bank fraud, …
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Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show on Monday for the first time since former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts stemming from a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Stewart dug into both sides of the media, first mocking liberal outlets by …
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This story is being published in partnership with American Doom, a newsletter that focuses on right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy. A Republican election official in Georgia’s largest county who has worked for prominent election denial groups is now suing for the discretion to refuse to certify election results …
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Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, are having a moment — a bad moment. Years of bullying both artists and venues, while price-gouging customers, has caught up with this corporate giant. The Justice Department has filed a long-overdue antitrust lawsuit for its predatory practices — and cheers can be …
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Attorney General Merrick Garland slammed Republican attacks against the Justice Department in a tense House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. “I will not be intimidated,” Garland said in his opening statements. “The Justice Department will not be intimidated. We will continue to do our jobs free from political influence. And …
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