Accountability
Pardon me
The inquiry into President Donald Trump brings memories of Richard Nixon and the pardon that changed history. Also, how the pardons system broke down.
Donald Trump
Kept Out
Homewreckers
After the housing bust, these men destroyed the American dream of homeownership. Learn how the Homewreckers did it and meet a woman who fought back.
The Trump Era
Commander-in-tweet
These days, a presidential tweet can dictate the news cycle for days on end. But is it driving us to distraction?
Immigration
Immigrant children still being drugged at shelter despite judge’s order, lawyers say
Attorneys for immigrant children held at a troubled Texas shelter say kids continue to be forcibly drugged there despite a judge’s order.
Border Patrol
Trump administration agreed to new asylum hearings, but families face another month in detention
Separated families won a second chance to seek asylum under an agreement in federal court, but lawyers say the government has backed off its pledge.
The (Un)Scientific Method
5 people died from eating lettuce, but Trump’s FDA still won’t make farms test water for bacteria
Congress ordered a fix to a gaping hole in food safety years ago. But the administration postponed a remedy that could prevent deadly outbreaks.
Immigration
A Mauritanian man escaped his country’s ethnic cleansing. ICE deported him anyway.
Seyni Malick Diagne lived in the U.S. for 17 years. Battling cancer, he was deported last month to Mauritania, where he faces arrest and enslavement.
Hate
The Hate Report: Sikh Americans continue being targeted in hate crimes
In this week’s roundup: Two attacks on American Sikhs this month stir up memories of decades of hate, more Trump Administration staff connected to white nationalists, and understanding farm murders in South Africa.
Returning Home to Battle
VA’s mental health care crisis draws private firms pitching dubious PTSD treatments
“The answer is: If it hasn’t been proven, it’s not something the VA should endorse,” says one agency official.
Immigration
Troubled Texas facility still holds 28 immigrant children as deadline nears, attorney says
More than a week after a judge ordered that immigrant children staying at the facility should be moved, more than two dozen children are still there.
