A day after one of her ICE agents shot a woman to death in broad daylight, the secretary of homeland security was in Manhattan urging Americans to buy them lunch.
Law and Justice
The ICE Murder and the Broader Battle
Wednesday’s cold-blooded murder of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent brings America one step closer to a civil war between cities and states defending their citizens and a Trump administration using fascist-style tactics to provoke violence.
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
Elon Musk’s Deepfake Factory
Musk’s chatbot will now create sexualized images of people on cue, which, among other things, violates a law President Trump signed just last May prohibiting “digital forgery.”
Is the Supreme Court Fed Up With Trump?
Let’s hope the ruling blocking National Guard deployment is the beginning of a trend.
Profiting Off Immigrant Illness, Abuse, and Terror
Staff writer Whitney Wimbish’s Best of 2025
Bringing Stories From the Midwest
Writing fellow Emma Janssen looks back on her reporting this year.
The Empty Suit
How FBI Director Kash Patel undermines the FBI’s performance and credibility.
The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants
Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended detention of hundreds of children.
