Keith Ellison opens up about his congressional confrontation with Sen. Josh Hawley and how Trump’s violent ICE raids transformed his state.
Criminal Justice
Crime and punishment, from the street to the courtroom and prisons
Exploding Pintos, Imploding Politics: Celebrating 50 Years of Fearless Journalism
The Center for Investigative Reporting’s CEO, Monika Bauerlein, looks back on a half-century of “Mother Jones” magazine and what lies ahead for America’s nonprofit newsrooms.
The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston
After a pregnant woman’s murder, Boston police rounded up countless Black men in search of her killer. But they were chasing a lie.
As the Trump Administration Erases Black History, These Writers Are Keeping It Alive
At a time when Black history is being removed from schools, museums, and parks, Black journalists are fighting to tell a more inclusive American story.
America’s New Era of Violent Populism Is Here
University of Chicago professor Robert Pape examines the troubling rise of domestic political violence and says Trump’s January 6 pardons could be the most consequential decision of his presidency.
What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers
Tasers were billed as a weapon that could subdue but not kill. The company’s own research told another story.
Fancy Galleries, Fake Art
How two well-respected New York art galleries sold more than $80 million in fake art—and why almost no one ever was punished.
Why America Is Obsessed With True Crime
On this week’s “More To The Story,” incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon examines how our fixation on crime capitalizes on tragedy and turns it into entertainment.
In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons
After a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign. But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail.
Executions Are Rising in the US. This Reverend Witnesses Them.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” death row spiritual adviser Jeff Hood talks about how his longtime activism for racial justice led him inside America’s execution chambers for the final moments of inmates’ lives.
