<p>Two Chicago police officers were investigated for sexual misconduct — then promoted.</p><p>It wasn’t an oversight.</p><p>Despite a decadeslong reform effort, the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows for disciplinary records to be ignored.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
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<p>Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.</p><p>One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ken</span><span class="invisible">-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/kenpaxton/" rel="tag">#KenPaxton</a> <a href="/tags/attorneygeneral/" rel="tag">#AttorneyGeneral</a></p>
<p>Want to learn about the Supreme Court justices’ financial connections to companies and people?</p><p>We’ve updated our database with the latest filings from eight justices, detailing millions in book income, almost 40 trips and one gift:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.<br>---</p><p>Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country filing lawsuits and garnishing paychecks to collect unpaid bills.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fed</span><span class="invisible">erally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/debt/" rel="tag">#Debt</a></p>
<p>LOL. A I'm not aware some were expanded, and a few were new to me as well. 😅😅 </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/_nBZNh1jqUQ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-myDefault" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/_nBZNh1jqUQ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-myDefault"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/_nBZNh1jqUQ?utm_sourc</span><span class="invisible">e=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-myDefault</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>> The key legal question here is: Does modifying how a website displays through browser-side tools like ad blockers count as breaking the [copyright] law?</p><p><a href="https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv</span><span class="invisible">acy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla</span></a></p><p>This is ridiculous. There are so many ways to display a <a href="/tags/webpage/" rel="tag">#webpage</a>. So, would using custom <a href="/tags/css/" rel="tag">#CSS</a> also violate the <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a>? Or using a browser like Lynx that just shows the text? Or viewing raw HTML? If anything, it's the raw <a href="/tags/code/" rel="tag">#code</a> that should be copyrighted. <a href="/tags/ad/" rel="tag">#ad</a> <a href="/tags/adblock/" rel="tag">#adblock</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#legal</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/netzpolitik/" rel="tag">#netzpolitik</a> <a href="/tags/browser/" rel="tag">#browser</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a></p>
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<p>Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/kerrcounty/" rel="tag">#KerrCounty</a> <a href="/tags/flood/" rel="tag">#Flood</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a></p>
<p>You gotta wonder when their story keeps changing…</p><p>Before the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin began attacking people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea, <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> Secy Pete <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left <a href="/tags/survivors/" rel="tag">#survivors</a>, acc/to multiple <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> ofcls.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtrajudicialKillings</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/carribean/" rel="tag">#Carribean</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p>The DOJ has halted lawsuits accusing Louisiana of keeping prisoners locked up long after they were meant to be released and South Carolina of institutionalizing thousands of mentally ill people — sometimes for decades — in violation of federal law.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/southcarolina/" rel="tag">#SouthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/mentalillness/" rel="tag">#MentalIllness</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
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<p>When a well-off, widely respected pillar of the community and member of the hospital’s board can’t get the care he needs at the town’s only hospital, it raises the question: Who can?<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/albany</span><span class="invisible">-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.<br>---</p><p>A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hawaii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hawaii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/haw</span><span class="invisible">aii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/hawaii/" rel="tag">#Hawaii</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say<br>—</p><p>Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration<br>—</p><p>Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a></p>
<p>All kinds of awful.</p><p>"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant."</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/leaked-chatgpt-lawyer-displace-amazonian" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="futurism.com/leaked-chatgpt-lawyer-displace-amazonian"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/leaked-chatgpt-la</span><span class="invisible">wyer-displace-amazonian</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p>Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change.</p><p>Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ<br>—</p><p>Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/greystar-realpage-doj-settlement-landlords-apartments-software?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/greystar-realpage-doj-settlement-landlords-apartments-software?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gre</span><span class="invisible">ystar-realpage-doj-settlement-landlords-apartments-software?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/rent/" rel="tag">#Rent</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/algorithm/" rel="tag">#Algorithm</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal <br>---</p><p>The administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#Home</a> <a href="/tags/mortgages/" rel="tag">#Mortgages</a></p>
<p>Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.<br>—</p><p>An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#Teaching</a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/lawsofwar/" rel="tag">#LawsOfWar</a> Are Being Largely Ignored</p><p><a href="/tags/international/" rel="tag">#International</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> have never been busier. Conflicts are more common than at any point since 1945. Ever more <a href="/tags/civilians/" rel="tag">#civilians</a> are being bombed, <a href="/tags/starved/" rel="tag">#starved</a> & <a href="/tags/raped/" rel="tag">#raped</a> by men with guns. These are the curses that the laws of war were invented to prevent, & that international courts are meant to punish & deter.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/icc/" rel="tag">#ICC</a> <a href="/tags/icj/" rel="tag">#ICJ</a> <a href="/tags/crimesagainsthumanity/" rel="tag">#CrimesAgainstHumanity</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/rulesbasedorder/" rel="tag">#RulesBasedOrder</a> <a href="/tags/newworldorder/" rel="tag">#NewWorldOrder</a> <br><a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.economist.com/internationa</span><span class="invisible">l/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored</span></a></p>
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<p>“I hope that the people in North Dakota wake up and realize how much money should be in their pockets instead of industry’s pockets,” said Tom Huber, leader of West Virginia’s royalty owner association.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/mineral/" rel="tag">#Mineral</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism<br>---</p><p>“The end goal was never to conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation,” said one DOJ lawyer. “The end goal was to file a damn complaint — or have something to threaten the university.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ucla-antisemitism-investigation-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ucla-antisemitism-investigation-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ucl</span><span class="invisible">a-antisemitism-investigation-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ucla/" rel="tag">#UCLA</a> <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#College</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a></p>
<p>Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes<br>---</p><p>A review of more than 100 court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior convictions. Defendants in these cases said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alabama/" rel="tag">#Alabama</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>
<p>Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.<br>---</p><p>A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pam</span><span class="invisible">-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a></p>
<p>Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules<br>==</p><p>More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/september11/" rel="tag">#september11</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#fbi</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-arabia-september-11-lawsuit-trial-qaida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-29" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/saudi-arabia-september-11-lawsuit-trial-qaida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-29"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sau</span><span class="invisible">di-arabia-september-11-lawsuit-trial-qaida?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-29</span></a></p>
<p>What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana<br>---</p><p>Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the only two Black jurors had voted not guilty.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/llo</span><span class="invisible">yd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>