Ten million dollars is a lot of money. It is not more powerful than a mobilized community that refuses to be bought.
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old honors neuroscience student and soccer player, died by suicide after the U.S. revoked his Temporary Protected Status and ICE strapped an ankle monitor to his…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
A North Carolina judge has ruled that former Senator Kyrsten Sinema can be sued for alienation of affection, rejecting her argument that she lacked a meaningful connection to the state…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Priscilla Sterling's children have lead poisoning. Her city knew the water was toxic and said nothing for six months. A federal agency documented 'persistent and concerning violations' across the entire…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
A woman was prescribed 13 psychiatric medications in four months. Thirteen. The medical infrastructure surrounding postpartum mental health in this country is threadbare, underfunded, and chronically dismissive of women's pain.
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Missouri Republicans filed a new federal lawsuit Friday night aimed at reviving the state's congressional gerrymander for the midterms. The effort comes after the Missouri Supreme Court Thursday unanimously ruled…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reveal who set up the structure of a controversial $1.8bn 'anti-weaponization fund' to recompense victims of political lawfare that was reportedly…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
On September 4, Donald Trump signed an executive order titled "Supporting America's Ranchers" that directs the Interior Department to begin stripping Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves and Mexican…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
A new biography lays bare the through-line from McCarthy's witch-hunts to Trump's war on accountability, and the evidence has been sitting in plain sight for fifty years. Kai Bird and…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly backed Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House, prioritizing the need for a Democratic majority to hold the gavel and exercise oversight over…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
