The Supreme Court Just Halted This Texas Death Row Inmate’s Execution
Pat Sullivan/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Patrick Murphy was granted a rare stay of execution by the US Supreme Court in a 7-2 vote that took place two hours after he was scheduled to be executed. Murphy’s religious discrimination claim argued that because he was a converted Buddhist, he…
Women Who Worked with Billionaire Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt Say He Asked for Sex
Michael Steinhardt at the Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala in New York City on May 21, 2017.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica in collaboration with the New York Times. Sheila Katz was a young executive at Hillel International, the Jewish…
“It’s Like a Virus”: Fighting the Hate that Fueled the New Zealand Massacre Requires a Global Response
Mourners pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 16, 2019.Vincent Yu/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The massacre that left at least 49 people dead and scores of others wounded in New Zealand this week highlights the white…
How the Suspected New Zealand Gunman Weaponized the Internet
Members of the anti-terrorism campaign Turn to Love hold signs outside the New Zealand High Commission in London on Friday, following the mosque attacks.Jonathan Brady/PA Wire via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After every mass murder, journalists, researchers, and horrified members of the public turn to the internet as…
Two Years Ago, This Immigration Lawyer Marched on an Airport. Today, He’s Running for State House.
Hassan Ahmad in his law firm in McLean, VirginiaKanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The day after President Donald Trump announced his travel ban two years ago, on January 28, 2017, Hassan Ahmad headed to Dulles International Airport in Virginia hoping to help. A local immigration lawyer, Ahmad says he felt like he had…
How to Stop Hate From Fueling the Next Mass Shooting
A young boy holds a sign in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh during a memorial vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.Gene J. Puskar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As news broke that eleven people had been shot…