[ad_1] In this Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, a device called a “bump stock” is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks. Following the 2019 ban, tens of thousands of the devices were […]

[ad_1] Alex Stamos, the former director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, during congressional testimony in 2014. The research team Stamos led came under fire from Republicans, who alleged that their research amounted to censorship. Win McNamee//Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee//Getty Images The Stanford Internet Observatory, a prominent research group at Stanford University […]

[ad_1] Books sit on a shelf at a clinic that provides abortion care on April 30, in Jacksonville, Fla. A six-week abortion ban that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed went into effect on May 1. Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Dr. Rachel […]

[ad_1] The Justice Department said it will not pursue a criminal cases against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Justice Department has declined to pursue a criminal case against Attorney General Merrick Garland, just days after House Republicans voted to hold him in contempt for […]

[ad_1] The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee knows George Latimer is using racist GOP talking points to attack Jamaal Bowman. Yet she has endorsed Latimer. What an embarrassment. Ad Policy Hillary Rodham Clinton appears on stage during the Vital Voices 3rd Annual Global Festival on May 30, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images […]

[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era ban on “bump stocks,” simple devices that can allow automatic fire from otherwise semi-automatic guns. Mandel Ngan/AFP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on bump stocks Friday, declaring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives […]

[ad_1] Activism / StudentNation / June 14, 2024 Nearly 80 percent of participating union members voted in support of the strike on May 1, citing the repression of pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA, UCSD, and UCI. Ad Policy Academic workers protest at the University of California–Irvine on June 5, 2024. (Zeng Hui / Getty) This story […]

[ad_1] Applying the tactics of counterinsurgency warfare to peaceful domestic protest risks blurring the line between Trump and his opponents. Ad Policy LAPD officers leave the University of Southern California after clearing an encampment on May 5, 2024.(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) On a cool evening in late April, a young […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When the COVID-19 pandemic upended the workplace, jobs went remote, offices had to adopt new technologies and longtime employees suddenly departed. Federal stimulus […]

[ad_1] For young people in Massachusetts facing queer- and transphobia, the statehouse feels very far away. Ad Policy This article appears in the June 2024 issue, with the headline “Pride Blues.” The Pride March in Boston in 2023.(Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images) When Leslie moved to Natick, Massachusetts, an outer suburb of Boston, […]