Media

The ‘Nazi Sympathizer Next Door’ Genre Gets Another Installment

Julie Hollar / FAIR Dec 8, 2025 The New York Times’ problem isn’t that it hasn’t probed the far-right psyche deeply enough — it’s that it refuses to stop normalizing it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Biggest Spill in Keystone’s History Dumps Oil into Kansas Creek

John Hanna, Ryan J. Foley, Heather Hollingsworth / The Energy Mix Dec 12, 2022 A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil late last week into a northeastern Kansas creek to nearly fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, becoming the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Catholic Leaders Haven’t Answered for the Church’s Child Abuse

Lexi Churchill, Ellis Simani and Topher Sanders / ProPublica Jan 28, 2020 U.S. dioceses have begun releasing the names of the accused, but these lists are inconsistent, incomplete and often omit key details. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Little Kids, Locked Away

Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen and Lakeidra Chavis / ProPublica Nov 19, 2019 A new investigation finds that children are being isolated against their will in schools across Illinois. Often, it's against the law. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Meet the Fabulist Behind Trump’s Reelection Campaign

Peter Elkind and Doris Burke / ProPublica Sep 12, 2019 Brad Pascale says he's working for the president at a cut rate. As is often the case with the political phenom, that's not the whole story. Dig deeper ( 33 Min. Read )

Tornado Outbreaks Alarm Climate Scientists

Julia Conley / Common Dreams May 27, 2019 Death toll rises to six after more than 200 twisters sweep the Midwest, a phenomenon that could carry warnings about global warming. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Damage Deepens as Swollen Rivers Inundate Midwestern Towns

HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH / The Associated Press Mar 18, 2019 Flooding is expected to linger after miles of levees are compromised in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The GOP’s Power Grabs Expose an Increasingly Desperate Party

Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Dec 5, 2018 After a blue wave election, Republicans have seen their majorities in state and federal government dissolve. Now they're throwing a fit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: Bet on Millennials This November

Robert Reich / Truthdig Sep 24, 2018 Just 16 percent of eligible voters ages 18 to 29 bothered to punch their ballots in 2014. They won't make the same mistake again. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kobach Aims to Drive Out Migrants Living in Kansas Illegally

JOHN HANNA / The Associated Press Sep 14, 2018 Conservative Republican Kris Kobach promises voters that if elected Kansas governor, he'll work to drive out illegal immigrants to halt what he says is $377 million in benefits they receive from the state annually. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Trump Administration Is Putting Immigrant Babies at Risk, Experts Warn

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Sep 4, 2018 Fearing retribution from the federal government, fewer and fewer families who immigrated to the U.S. are enrolling in nutrition assistance programs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fund Meant to Protect Elections May Be Too Little, Too Late

Blake Peterson and Ally J. Levine / ProPublica Aug 21, 2018 A new report finds only a fraction of the $380 million earmarked by the government's Election Assistance Commission will be spent ahead of November's midterms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )