Journalists Under Fire in Gaza, Israel’s Deadly War on Reporters

Journalists Under Fire in Gaza, Israel’s Deadly War on Reporters

Favorite The ongoing conflict in Gaza has emerged as the deadliest war for journalists in modern history. Two Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks just this week, underscoring the extreme risks faced by reporters in the region. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 165 journalists have been killed since October 2023…

Gaza Journalist Fadi al-Wahidi Avoided Israel’s “Red” Zone. Israel Shot Him Anyway.

Gaza Journalist Fadi al-Wahidi Avoided Israel’s “Red” Zone. Israel Shot Him Anyway.

Favorite In partnership with This investigation, conducted by Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, is part of the Gaza Project, a collaboration involving over 40 journalists from 12 organizations coordinated by Forbidden Stories. The image of Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi lying motionless on the pavement quickly spread among journalists in Gaza. His press vest is…

The Real Outrage About the Yemen Signal Group Is That It Called for Attack on Civilian Home

The Real Outrage About the Yemen Signal Group Is That It Called for Attack on Civilian Home

Favorite The American political landscape has been rattled by revelations that the Trump administration discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen in a chat group containing a journalist from The Atlantic. Senior Trump administration officials are facing tough questions about their operational security, use of consumer technology, and even their emoji usage. So far,…

U.S. Officials Called Signal a Tool for Terrorists and Criminals. Now They’re Using It.

U.S. Officials Called Signal a Tool for Terrorists and Criminals. Now They’re Using It.

Favorite For years, U.S. officials villainized end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal as the domain of criminals and terrorists and a threat to national security. As fallout over a Signal group chat about Yemen war plans ricocheted through Washington, however, CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday that the…

Musk Is Firing Federal Workers Who Prevent Bloated Tech Contracts

Musk Is Firing Federal Workers Who Prevent Bloated Tech Contracts

Favorite Earlier this month, all of the employees at 18F, a unit of government technologists under the General Services Administration, awoke to a surprise.  The entire department — which helps build, buy, and share technological products across government agencies — discovered they’d been placed on administrative leave.  18F, named after its headquarters at 18th and…

Columbia Apologized to Mahmoud Khalil in May 2024 for One-Day Suspension

Columbia Apologized to Mahmoud Khalil in May 2024 for One-Day Suspension

Favorite Ten months before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Mahmoud Khalil in the lobby of his Manhattan apartment building, Columbia University suspended the Palestinian graduate student. The suspension lasted only one day before Columbia — with an apology from the university president’s office, Khalil later said — rescinded the suspension and dropped the…

DEA Insiders Warned About Legality of Phone Tracking Program. Their Concerns Were Kept Secret.

DEA Insiders Warned About Legality of Phone Tracking Program. Their Concerns Were Kept Secret.

Favorite When the Drug Enforcement Administration’s access to a secret trove of billions of American phone records was exposed in 2013, the Obama administration said the data had been collected under a perfectly legal program. Civil liberties advocates, however, were not convinced about that the data collection program — which let the DEA see who…

LAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media Tool

LAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media Tool

Favorite One week after Hamas’s October 7 attack, thousands rallied outside the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles to protest the country’s retaliatory assault on Gaza. The protestors were peaceful, according to local media, “carrying signs that said ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘End the Occupation,’” and watched over by a “sizable police presence in the area.” The…

Why Trump Is So Desperate to Keep Mahmoud Khalil in Louisiana

Why Trump Is So Desperate to Keep Mahmoud Khalil in Louisiana

Favorite Beside sheer brutality, there is a clear strategic reason that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents quickly whisked Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil out of New York City last weekend. It’s the reason he was first transported to New Jersey, then to a private detention center in Louisiana. And it’s why the Trump administration is fighting…

If Protesting Tesla Is Domestic Terrorism, Then What Demonstration Against Musk Isn’t

Favorite During a bizarre live ad for Elon Musk’s car company on the White House lawn Tuesday, President Donald Trump said people protesting at Tesla dealerships around the country would be treated as domestic terrorists.  A reporter asked Trump what he would do about the Tesla protests, noting that some commentators had suggested that protesters…