Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Can Minnesota prosecute the federal immigration officer who just killed a woman?
A federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration deployed thousands of immigration agents to the city. Although the full circumstances of the killing remain unclear, video of the shooting shows an officer opening fire on the woman as she drove away. Realistically, there’s virtually no chance […]
Trump’s immigration crackdown turns deadly in Minneapolis
A woman was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Wednesday, just days after the Trump administration deployed thousands of new immigration agents to the city. What happened? This is a breaking news story, and more details will almost certainly continue to emerge. What we do know is based on local reporting collecting video […]
Trump’s revenge campaign is now putting the entire Justice Department at risk
A Trump-appointed judge in Richmond, Virginia issued an unusual order on Tuesday that threatens one of President Donald Trump’s most high-profile Department of Justice appointees with disciplinary sanctions — or even with forbidding her from practicing in the federal courts in eastern Virginia. The order, in a case known as United States v. Jefferson, is […]
Vox Membership match is reopening applications
In November, we introduced a special Membership Match holiday campaign. For every new annual member to the Vox Membership program during the campaign, we unlocked a free annual membership for someone else who said they couldn’t afford one. Thanks to the overwhelming support of our member community and the success of the match program, we […]
How the Minnesota fraud scandal could upend American child care
The video was designed to grab attention. Posted the day after Christmas, it shows right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley exposing what he says are a series of fraudulent day care centers in Minnesota. He rings doorbells, pulls on doors, and sometimes claims to be a parent hoping to register his child, “Little Joey.” When he’s not […]