@hannahbeckler.bsky.social and @businessinsider.com, represented by @rcfp.org attorneys, are fighting for access to records that could shed light on how Virginia deploys attack dogs in its prisons — which it does more often than any other state.

🎥 WATCH: Alaska leaders repeatedly promised to address their failure to solve the disappearance of Indigenous people. But when a nonprofit asked officials for a fundamental piece of information — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no. More: https://propub.li/3IphLYO

On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility. He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.” Thread 👇

🚨 NEW from me: Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration crackdown, has a financial stake of up to a quarter million dollars in Palantir, a key ICE contractor. Experts cite conflict of interest concerns Read it @pogo.org: www.pogo.org/investigatio...

My colleagues @businessinsider.com and I spent months mapping 1,240 data centers (!!) nationwide and investigating data centers' impact on water, power, pollution, and local economies. The series is rolling out this week.

New from 404 Media: Delta, United, American etc don't want you to know they sold your flight data to DHS. The country's airlines sell bulk names and flight itineraries to DHS to be searched without a warrant. Contract tells DHS to not reveal where this data came from www.404media.co/airlines-don...

🌟 The 2025 Livingston Award Finalists for National Reporting! These exceptional journalists under 35 are telling stories that challenge assumptions and deepen our understanding of the nation. Read their work here: loom.ly/LAVASEQ #JournalismExcellence

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

The Supreme Court is set to hear a case tomorrow, related to the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act, that could expand prisoners' access to jury trials. @hannahbeckler.bsky.social and I wrote about the case here: www.businessinsider.com/supreme-cour...

Trump & Musk froze USAID funding to put "American interests" first. Yet 12,700 Americans have been fired or furloughed already thanks to frozen USAID contracts. In North Carolina, Trump country, hundreds are feeling the pain. From @dakincampbell.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...

It's stunning how much energy employers put into silencing their critics. via @robaeprice.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/defend-trade...

Free legal support from RCFP attorneys at @uvalaw.bsky.social's First Amendment Clinic helped @businessinsider.com and @hannahbeckler.bsky.social secure records for an award-winning investigation into Virginia prisons that led to significant legislative reforms.

On behalf of @businessinsider.com and @hannahbeckler.bsky.social, @uvalaw.bsky.social's First Amendment Clinic — run by RCFP attorneys — helped obtain records that fueled an award-winning investigation into the use of attack-trained dogs inside U.S. prisons.

Huge thanks to attorneys from @reporterscommittee.bsky.social and the University of Virginia School of Law First Amendment Clinic who helped us obtain critical records for @hannahbeckler.bsky.social's incredible investigation into the use of attack dogs inside prisons. www.rcfp.org/uva-clinic-b...

How are so many products from the Amazon sold as "deforestation free" while the forest keeps being destroyed? Brendan Borrell goes deep on one palm oil producer & finds US private equity players, a UN coca eradication program & lots of corruption. www.businessinsider.com/us-investors...

This week at @businessinsider.com we launched a deep dive into the 8th Amendment, our nation's foundational protection against "cruel and unusual punishments." In analyzing nearly 1,500 cases, we found prisoners win less than 1% of the time. www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amend...

Last month, Business Insider launched a series exposing the gutting of the Eighth Amendment, a foundational protection against “cruel and unusual punishments.” In analyzing nearly 1,500 cases, we found that prisoners win less than 1% of the time. www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amend...