Investigations

The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders

Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.

Alessandra Bergamin

The Corporate Power Brokers Behind AIPAC’s War on the Squad

An In These Times investigation reveals the individuals behind AIPAC's election war chest: nearly 60% are CEOs and other top executives at the country's largest corporations.

Branko Marcetic

Mamiran Nessa, a Bengali Muslim woman, spent 10 years in detention after the Indian government refused her proof of long-standing citizenship. She now lives on a river island rapidly eroding because of climate change.

Hindu Nationalists Are Taking Notes—and Tech Support—From the Israeli Right

The state of Assam has become a laboratory of ethnonationalism, with warning signs of genocide ahead.

Ankur Singh

Lawsuit: Alabama Is Denying Prisoners Parole to Lease Their Labor to Meatpackers, McDonalds

No parole if you’re still profitable.

Kim Kelly

An F-16 in a clear blue sky fires a missile downward.

House Bill Would Hide Billions More Dollars in U.S. Weapons Sales

The proposed notification thresholds would have shielded $635 million in sales from congressional oversight in 2023 alone.

Rosie Khan, Janet Abou-Elias, Lillian Mauldin and Women for Weapons Trade Transparency

Photo of a person holding a staple gun, stapling Narcan nasal spray boxes to a tree.

As Fentanyl Overdoses Soar, LA City Crews Toss State-Funded Narcan from Encampments

“After sweeps, late at night when there’s no providers here, when there’s no one to give the Narcan to people, people are running up and down the street screaming, begging for Narcan.”

Jack Ross

More Than a Year After Mississippi Forced Her To Give Birth, It Still Hasn’t Offered Any Extra Help

Since we first profiled her, Lationna has returned to work, her son Kingsley is crawling—and the family is still just treading water.

Bryce Covert

Patty Murray speaks at a podium, flanked by two officials.

The White House is Working Overtime to Obscure Weapons Sales to Israel. The Senate Is Aiding and Abetting Them.

Picking up White House language, the Senate supplemental bill would conceal weapons sales from Congress and the American people.

Janet Abou-Elias, Lillian Mauldin and Women for Weapons Trade Transparency

In a wide-angle photograph, people walk through a sea of rubble.

How Israel Got an Endless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs

Nearly three years ago, Congress gave Israel a pass to stockpile precision-guided bombs “without regard to annual limits.” An inside source confirms that even more have been transferred since October 7.

Ari Tolany, Lillian Mauldin, Janet Abou-Elias and Women for Weapons Trade Transparency

The New Cold War in the Arctic

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the U.S. is expanding its military presence in Greenland, increasing the risk of something going very wrong.

Adam Federman