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The parents of Seth Rich, a Democratic aide whose unsolved murder became fodder for right-wing conspiracy theories about the 2016 election, reached a settlement with Fox News, whose coverage linked Rich to email hacks that aided President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential run.
Few criminal justice reforms can be enacted, and none of them will be sustained, unless we discard an approach that systematically dehumanizes minority lives at both the individual and neighborhood levels. Reformers who neglect that work are building on sand, writes TCR’s legal affairs columnist.
The string of killings has cemented Mexico’s place as one of the world’s deadliest countries for members of the press. It ranked second to Syria last year.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who gained recognition after confronting protesters passing by their home, sued a United Press International photographer and the wire service, alleging a photo that has risen to international prominence was taken on their property.
News organizations lost an effort to obtain records of deceased Dayton shooter Connor Betts, who killed nine people. The court said state law did not allow the release of records when a student died without giving consent.
Production is under way in Spokane County, Wa., which has played host to the show in the past. Episodes will be shown overseas.
Long before this year’s protests over police mishandling of mental health crisis calls, journalists began to examine CAHOOTS, a program in Eugene, Ore., that used community-based services as first responders in place of cops. You can read some of the most compelling accounts in the latest collection of stories about crime-reduction strategies archived by the Solutions Journalism Network.
Scholars from the University of Chicago and Stanford analyzed more than 2,200 news articles about murders in Chicago in 2016 and confirmed complaints that racial justice activists have long made.
A fake FBI raid staged by a right-wing activist and conspiracist turned into an embarrassment for the Washington Post, which briefly reported the faux event as if it were the real deal.
While covering Portland’s 100 days of protests over police brutality, one reporter says he has been pushed to the ground by police, hit in the lip with a baton and tear gassed.