How a SC riverkeeper’s detective work reveals a deeper tale about the carpet industry's PFAS legacy Congaree Riverkeeper Bill Stangler traced PFAS "forever chemicals" to Shaw Industries' South Carolina carpet plant on the Lower Saluda River in Irmo.

Our latest @postandcourier.bsky.social project is called "Forever Stained." On the surface, it's about "forever chemicals" and the carpet industry's role. But on deeper levels, it's about corporate responsibility and the importance of watchdogs.
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Everyone should watch this News Emmys Award winning piece of journalism.

War crimes have been committed by both sides.

Those who have flouted international law should be punished, and yes that includes acts of urbicide by the IDF.

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Glad to see @evidentmedia.org winning the News Emmys Award for Outstanding Video Journalism for our investigation A Hidden War, which you can see below
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A special moment that never gets old, unboxing a new book after years of work on it. Please help me welcome The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide.

How These Four States Use Fetal Personhood to Punish Pregnant Women Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies.

In these states, law enforcement and prosecutors have expanded their use of child abuse and neglect laws in recent years to police the conduct of pregnant women under the concept of “fetal personhood.”

Hello #federalemployees. @propublica.org wants to hear your stories.

A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.” The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...

The lack of precision in the committee’s methodology is “obviously laughable,” said Kim Lane Scheppele, a professor of international affairs at Princeton University who studies the rise and fall of constitutional governments. @propublica.org
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New local investigative reporting program coming from @apnews.com led by @nixonron.bsky.social

As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services.

apnews.com/article/isra... As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies.

As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services.

apnews.com/article/isra... As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies.

Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.

NEW: School vouchers were passed in Mississippi in the 1960s with the support of the White Citizens’ Council and a goal of continuing segregation. Money still goes to segregation academies today. Shocking story.