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2 months ago | 
portside.org | Brett Murphy |Anna Maria Barry-Jester
‘People Will Die’: Trump’s Ban on Humanitarian Aid Published January 31, 2025 On Friday morning, the staffers at a half dozen U.S.-funded medical facilities in Sudan who care for severely malnourished children had a choice to make: Defy President Donald Trump’s order to immediately stop their operations or let up to 100 babies and toddlers die. They chose the children.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
rawstory.com | Brett Murphy
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. More Bombs: Ambassador Jack Lew urged Washington to give thousands more bombs to the Israelis because they have a “decades-long proven track record” of avoiding killing civilians.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
rawstory.com | Brett Murphy
A special State Department panel recommended months ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid after reviewing allegations that they committed serious human rights abuses. But Blinken has failed to act on the proposal in the face of growing international criticism of the Israeli military’s conduct in Gaza, according to current and former State Department officials.
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
dailymontanan.com | Justin Elliott |Alex Mierjeski |Brett Murphy |Joshua Kaplan
This story was originally produced by ProPublica which is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decades-long friendship with real estate tycoon Harlan Crow and Samuel Alito’s luxury travel with billionaire Paul Singer have raised questions about influence and ethics at the nation’s highest court.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
dailymontanan.com | Brett Murphy
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decadeslong friendship with real estate tycoon Harlan Crow and Samuel Alito’s luxury travel with billionaire Paul Singer have raised questions about influence and ethics at the nation’s highest court. For decades, judges have relied on a select group to make sure the judiciary adheres to the highest ethical standards: themselves.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
fortune.com | Justin Elliott |Joshua Kaplan |Alex Mierjeski |Brett Murphy
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decadeslong friendship with real estate tycoon Harlan Crow and Samuel Alito’s luxury travel with billionaire Paul Singer have raised questions about influence and ethics at the nation’s highest court. In early January 2000, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at a five-star beach resort in Sea Island, Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
truthdig.com | Justin Elliott |Joshua Kaplan |Alex Mierjeski |Brett Murphy
This story was originally published by ProPublica. In early January 2000, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at a five-star beach resort in Sea Island, Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. After almost a decade on the court, Thomas had grown frustrated with his financial situation, according to friends. He had recently started raising his young grandnephew, and Thomas’ wife was soliciting advice on how to handle the new expenses.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
rawstory.com | Justin Elliott |Joshua Kaplan |Alex Mierjeski |Brett Murphy
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decadeslong friendship with real estate tycoon Harlan Crow and Samuel Alito’s luxury travel with billionaire Paul Singer have raised questions about influence and ethics at the nation's highest court. In early January 2000, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at a five-star beach resort in Sea Island, Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
rawstory.com | Joshua Kaplan |Justin Elliott |Brett Murphy |Alex Mierjeski
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decadeslong friendship with real estate tycoon Harlan Crow and Samuel Alito’s luxury travel with billionaire Paul Singer have raised questions about influence and ethics at the nation's highest court. The Supreme Court on Monday released a code of conduct governing the behavior of the country’s most powerful judges for the first time in its history.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
truthdig.com | Joshua Kaplan |Justin Elliott |Brett Murphy |Alex Mierjeski
This story was originally published by ProPublica. The Supreme Court on Monday released a code of conduct governing the behavior of the country’s most powerful judges for the first time in its history. But experts said it was unclear if the new rules, which do not include any enforcement mechanism, would address the issues raised by recent revelations about justices’ ethics and conduct.
