Laicie Heeley

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Mahmoud Khalil became the face of Palestinian rights at Columbia University when the Syria-born refugee refused to wear a mask and negotiated on behalf of the encampment with the University administration. Now the US wants to deport him using a deep-cut statute in the immigration act that gives the Secretary of State sweeping powers to decide who could have “adverse” foreign policy impacts on the United States. How did we get here?

1 month ago | inkstickmedia.com | Laicie Heeley

We bought a cheap 3D printer. Now what? Online SecurityPolicingGlobal Security PodcastReporting Pictures: Saw Wunna Date: March 17, 2025 Sorry, no results. Please try another keywordIf you live in the US, buying a gun can be as easy as going to Walmart. In countries with strict gun laws, such as most of Europe or Australia, you need a little more ingenuity.

1 month ago | inkstickmedia.com | Laicie Heeley

Nearly everyone has played dress up at some point in their lives, whether putting on mom’s or dad’s clothes as kids, for Halloween, as their favorite Marvel character at ComicCon… or even, maybe, as a Civil War soldier. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where historians say Civil War casualties were highest, attracts many reenactors. They carry their muskets, pull on their blue britches, and revel in the past.

2 months ago | inkstickmedia.com | Laicie Heeley

An inside look at the FBI's fight — and not — against domestic terrorism. Policing PodcastReporting Pictures: Irvin Zheng Date: February 17, 2025 Sorry, no results. Please try another keywordInitially assigned to $100 million bank failure investigations, Mike German’s FBI career took a pivotal turn in 1992, when he went undercover to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups in LA.

2 months ago | inkstickmedia.com | Laicie Heeley

True to his promise, on the first day of Donald Trump’s second term as president, he pardoned more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the attack at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — an event many observers accuse him of instigating. He also commuted the sentences of the six organizers of the riot, those convicted of the most serious crimes. What does these paramilitaries’ return to public life mean for the rest of us? And how did our broken pardon system get us here?