Joshua Hersh
Why Defunding the Police Isn’t Such a Radical Idea
Defund the Police is a movement that’s gaining momentum in the aftermath of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
The Obscure Law Protecting the 2 White Men Who Killed Ahmaud Arbery
“Citizen’s arrest” has been part of the Georgia penal code for decades — although most people know it as a comic feature of "The Andy Griffith Show."
Trump Is Using the Defense Production Act to Make Meat-Processing Workers Go Back to the Plants
"Our members work for essential business. That makes them essential employees; it doesn't make them sacrificial employees,” said a union leader.
Gun Lovers Are Claiming a Huge ‘I Told You So’ Moment With the Coronavirus Outbreak
“People are waking up, saying, ‘Wait a minute, what do you mean I need a gun?’ All of a sudden they're realizing that this affects them.”
Coronavirus Just Took an Entire U.S. Aircraft Carrier Out of Commission
The coronavirus pandemic is starting to take a toll on military operations, even as the civilian authorities increasingly turn to the Pentagon for emergency assistance.
The U.S. Has a Classified Stockpile of Ventilators and Masks, But It Won’t Save Us From Coronavirus
Former director Greg Burel has a message: Don’t hold your breath.
How Trump Got On the Wrong Side of Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Fight
His call to Zelensky shows him siding with an office that activists have been fighting against
This Small Appalachian Town Flooded. But the Real Trouble Started When Disaster Aid Arrived.
Four city officials, including two mayors and the former police chief, have faced criminal charges for fraud and embezzlement.
Trump Is Admitting So Few Refugees This Florida Resettlement Agency Is Shutting Down
Many refugee advocates fear it will take years to come back from Trump’s effect on refugee admissions
Watch How the Forest Service Burned Down 2,000 Acres for Research
The U.S. Forest Service is undertaking one of the most ambitious studies of wildfires to date.
The NRA's Newest Board Member Wants to End the “Game of Thrones” Infighting
A "capitalist marksman" with a popular podcast, Anthony Colandro wants to save the NRA.
Meet the Man Pushing the Trump Administration to Pardon War Criminals
In the year since Marine veteran David Gurfein took over United American Patriots, it's raised and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal defense.