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Timeline: The Rise of Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on March 7, 2018, in London. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman first introduced himself to the world as a reformer — a man who could modernize both the social code and economy of his father’s kingdom. While serving under his father, King Salman, he has reduced the power of the religious police, granted women more autonomy, and floated bold policies such as bringing Aramco — the state oil company — to the public market.
As "Abortion Reversal" Laws Spread, Doctors and Scientists are Pushing Back
The abortion drug mifepristone, also known as RU486, is pictured in an abortion clinic. (Phil Walter/Getty Images) When North Dakota passed its “abortion reversal” law, Tammi Kromenaker geared up for a fight. This March, North Dakota joined a swell of states requiring doctors to tell patients that they can reverse medical abortions. The bill is based on a contested study that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology (ACOG) said doesn’t meet scientific standards.
What the Failures of the Last Ebola Outbreak Can Teach Us About the Future
A Doctors Without Borders (MSF), health worker in protective clothing carries a child suspected of having Ebola in the MSF treatment center on October 5, 2014 in Paynesville, Liberia. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) In June 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the worst Ebola outbreak in history — which claimed the lives of over 11,000 people in West Africa — was finally over.
Facebook Tackles Misinformation Around the 2020 Census
July 2, 2019 / by Rahima Nasa Tow Journalism Fellow, FRONTLINE/Newmark Journalism School Fellowship Logos of online social media and social networking service Facebook. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images) With pressure mounting around the U.S.’s first electronic census, Facebook announced that it will tackle misinformation.
Why Photos of Tiananmen Square's “Tank Man” Were Hidden in a Hotel Toilet
Thirty years ago, Charlie Cole snapped one of the most iconic photos of the century. And then he stashed the undeveloped film in his hotel room toilet. It was June 1989, and Cole, a photojournalist, was in Beijing on assignment for Newsweek. After weeks of student-led protests calling for pro-democracy reforms, the Chinese government began to violently suppress the groups gathered at Tiananmen Square.
Stopping Underage Sex Trafficking in the Digital Age
May 28, 2019 by Rahima Nasa Tow Journalism Fellow, FRONTLINE/Newmark Journalism School Fellowship Snapchat, Kik, dating apps — whatever the latest technology craze, Christi Decouflé is constantly downloading and learning it. But it has little to do with any personal social media habits. For Decouflé, a detective at the Phoenix Police Department, it’s part of the job. “Wherever the younger generation is, that’s where the predators go,” she said.
Qué Ha Pasado con Marcos y Elizabeth
(Leer en inglés) Observando desde afuera, la vida de Elizabeth Pérez parecía idílica. Después de años de lucha para reunificar a su familia, ella y sus cuatro hijos pudieron reunirse con Marcos Pérez, su esposo, en su país natal, México. La familia vivía en un apartamento en la soleada península de Yucatán, una región turística repleta de complejos turísticos frente al mar. Pero aún así, Elizabeth Pérez estaba confligida.
What’s Happened to Marcos and Elizabeth
(Leer en Español) From the outside, Elizabeth Perez’s life looked idyllic. After years of fighting to reunite her family, she and her four children were able to join Marcos Perez, her husband, in his native Mexico. The family lived in a condo on the sun-drenched Yucatan Peninsula, a popular tourist region peppered with ocean-front resorts. And yet, Elizabeth Perez struggled. Separated from her family and friends in Cleveland, and unable to speak more than rudimentary Spanish, she felt isolated.
A Survivor of the War in Bosnia Recounts His "Most Unsettling" Memory
In 2012, Elvedin Pasic sat in a courtroom in the Hague fighting back tears. During an appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, he’d been asked to relive, in vivid detail, what he calls his “most unsettling” memory: the last time he saw his father. “Because I survived, I felt like I owed it to my dad to tell his story,” Pasic told FRONTLINE. Pasic was the first witness in the historic, five-year trial of Gen.
Timeline: How the Crisis in Venezuela Unfolded
A volunteer carries a bag with U.S. humanitarian aid goods in Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Tachira, Venezuela, on February 8. (RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images) The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela may reach a flash point this weekend as political tensions over humanitarian aid escalate. Venezuelans have faced severe food and medicine shortages due to an economy rocked by hyperinflation. Over 3 million Venezuelans have fled the country, most since 2015, according to the United Nations.
How The Wall Street Journal and FRONTLINE Uncovered a Pedophile Doctor's Past
Wall Street Journal reporters Christopher Weaver, Dan Frosch and Gabe Johnson spent more than two years investigating the Indian Health Service, the federal agency that provides health care for Native Americans. In collaboration with FRONTLINE, they found that the agency employed a number of problem doctors, including Dr. Stanley Patrick Weber, a pedophile who — despite the suspicions of co-workers up and down the chain of command — continued treating children for more than two decades.
A Sexual Abuse Victim, and Two Colleagues Who Suspected A Predator Doctor
Joe Four Horns was just a boy when he first met Dr. Stanley Patrick Weber. Four Horns lived on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. He’d broken his tailbone in a skating accident, and was recovering at a health center. Weber, a government pediatrician based in a hospital run by the Indian Health Service, came to see him. “Just the way he was talking to me, but had his hand was on, like — on my leg while he was talking to me,” said Four Horns.
'Get Out:' Black Families in Northwest, Across the U.S., Harassed in Their Own Homes
In Delano, Minnesota, a black family’s home was broken into in March 2017 and a warning was spray-painted on the walls: “Get out.” The vandals left a note, too: “Next time it’s going to be fire.” In Athens, Tennessee, the white mother of young biracial children alleged that she’d been harassed verbally by a neighbor for a year. For close to two years, ProPublica has been compiling reports of hate crimes and bias incidents as part of our Documenting Hate project.
The Terrorizing of People in Their Own Homes Is Alive and Well
In Delano, Minnesota, a black family’s home was broken into in March 2017 and a warning was spray-painted on the walls: “Get out.” The vandals left a note, too: “Next time it’s going to be fire.” In Athens, Tennessee, the white mother of young biracial children alleged that she’d been harassed verbally by a neighbor for a year. For close to two years, ProPublica has been compiling reports of hate crimes and bias incidents as part of our Documenting Hate project.
'Get Out!' Racists Attack Black Families In Their Own Homes
In Delano, Minnesota, a black family’s home was broken into in March 2017 and a warning was spray-painted on the walls: “Get out.” The vandals left a note, too: “Next time it’s going to be fire.” In Athens, Tennessee, the white mother of young biracial children alleged that she’d been harassed verbally by a neighbor for a year. For close to two years, ProPublica has been compiling reports of hate crimes and bias incidents as part of our Documenting Hate project.
“Get Out”: Black Families Harassed in Their Own Homes
© Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images F.B.I. seal at the bureau's headquarters March 9, 2007, in Washington, DC. In Delano, Minnesota, a black family’s home was broken into in March 2017 and a warning was spray-painted on the walls: “Get out.” The vandals left a note, too: “Next time it’s going to be fire.” In Athens, Tennessee, the white mother of young biracial children alleged that she’d been harassed verbally by a neighbor for a year.
“Get Out”: Black Families Harassed in Their Own Homes — ProPublica
In Delano, Minnesota, a black family’s home was broken into in March 2017 and a warning was spray-painted on the walls: “Get out.” The vandals left a note, too: “Next time it’s going to be fire.” In Athens, Tennessee, the white mother of young biracial children alleged that she’d been harassed verbally by a neighbor for a year. For close to two years, ProPublica has been compiling reports of hate crimes and bias incidents as part of our Documenting Hate project.
Four Arrested for Inciting Violence at 2017 'Unite the Right' Rally
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced they had arrested four members or associates of the Rise Above Movement, a white supremacist group, over their alleged role in the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The four men were charged with having traveled to Charlottesville with the aim of inciting a riot and conspiracy to incite a riot, and prosecutors submitted an array of photographs and videos capturing the men pummeling and choking protesters over two days.
Feds Arrest Four Neo-Nazis Over Charlottesville Riot
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced they had arrested four members or associates of the Rise Above Movement, a white supremacist group, over their alleged role in the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The four men were charged with having traveled to Charlottesville with the aim of inciting a riot and conspiracy to incite a riot, and prosecutors submitted an array of photographs and videos capturing the men pummeling and choking protesters over two days.
Four Men Arrested Over Unrest During 2017 “Unite the Right” Rally
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced they had arrested four members or associates of the Rise Above Movement, a white supremacist group, over their alleged role in the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The four men were charged with having traveled to Charlottesville with the aim of inciting a riot and conspiracy to incite a riot, and prosecutors submitted an array of photographs and videos capturing the men pummeling and choking protesters over two days.
Four Men Arrested Over Unrest During 2017 “Unite the Right” Rally
This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes documentaries beginning with Documenting Hate: Charlottesville, which aired on PBS in August 2018, and the upcoming film Documenting Hate: New American Nazis, which will air Tuesday, Nov. 20. If you’ve witnessed or experienced hate crimes, harassment or incidents of bias, you can use this form to send information to FRONTLINE, ProPublica and other partners in the Documenting Hate project.
Marines Move To Tackle Racial Extremists In The Corps
The United States Marine Corps has taken steps to combat racial extremists in its ranks, issuing an updated order emphasizing that participation in white supremacist and other groups is prohibited and encouraging service members to report fellow Marines involved with such groups.
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The best songwriters can make the mundane sound miraculous, and they can seemingly do so just from their own sheer force of talent. But when highly-skilled songwriters endure unthinkable tragedy, the results are often nothing short of transcendent. Native Texan and current Nashville resident Ben Danaher fits into the latter grouping. With the brilliant Still Feel Lucky, Danaher's newly released full-length album, we are taken through a number of trials and emotions.
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Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps An updated order emphasizes that participating in white supremacist groups is prohibited and calls on service members to report those who violate the policy. Read the original post here.
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps
The U.S. Marine Corps has taken steps to combat racial extremists in its ranks, issuing an updated order emphasizing that participation in white supremacist and other groups is prohibited and encouraging service members to report fellow Marines involved with such groups.
The Suspected Hate Crime That Changed Her Life
Every night, Alauddin Akonjee set the alarm clock in the bedroom of his home in Ozone Park, Queens, fearful he wouldn’t wake in time for morning prayer. And each morning, he and his wife, Minara, would be awake before the buzzer sounded. Alauddin, a Muslim immigrant from Bangladesh, was the imam at the nearby mosque and devoted to his religious obligations. Minara, his wife of nearly 30 years, was devoted to making sure the imam met those obligations.
An Imam Was Gunned Down in New York City. His Wife Says It Was a Hate Crime.
Every night, Alauddin Akonjee set the alarm clock in the bedroom of his home in Ozone Park, Queens, fearful he wouldn’t wake in time for morning prayer. And each morning, he and his wife, Minara, would be awake before the buzzer sounded. Alauddin, a Muslim immigrant from Bangladesh, was the imam at the nearby mosque and devoted to his religious obligations. Minara, his wife of nearly 30 years, was devoted to making sure the imam met those obligations.
The Imam’s Widow
Every night, Alauddin Akonjee set the alarm clock in the bedroom of his home in Ozone Park, Queens, fearful he wouldn’t wake in time for morning prayer. And each morning, he and his wife, Minara, would be awake before the buzzer sounded. Alauddin, a Muslim immigrant from Bangladesh, was the imam at the nearby mosque and devoted to his religious obligations. Minara, his wife of nearly 30 years, was devoted to making sure the imam met those obligations.
The Imam’s Widow
Every night, Alauddin Akonjee set the alarm clock in the bedroom of his home in Ozone Park, Queens, fearful he wouldn’t wake in time for morning prayer. And each morning, he and his wife, Minara, would be awake before the buzzer sounded. Alauddin, a Muslim immigrant from Bangladesh, was the imam at the nearby mosque and devoted to his religious obligations. Minara, his wife of nearly 30 years, was devoted to making sure the imam met those obligations.
Marines move to tackle racial extremists in the corps
The United States Marine Corps has taken steps to combat racial extremists in its ranks, issuing an updated order emphasizing that participation in white supremacist and other groups is prohibited and encouraging service members to report fellow Marines involved with such groups.
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps
This story was co-published with Frontline. The United States Marine Corps has taken steps to combat racial extremists in its ranks, issuing an updated order emphasizing that participation in white supremacist and other groups is prohibited and encouraging service members to report fellow Marines involved with such groups.
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps
This story was co-published with Frontline. The United States Marine Corps has taken steps to combat racial extremists in its ranks, issuing an updated order emphasizing that participation in white supremacist and other groups is prohibited and encouraging service members to report fellow Marines involved with such groups.
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps
This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes documentaries beginning with Documenting Hate: Charlottesville, which aired on PBS in August 2018. If you’ve witnessed or experienced hate crimes, harassment or incidents of bias, you can use this form to send information to FRONTLINE, ProPublica and other partners in the Documenting Hate project.
Assessing a Troubling Trend of Racial and Religious Harassment in New York City
(Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) It is just a snapshot, but it makes for a plenty ugly picture all the same: The New York City Commission on Human Rights surveyed more than 3,000 Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh residents of the city late in 2017 and found striking rates of racially and or religiously motivated assault, harassment, and workplace discrimination. Some 38 percent of those surveyed said they had been verbally harassed or taunted because of their race or faith.
In New York, Intolerance Has Become Routine
In New York, Intolerance Has Become Routine A Human Rights Commission report says almost 40 percent of Muslim, Jewish and Sikh residents of the city surveyed had experienced some kind of harassment.
A New York survey finds rising rates of racially and religiously motivated crimes
It is just a snapshot, but it makes for a plenty ugly picture all the same: The New York City Commission on Human Rights surveyed more than 3,000 Muslim, Jewish and Sikh residents of the city late in 2017 and found striking rates of racially and or religiously motivated assault, harassment and workplace discrimination. Some 38% of those surveyed said they had been verbally harassed or taunted because of their race or faith. Nearly 10% said they had been the victim of an actual physical assault.
In New York, Intolerance Has Become Routine — ProPublica
It is just a snapshot, but it makes for a plenty ugly picture all the same: The New York City Commission on Human Rights surveyed more than 3,000 Muslim, Jewish and Sikh residents of the city late in 2017 and found striking rates of racially and or religiously motivated assault, harassment and workplace discrimination. Some 38 percent of those surveyed said they had been verbally harassed or taunted because of their race or faith.
How US police are mislabeling crimes against the LGBTQ community and why it’s dangerous
Rob heard a loud knock at his door late one night in August 2014. His landlady had been calling him about maintenance issues in his Columbus, Ohio, apartment, but that night she came with a male companion and began to scream at him. According to a police report, the man jumped into the argument and threatened Rob, who asked that we not use his full name, with a homophobic slur. Fearing an escalation, he called the police.
ProPublica: Police are Mislabeling Anti-LGBTQ and Other Crimes as Anti-Heterosexual
Rob heard a loud knock at his door late one night in August 2014. His landlord had been calling him about maintenance issues in his Columbus, Ohio, apartment, but that night she came with a male companion and began to scream at him. According to a police report, the man jumped into the argument and threatened Rob — who asked that we not use his full name — with a homophobic slur. Fearing an escalation, he called the police.
At a killer’s sentencing, Native Americans talk of healing and enduring suspicions
The May 11 sentencing of James Walker proceeded as planned inside Grays Harbor, Washington, Superior Court: The 32-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jimmy Smith-Kramer, a young father of two and member of the Quinault Indian Nation. Judge Ray Kahler accepted the plea and sentenced Walker to 7 1/2 years in prison in Washington state for having run Smith-Kramer over with his pickup.
Police are mislabeling anti-LGBTQ and other crimes as anti-heterosexual
Rob heard a loud knock at his door late one night in August 2014. His landlord had been calling him about maintenance issues in his Columbus, Ohio, apartment, but that night she came with a male companion and began to scream at him. According to a police report, the man jumped into the argument and threatened Rob — who asked that we not use his full name — with a homophobic slur. Fearing an escalation, he called the police.
Police Are Mislabeling Anti-LGBTQ and Other Crimes as Anti-Heterosexual — ProPublica
Rob heard a loud knock at his door late one night in August 2014. His landlord had been calling him about maintenance issues in his Columbus, Ohio, apartment, but that night she came with a male companion and began to scream at him. According to a police report, the man jumped into the argument and threatened Rob — who asked that we not use his full name — with a homophobic slur. Fearing an escalation, he called the police.
Police are mislabeling anti-LGBTQ and other crimes as anti-heterosexual
Rob heard a loud knock at his door late one night in August 2014. His landlord had been calling him about maintenance issues in his Columbus, Ohio, apartment, but that night she came with a male companion and began to scream at him. According to a police report, the man jumped into the argument and threatened Rob — who asked that we not use his full name — with a homophobic slur. Fearing an escalation, he called the police.
At a Killer’s Sentencing, Native Americans Talk of Both Healing and Enduring Suspicions — ProPublica
The May 11 sentencing of James Walker proceeded as planned inside Grays Harbor, Washington, Superior Court: The 32-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the second degree in the death of Jimmy Smith-Kramer, a young father of two and member of the Quinault Indian Nation. Judge Ray Kahler accepted the plea and sentenced Walker to 7 1/2 years in prison in Washington state for having run Smith-Kramer over with his pickup truck.
A white man in a truck mowed down a young Native American man. Was it a hate crime?
The submissions from Native Americans have come into ProPublica’s Documenting Hate database with regularity: In Reno, Nevada, a truck was driven into a group of Native people protesting Columbus Day, injuring one; a Navajo woman in Flagstaff, Arizona, reported being told, “Go back to where you came from” by a driver who pulled up to her at a bus stop. A Sioux woman in Winterset, Iowa, reported that she was called a “prairie nigger” on Facebook.
A Killing at Donkey Creek
The submissions from Native Americans have come into ProPublica’s Documenting Hate database with regularity: In Reno, Nevada, a truck was driven into a group of Native people protesting Columbus Day, injuring one; a Navajo woman in Flagstaff, Arizona, reported being told, “Go back to where you came from” by a driver who pulled up to her at a bus stop. A Sioux woman in Winterset, Iowa, reported that she was called a “prairie nigger” on Facebook.
Cuomo touts $1.6B train hall project next to Penn Station
It’s now full steam ahead for construction of a new $1.6 billion train hall next to Penn Station. Gov. Cuomo on Thursday announced the start of “major construction” on the project to convert the landmarked Farley Post Office building into a train hall. “This is an exciting day indeed, and it was a long time coming,” Cuomo said during a ceremony inside the old post office.
Mom of Bronx man charged in choking death happy to see son again
The high school football player charged in the death of his mother’s abusive ex-boyfriend returned with her Wednesday to the scene of the crime — even though debate still raged over whether he did anything wrong. A day earlier, supporters of Luis Moux, including his principal, stood in his corner as he was arraigned on manslaughter charges in Bronx Criminal Court, accused of choking to death Stanley Washington, 43, while coming to his mother’s defense early Monday in their Bronx apartment.
Worshipers tried to stop man who slashed boy, 6, at Bronx mosque
Worshipers at a Bronx mosque tried to block a knife-wielding man from entering the sanctuary before he barreled into a 6-year-old boy, slashing the child across his forehead, according to surveillance video obtained by the Daily News. The unidentified man, who was being chased, slashed little Mohammed Dieye with a box cutter as he rushed into the Masjid Salam Mosque on Longwood Ave. at Hewitt Place in Woodstock just after 2 p.m. Sunday, the video shows.
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