Skip to main content
KnowGovUnderstand. Power. Act.
← Data Lab

The Library

New

Every story we've collected, grouped by story. Search it, filter it, go deep.

10 articles, grouped into stories

Afghanistan, 25 Years Later: Journalist Emran Feroz on the Legacy of "America's Longest War"This week marks 25 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, the beginning of what would become the longest war in U.S. history. After installing a pro-Western government in Kabul in December 2001, U.S. and other NATO troops would remain in the country for the next two decades battling a stubborn insurgency — until a chaotic U.S. withdrawal in…
Israeli Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on Oct. 7, Decries Israel's Ethnic Cleansing of GazaIsraelis and Palestinians are marking three years since October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. Nearly 1,200 Israelis were killed, and around 250 were taken hostage. It was the deadliest such attack in Israel’s history, after which Israel immediately began bombing the Gaza Strip, killing at least 5,000 people by October 23,…
"Incredible Moment for the Borderlands": Judge Blocks Border Wall Expansion in Big Bend & West TexasIn a victory for environmentalists and immigration rights’ advocates, a federal judge in El Paso, Texas, has blocked further border wall construction inside Big Bend National Park. “We slammed the brakes on $7 billion worth of corrupt construction contracts,” says Laiken Jordahl, a national public lands advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity,…
Meet Issa Amro: Palestinian Human Rights Advocate Attacked by Settlers, Detained by Israeli ArmyWe speak with Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro after he was detained at an Israeli military base for seven hours on Friday. Amro, the founder of the Hebron-based group Youth Against Settlements, was helping a Palestinian family that he says had been attacked by armed Israeli settlers at their farmhouse outside Hebron in the occupied West Bank.…
Far Right Makes Gains in Brazil as Flávio Bolsonaro Tops Lula in First Round of Presidential RaceBrazil’s presidential election is headed to a runoff between leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro after neither candidate cleared 50% in Sunday’s vote, in which the right made gains in Congress and in governor races across the country. Bolsonaro received 47% of the vote compared to Lula’s 45%. The second…