Brian Kaylor @ A Public Witness: Department of Homeland Security Spied on Churches in the Twin Cities
A surveillance incident at a Baptist church particularly raises questions since the congregation’s building is covered by a federal injunction blocking warrantless DHS actions there.
Maurice Cunningham and Jeff Bryant @ Bucks County Beacon: Setting the Record Straight on ‘Parent-Led’ Group Attacking Public Schools
When it comes to reporting on groups posing as grassroots “parents” organizations that attack public schools, even competent reporters seem unwilling or unable — often because of their editors — to alert readers that these operations are really obedient franchises in a highly networked effort to destroy public education and replace it with for-profit schools, religious schools, and homeschooling.
Peter Elkind, Jan Fifield, Doug Bock Clark, Ken B. Morales and Andy Mannix @ ProPublica: How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
An investigation by ProPublica reveals for the first time how the Trump administration came to harness Homeland Security Investigation’s personnel, technology and sweeping legal authority in service of its election agenda — and how meager the results have been, despite the prodigious resources sunk into the effort.
Kelcie Moseley-Morris @ Stateline: More GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next?
In the past two years, Republicans in Idaho and four other states have added specific anti-IVF language to their state party platforms, and some anti-abortion groups, including Students for Life of America and Live Action, have become increasingly outspoken in their opposition to both IVF and surrogacy.
Samantha Cole @ 404 Media: Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women
The men recording these videos capture them with Meta’s smart glasses, which are designed to discreetly capture interactions like these and upload the videos to Meta’s platforms where the women in the videos are turned into content for “pickup artist” accounts.
Chantelle Lee @ TIME: Is there a ‘Religious Revival Happening Among Gen Z?
The dissonance between the narrative of a religious revival and what the nationwide data is showing could be because “outlier stories are the ones that stick in our minds.” Another possible explanation he posits for the split between the data and the anecdotes is that the media tends to draw attention to stories that show a reversal of trends.