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December 16, 2019

Curtis Flowers released on bail

A Mississippi judge allows Flowers to leave jail to await a possible seventh trial.

November 18, 2019

Doug Evans sued for using race in jury selection

The NAACP and four black plaintiffs take Mississippi prosecutor Doug Evans to court to halt the "odious practice" of "racially discriminatory jury selection."

November 15, 2019

Voting rights advocates call on Georgia to halt controversial purges

Following an APM Reports investigation, the League of Women Voters wants the state to eliminate its "use it or lose it" policy.

November 8, 2019

Georgia nearly purged hundreds of eligible voters by mistake

APM Reports identified 294 people wrongly included on a list of voters on track to have their registrations canceled.

November 7, 2019

Soldiers for Peace

During the Vietnam War, roughly one in five GIs actively opposed the conflict. Many servicemen and women came to believe they were not liberating the country from communism but acting as agents of tyranny. In the combat zone, they rebelled against their commanders' orders. At home, they staged massive protests. Soldiers for Peace offers a first-person look at how GIs were transformed by Vietnam, and the strategies veterans and active-duty personnel used to bring the war to an end.

November 1, 2019

The 1950s plan to erase Indian Country

In the 1950s, the United States came up with a plan to solve what it called the "Indian Problem." It would assimilate Native Americans by moving them to cities and eliminating reservations. The 20-year campaign failed to erase Native Americans, but its effects on Indian Country are still felt today.

November 1, 2019

Taser maker settles lawsuit with cop who claimed the weapon was underpowered

It's a small amount of money for a former Houston officer, though a rare settlement for Axon, which faces a similar claim in New Orleans.

October 29, 2019

How a massive voter purge in Georgia affected the 2018 election

State officials claimed that people removed from the voter rolls for inactivity had likely died or moved away. But an APM Reports investigation found tens of thousands who hadn't — and still wanted to vote.

October 28, 2019

A Georgia law prevented 87,000 people from voting last year. And it could have a big impact in 2020

Voter registration deadlines have long been a part of American elections, but an APM Reports investigation finds that they disenfranchised a surprising number of voters in 2018.

October 15, 2019

Alzheimer's research: The setup and setbacks

A select timeline of research, discovery, salesmanship and spending. Said Zaven Khachaturian, a former director of Alzheimer's research at the National Institute on Aging: 'Every major pharmaceutical company put money into the amyloid idea, and they all failed because the idea was flawed ... It became gradually an infallible belief system ... that's not very healthy for science when scientists ... accept an idea as infallible. That's when you run into problems.'

October 3, 2019

Noted North Carolina attorney to join Curtis Flowers' defense team

Henderson Hill, an experienced death penalty lawyer, will help defend the Mississippi man ahead of a possible seventh murder trial.

September 23, 2019

Curtis Flowers leaves Parchman prison, returns to county jail

Three months after the Supreme Court reversed his conviction, Curtis Flowers is taken off death row to await a possible seventh trial.

September 19, 2019

Flowers' defense files motions for bail, dismissal

New civil rights lawyer cites obscure law for bail request and prosecutor's "unseemly tactics" for dismissal.

September 17, 2019

As concerns rise over youth vaping, Juul quickly puts together an army of lobbyists

With state and federal governments looking to restrict vaping, the nation's largest e-cigarette maker pushed back with a multimillion-dollar advocacy campaign.

August 23, 2019

Minnesota county sending at-risk kids to other states despite concerns about care

With its preferred juvenile correctional facility closed, Hennepin County has increased out-of-state placements 42 percent and some kids are landing in places with troubled histories.

August 23, 2019

Reverberations still felt after Mesabi's closure

• Legal settlement nears • Some former residents are in jail or charged with crimes • Whistleblower has no regrets • The state changes how it regulates juvenile facilities • Buhl can't find a buyer for the building KidsPeace left behind

July 2, 2019

Clemmie Fleming becomes second major witness to recant in Curtis Flowers case

She says she felt pressured to testify against Curtis Flowers in all six trials.

July 2, 2019

Where was Willie James Hemphill on the morning of the Tardy murders?

His alibi didn't check out.

July 2, 2019

Willie James Hemphill's long criminal record

During nearly 30 years of crimes, he's shown a quick temper, and a penchant for daytime robberies and violence against women.

June 21, 2019

Curtis Flowers wins appeal at U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reversed Curtis Flowers' 2010 conviction, ruling that prosecutors excluded African-Americans from the jury.

May 21, 2019

New Chicago mayor to end water shutoffs

Following an APM Reports investigation of rising water rates, Lori Lightfoot says the city will no longer deprive people of "a basic human right."

April 11, 2019

Georgia governor signs law to slow 'use it or lose it' voter purges

After an APM Reports investigation on the removal of thousands of voters, Brian Kemp signed a reform bill that gives people who haven't voted in several elections more time before their registrations are canceled.

March 26, 2019

Flowers v. Mississippi: An annotated transcript of oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court

The full transcript of oral arguments in the Curtis Flowers case, with analysis, context and fact-checks from our team of reporters.

March 20, 2019

Justice Brett Kavanaugh may be key to freeing Curtis Flowers

At oral arguments, questions from the Supreme Court's newest justice — and a possible swing vote — seemed to side with the Mississippi death row inmate's claim that he was the victim of racial discrimination in jury selection.

March 19, 2019

How might the Supreme Court rule in Flowers v. Mississippi?

A discussion with Supreme Court observer Dan Epps.

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