“Following nearly 6 months of unrelenting Israeli assault on occupied #Gaza, it is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of & to present my findings: 'the Anatomy of a Genocide'.” — Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt at United Nations Human Rights Council. #HRC55

Doctors say children have been deliberately targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza; they reported treating "a steady stream of children, elderly people and others who were clearly not combatants with single bullet wounds to the head or chest." theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

1/2) Fantastic article today in the Los Angeles Times by Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social discussing our recent PNAS study showing that people are averse to guns in their neighborhoods. latimes.com/california/sto…

(1/2) Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social wrote a great article in the Los Angeles Times about the gun policy consensus Justin T. Pickett and I found. Americans are more united than polarization would lead you to believe! latimes.com/california/sto…

Stunning violence last night at UCLA after pro-Israel mob attacks pro-Palestinian encampment. Several injuries reported. Los Angeles Times Safi Nazzal rushed to the scene with eyewitness reports. latimes.com/california/sto…

Happening now at UCLA: Students have lined up arm in arm in an effort to prevent law enforcement from getting through to the pro-Palestine encampment. Officers in riot gear stood by as rumors circulated about the encampment being dismantled. More: latimes.com/california/sto…

Wildfires have sent California’s homeowners insurance market into crisis and the situation is getting worse. What's the solution to sky-high premiums or a complete lack of coverage? Story and abundant explanatory graphics by Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social latimes.com/business/story…

We (Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social & me) looked at the latest FEC filings to see where Kamala Harris' new donors are from. Read our Los Angeles Times story: latimes.com/politics/story…

Wrangled FEC data and made some cute maps to see where Harris has attracted new donors w/Sandhya Kambhampati latimes.com/politics/story…

“The level of suffering we are witnessing in Gaza is unprecedented in my mandate as secretary-general of the United Nations. I’ve never seen such a level of death and destruction as we are seeing in Gaza in the last few months.” -- Antonio Guterres apnews.com/article/un-gut…

love to see a joint slay when Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Public Press work together to uncover state secrets. 💅🏼 Emily Elena Dugdale and Keri Blakinger co-authored this story on how the California DOJ tried to conceal the names of sheriff's deputies accused of misconduct. lapublicpress.org/2024/09/diana-…

Israeli forces shut down Al Jazeera's West Bank bureau at 3 a.m. on Sunday Bureau chief Walid el-Omary tells me IDF handed him an order citing a 1945 British Mandate emergency law in occupied West Bank: "They wamt to kill the message and the messenger" npr.org/2024/09/24/nx-…

Experts in human rights & international law have repeatedly said such orders don’t meet standards for protecting civilians — including those Israel signed up for. Normalized without repercussions from the US/self-proclaimed defenders of IHL, the tactic is now in use in Lebanon.

How ‘urgent’ texts pushed these donors to give thousands of times to political candidates latimes.com/politics/story… by Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social

While looking through campaign finance data, I noticed a strange pattern. Many people were donating small amounts, $1 or $5, to the same candidates and groups over and over again, dozens of times, every day. Why? Here's the story. latimes.com/politics/story…

Almost couldn’t finish this story thinking about how much pain this child must have been in and how alone she must have felt. Kudos to @calefati and Ben Conarck. Not sure how they managed. Overburdening of social safety nets like CPS has real consequences. Truly devastating.

'It's happening everywhere': 1 in 3 ICE detainees held in overcrowded facilities, data show latimes.com/politics/story…

“People are sleeping on floors.” New analysis: One in three ICE detainees has spent time in an over capacity facility this year. latimes.com/politics/story…

New story: ICE is moving detainees faster and more frequently. “It’s about efficiency for ICE on their end, but with a total disregard for the people that they’re detaining and ripping apart from their loved ones” - Ghandehari of Detention Watch Network latimes.com/politics/story…