Weekly Recommended Reading

Federal Government's Land Grab, Escaping Child Marriage, etc

The Taking The federal government's boldest land grab in a generation produced the first border wall — and a trail of abuse, mistakes and unfairness, from Texas Tribune and ProPublica

They Escaped Child Marriage Now They’re Speaking Out, from CNN

The Secret History of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco Overflights, mapping fiber-optic networks, “strange activities.” Moscow's West Coast spies were busy, from Foreign Policy

Finding a Fix Embedded with a Suburban Cops Confronting the Opioid Epidemic, from Mother Jones

Has Daryl Kelly Spent Twenty Years in Prison for a Crime That Never Happened?, from The New Yorker

Why Has the E.P.A. Shifted on Toxic Chemicals? A scientist who worked for the chemical industry now shapes policy on hazardous chemicals. Within the E.P.A., there is fear that public health is at risk, from The New York Times