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🦄 Investigative, Prison

Harris County Jail Crisis in Houston, Texas Kills Dozens

February 9, 2023February 10, 2023

The Harris County Jail is the third-largest jail in the U.S. and the largest jail in Texas. Located in Houston, it also confines the most people with mental illness in the state. Despite its complicated history, the public is largely unaware of the myriad issues at the jail. This report covers how the massive backlog of felony cases and pretrial detention contribute to the deaths of dozens of detainees amid overcrowding, medical crises, and a lack of mental health services.

🦄 Borders & Migration, Investigative, Racism & Far-Right

Eugenics, Border Wars & Population Control: The Tanton Network

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022

Nearly everything Americans hear about the U.S.-Mexico border is wrong, and it’s very likely because of one relatively small but extremely well-funded and influential group of American racists.

On July 5, 2022, a group of officials in Texas held a curious press conference. It consisted…

🦄 Community, LGBTQ+, Social Control

The End of Federal Abortion Protections Isn’t the End of Abortion Access

June 25, 2022February 24, 2023

Washington, D.C. – For the first time in United States history, the Supreme Court has revoked an individual constitutional right — repealing Roe v. Wade and cutting off federal abortion protections. As Kristin Hady with Abortion Access Front put it, Roe is “just the first…

🦄 Social Control

Freedom of Choice Under Fire in Ohio

January 5, 2022February 1, 2022

Toledo, OH – In an attempt to outlaw all abortions, Ohio House Bill 480 was introduced on November 2, 2021 to protect “unborn persons,” making it the most extreme bill to move through a state’s legislature in the recent string of bans popping up across…

🦄 Investigative, Social Control

“Abortion is Sacred:” The Past and Present of Reproductive Rights

October 14, 2021February 26, 2023

When the topic of reproductive health pops up in U.S. news—usually with conservative states trying to limit its access—it’s easy to forget, or perhaps many haven’t learned, that less than 150 years ago, the now polarizing hot-button issue of abortion was a widely accepted part…

🦄 Community, Protest & Direct Action

From Juneteenth in Minneapolis to Jawnteenth in Philadelphia

June 19, 2020December 16, 2024

Minneapolis, MN – The historic movement for Black lives that has recently permeated the globe reinvigorated 2020’s Juneteenth celebrations. On June 19, 2020, Unicorn Riot reporters documented from two of these celebrations; ‘Jawnteenth’ in West Philadelphia and a celebration in North Minneapolis at a Cub…

🦄 Racism & Far-Right

Identity Evropa, Rebranded: Six Months Later

September 30, 2019March 4, 2020

Harper’s Ferry, WV – Identity Evropa, the alt-right neo-nazi group behind the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, renamed itself the American Identity Movement earlier this year. Now, more than half a year after the group attempted to redefine its name and image, we examine…

🦄 Racism & Far-Right

Identity Evropa Struggles To Gain Footing After Rebranding as Patriot Group

April 11, 2019April 15, 2019

Washington, DC – A month ago, Unicorn Riot published internal chat records from Identity Evropa, one of the largest and most active alt-right/neo-Nazi groups in the United States. Since then, the group has rebranded itself as the so-called ‘American Identity Movement’. The group’s leader, Patrick…

🦄 Borders & Migration

New Years Blockade at Youth Detention Tent City

January 2, 2019January 16, 2019

Tornillo, TX – Indigenous people, migrant rights activists, and their allies are entering the second week of a protest occupation at the gates of the USA’s largest detention facility for immigrant children. The controversial prison camp, which exclusively holds immigrant minors, is based in Tornillo,…

🦄 Racism & Far-Right

Neo-Nazi Splinter Group’s Chats Show A Fractured, Violent Movement

November 13, 2018November 14, 2018

Sale Creek, TN – Following the disastrous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in August 2017, the white supremacist movement in the United States fractured into various smaller groups. One of the groups, the National Socialist Legion (NSL), has emerged more recently, founded by former…

🦄 Borders & Migration

Military and Militias Deploy to US/Mexico Border to Confront Caravan of Asylum Seekers

November 8, 2018April 26, 2019

President Donald Trump has deployed thousands of active-duty soldiers to the US/Mexico border to support the Department of Homeland Security in stopping a caravan of Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
A plan enacted on October 26, called “Operation Faithful Patriot“,…

🦄 Racism & Far-Right

Gab Users Coordinate Hate in Private Chat Server

October 30, 2018November 1, 2018

The Internet – Gab is a popular alt-right social media website used by Robert Bowers, who posted to the platform shortly before going on a shooting spree and killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday, October 27, 2018.…

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