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FBI file documents Chef Paul Prudhomme’s history of accidentally bringing loaded guns to airports

by JPat Brown

September 13, 2019

Celebrated Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme found himself in hot water for accidentally bringing a loaded firearm to the airport on more than one occasion, according to his FBI file.

Revenge porn laws face an unexpected civil rights obstacle: The First Amendment

by Daysia Tolentino

December 06, 2018

Each state prosecutes nonconsensual pornography differently, and some free speech advocates are concerned that overly-broad laws will actually impede other liberties.

Your FOIA fee stories this week: A tale of two email searches

by Jessie Gomez

September 07, 2018

MuckRock is currently taking submissions of your FOIA fee stories. With just one week into our crowdsource, requesters far and wide have brought their issues to the table. While submitted responses vary, overall they show major discrepancies in the FOIA fee system across the country.

Only four out of the 20 #AmazonHQ2 finalists have released their bids to MuckRock

by Beryl Lipton

January 18, 2018

The growing global retailer Amazon has announced the 20 finalists for its challenge to secure homefield rights for its second headquarters. We take a look at the responses to our requests for those areas.

Montgomery County’s flawed model for nationwide counterterror programs

by Waqas

September 28, 2016

Since 2013, the Montgomery County Model (MCM) has been hailed as the gold standard for community-based Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs across the country. Despite these accolades, there is little indication that MCM has been able to resolve the concerns raised by Muslim and civil rights groups about these counterterrorism programs - in fact, MCM seems to have proceeded simply by ignoring such concerns, helped by the secrecy with which the program operates.