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Anna Mae Aquash: Her Life Before the Murder Case

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 002 | Part 03 Before Anna Mae Aquash became the subject of murder trials, disputed testimony and decades of unanswered questions, she was a mother, a teacher and an Indigenous rights activist. The previous article examined the political violence surrounding the American Indian Movement and Pine Ridge Reservation. This part turns to the woman whose death sits at the centre of this investigation: how she became involved, what she worked for, and how accusations of betrayal entered her life. From Nova Scotia to Boston Born Anna Mae Pictou on March 27, 1945, Aquash was Mi’kmaq and …

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Before Anna Mae Aquash: AIM, the FBI and the Violence at Pine Ridge Reservation

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 002 | Part 02 By the time Anna Mae Aquash was accused of being an informant in 1975, distrust of the federal government was not new inside the American Indian Movement. Neither was surveillance. Neither was violence. To understand how suspicion surrounding one woman could eventually become part of a murder case, it is necessary to understand what had happened during the seven years before her death—and particularly what was happening on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The story involves the American Indian Movement, the FBI, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a deeply divided …

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John Graham, Anna Mae Aquash and the Controversial Case That Refuses to Close

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 002 | Part 01 John Graham is serving life without parole in South Dakota for the 1975 killing of Anna Mae Aquash. On its face, that might sound like the end of the story. A jury convicted him. The South Dakota Supreme Court upheld that conviction. More than fifteen years have passed since his trial. But the closer I looked at this case, the less straightforward it became. Graham was not originally extradited from Canada to face the state charge that ultimately put him in prison for life. He was surrendered to the United States on …

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Under Scrutiny Part 7: Second Sons Canada — From Charlottesville to Second Sons

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 001 | Part 07 Some people arrive in an organization with very little public history behind them. Shawn Beauvais-MacDonald is not one of those people. He is a man who publically has spewed his hate. His involvement in far-right politics predates Second Sons Canada by nearly a decade, and much of that history played out publicly. He was involved with Quebec nationalist group La Meute, travelled from Quebec to the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, later became associated with the Frontenac Active Club, publicly described himself as a Nazi, and has now emerged as …

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Under Scrutiny Part 6: Second Sons Canada — Behind the Recruitment Pitch

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 001 | Part 06 For the past several installments of this investigation, Second Sons Canada has been examined largely through what it chooses to show the public. The website presents a disciplined, nationalist men’s organization centred on fitness, camaraderie, activism and what it describes as the preservation of Canadian heritage. Its public imagery is carefully controlled. Its members often appear masked. Its language is frequently provocative, but it is also polished enough to remain within the familiar vocabulary of nationalism, self-improvement and political grievance. Recruitment is where that public image is tested. According to a former …

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When Skepticism Becomes Cruelty: Megyn Kelly and the Cornell Jane Doe Commentary

There is a legitimate conversation to be had about the Cornell Seven case. There are disputed facts. There are questions about consent, intoxication, changing accounts, investigative decisions, due process and how institutions responded. Seven men have been publicly accused of serious conduct, and those allegations have not yet resulted in criminal convictions. Those questions deserve scrutiny. What they do not require is cruelty. And that is where Megyn Kelly crossed a line. In discussing Jane Doe, the woman who alleges she was drugged and sexually assaulted by members of Cornell University’s Chi Phi fraternity, Kelly did not limit herself to …

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Under Scrutiny Part 5: Second Sons Canada — What the Website Tells the Public

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 001 | Part 05 There is a temptation, when investigating an organization like Second Sons Canada, to look immediately for what is hidden. Private chats. Internal documents. Anonymous sources. Deleted posts. Information the organization never intended the public to see. But sometimes the most revealing material is already sitting in plain sight. Second Sons Canada has published a remarkable amount about itself on its own website. It explains who it believes belongs, why its members wear masks, what political activism means to the organization, what kind of men it wants to recruit, where it operates, how …

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Under Scrutiny Part 4: Second Sons Canada — When the Actions Speak Louder

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 001 | Part 04 Second Sons Canada tells the public what it is: a Canadian men’s nationalist organization centred on fitness, camaraderie, activism and mutual support. Its website presents an image of men training together, building friendships and taking responsibility for themselves at a time when, in the organization’s telling, many Canadian men feel politically ignored and culturally displaced. An organization is entitled to describe itself in its own words, and those words are an important part of understanding it. They are not, however, the entire story. Organizations also reveal themselves through the choices they make …

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Under Scrutiny Part 3: Second Sons Canada — The Myth of the Dispossessed Son

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 001 | Part 03. Second Sons Canada built its name around a historical story: the eldest son inherited, while the second son was forced to go out into the world and make something of himself. It is a compelling story. It is also an incomplete one. Second Sons uses that historical image to describe modern Canadian men who, in the organization’s words, have had their “birthright” stripped away and are being displaced by foreigners. But if we’re going to use history to explain the present, then we should examine the history properly. What actually happened to …

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The Motion the Internet Put on Trial: What Judge Sullivan Actually Decided

On September 29, 2026, Lindsay Clancy returned to Plymouth Superior Court for the first time since her murder trial ended in a mistrial. Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, renewed a request under Massachusetts Rule of Criminal Procedure 25 asking Judge William Sullivan to enter findings of not guilty rather than permit the case to return to another jury. Two days later, Judge Sullivan denied that request in a five-page written ruling. Online, the decision was quickly compressed into competing headlines: the judge had “rejected the insanity defence,” the judge had “confirmed her guilt,” the defence had suddenly claimed Clancy “didn’t do …

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Under Scrutiny Part 2: Second Sons Canada — Brotherhood, Birthright and Belonging

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 001 | Part 2. What does it mean to belong to a country, and who gets to decide? Second Sons Canada’s website offers prospective members a familiar proposition: friendship, physical fitness, shared traditions and a community of men working toward common goals. But the organization’s message extends well beyond encouraging men to exercise together. Its website introduces ideas about ancestry, inherited national identity and a birthright that it claims is being taken away. Its membership requirements also contain an interesting distinction between Canadian citizens and certain non-citizens who may be considered for membership. Understanding how these …

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Under Scrutiny Part 1: Second Sons Canada — Beyond the Masks

Under Scrutiny | Investigation 001 | Part 1. What happens when an organization presents itself as a brotherhood built around fitness, friendship and Canadian identity, while independent researchers identify it as part of a broader white-supremacist movement? That question is at the centre of this investigation. But it is only the beginning. Second Sons Canada describes itself as a Canadian men’s nationalist club established in 2024. Its website emphasizes physical fitness, camaraderie, personal responsibility and mutual support among men who share its values. Those activities, considered individually, are neither unusual nor inherently objectionable. Canadians join fitness clubs, community organizations and …

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The Cornell 7: Allegations, Power and Impunity

Content notice: This article discusses allegations of sexual assault, violence, and drugs. In September 2026, a former Cornell University student identified publicly as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit concerning events she alleges occurred at Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024. The seven men named as defendants are: They have since become known online as the “Cornell 7.” That label, however, should not obscure an important legal point: the lawsuit attributes different conduct to different defendants. Being named in a civil lawsuit is not the same as being found liable or guilty of a crime. As of this …

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After the Mistrial: Lindsay Clancy Defense 180

The Lindsay Clancy Defence Changes the Question The first trial asked whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she killed her three children. Now, her lawyers are asking whether the Commonwealth proved she killed them at all.After the Mistrial: The Lindsay Clancy Defence Changes the Question When Lindsay Clancy: Evidence and Public Opinion ended, the criminal case had ended in a mistrial. Eleven jurors reportedly favoured finding Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility. One juror disagreed. Because Massachusetts requires a unanimous verdict, Judge William Sullivan discharged the jury without a verdict on September 4, 2026. The …

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Calling Gaza a Genocide Is Not Antisemitism

Let me begin without dressing this up in diplomatic language: I believe Israel has committed and continues to commit a genocide in Gaza. That is not a statement against Jewish people. It is not approval of Hamas. It does not excuse, minimize or justify the atrocities committed in Israel on October 7, 2023. It is a conclusion about the conduct of a government and its military—the killing of civilians, the destruction of homes and hospitals, mass displacement, deprivation of food and essential supplies, and the conditions imposed upon an entire civilian population. Those distinctions should not be difficult. Yet throughout …

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Trump Barred Press. What Does That Actually Mean?

President Donald Trump has barred reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from entering the White House grounds, accusing the organizations of publishing “fiction and lies.” Their press passes were reportedly confiscated, and Trump has suggested that other outlets could face the same treatment. The three organizations have now gone to court, arguing that the ban violates the First Amendment. In response, television networks that ordinarily compete fiercely with one another—including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News—suspended their participation in the White House television press pool. Predictably, that has created some confusion. Does this mean nobody is covering the …

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When Jurors Speak: Evidence, Sympathy and the Law

Since the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, several jurors have spoken publicly about what happened inside the jury room. Their comments have been emotional, revealing and, in some ways, deeply troubling. A note about names: Judge William Sullivan has indefinitely impounded the jury list because of safety and privacy concerns. This post does not identify or speculate about any juror who has not voluntarily come forward. The jurors named here are limited to those who publicly identified themselves, or were identified in reputable media coverage connected to their own interviews: Roni Carlson, Kellie Farina, Paula Devlin and Nick Dargie. …

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2026 So Far: A Few Memorable Photo Moments

Not every memorable photograph marks a major occasion. Sometimes it captures a place, an ordinary moment, an unexpected view or something that simply made me stop and reach for the camera. These are some of my more memorable pictures since January 2026. Together, they offer a small look at the places I have been, the things that caught my attention and the moments I wanted to keep. Looking back through photographs is a reminder of how much can happen in a relatively short time—and how often the smaller moments become the ones we remember most clearly. You can find more …

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