Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions vows to confront what he called 'the rising tide of violent crime in America'
Overdose deaths hit a record high in United States last year
Deadly drug overdoses quadruple since 1999 as a national opioid crisis worsens despite new efforts
Almost all cities of 250,000 or more people showed increase in incidents rooted in hate; such crimes have risen in every presidential election year since 1992
In aftermath of violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, Christian Picciolini has been speaking out against white supremacy
One former US attorney thinks that balance could change in the future
Groups that espouse white supremacy have shifted to a narrative of ‘we’re victimized, we’re persecuted, we’re not allowed to express ourselves, even express our fundamental constitutional rights,’ says sociology professor who studies such groups
The deadly violence had hallmarks of tactic increasingly employed by Islamic State sympathizers in Europe: the use of a vehicle as a weapon of terror
One analyst says Trump is on a collision course with the special counsel running the investigation
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the department is reviewing guidelines on subpoenaing journalists’ records as part of a stepped-up effort to investigate and prosecute leakers
Officials suggest that Justice's request for lawyers to investigate complaint alleging a university discriminated against Asian-American students was misinterpreted
Justice Department denies reports it is exploring new initiative to investigate and sue universities and colleges over race-based admission policies
Thousands snared in a coordinated online ambush
President's sustained criticism of attorney general, on Twitter and in interviews, fuels widespread speculation that Trump wants Sessions to resign, or he plans to fire him
President blasts attorney general, one of Trump’s early supporters, as ‘very weak,’ questions why there is no investigation of ‘crooked Hillary’
Attorney general criticized by Congress and the White House for private meetings with the Russian ambassador
Europol Director Mark Wainwright says closures send 'clear message that the darknet is not a safe area for criminals'
The Office of Government Ethics has long had a reputation for low-key bipartisanship; it provides advice; it rarely takes a public position
Two legal experts, both former federal prosecutors, take a look at what's behind the headlines about Donald Trump Jr.
Policymakers and law enforcement officials are looking into ways to improve quality of hate crime reporting, including mandatory data collection
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