❌ Sick so expect slow replies ❌ Journalist + feminist. Investigative reporter at The Nerve. Formerly Good Law Project. Bylines inc The Guardian, CNN, Dazed, TIME, Al Jazeera, VICE. They/them. www.alicemccool.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mt2i7zka2k2iFascinating explainer by the brilliant @garnethenderson.com into an ADF supported case in the US. In the UK, ADF (which was central to overturning US abortion rights) has been directly linked to Nigel Farage and has threatened to sue community sports group Parkrun for their trans-inclusive policy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2i7zka2k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mrdpm6juqc2vRead my full investigation here: https://www.thenerve.news/p/cpac-conference-uk-maga-liz-truss-touchpoint-strategy-gen-z-dark-money [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdpm6juqc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mr7vvgcqas2gNEW: CPAC GB last week was written off as a flop. But the network behind it is no joke... My latest investigation for @thenerve.news on its right wing Catholic Gen Z organisers + the web of global dark money forces around them, from US Christian Right to Hungary: https://www.thenerve.news/p/cpac-conference-uk-maga-liz-truss-touchpoint-strategy-gen-z-dark-money22 Jul 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7vvgcqas2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mmh265mg4k2t🚨 NEW: How are ultra-conservative networks infiltrating human rights in the UK? In my latest for @goodlawproject.org I expose how the new head of the EHRC (supposed to protect our rights + equalities) in Scotland is linked to dark money funded anti-abortion groups https://goodlawproject.org/ehrcs-new-chair-in-scotland-linked-to-anti-abortion-dark-money-groups-alasdair-henderson/22 May 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh265mg4k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mlbgx4oq7k24🚨 #Voting in Maida Vale today? Pls know 1 of #Reform's candidates is a recent staffer at the intl' arm of the dark money org behind the overturn of US #abortion rights. In Dec anti-abortion/LGBT activist + Spectator contributor Lois McLatchie Miller left ADF after 7 YEARS. 1/507 May 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbgx4oq7k24https://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3ml7boo6f5c23Cute video to go with our news! Congrats to the other new recruits @luciaoc.bsky.social @sangitamyska.bsky.social and @doctorow.pluralistic.net 🤩 You can subscribe to (or become a paying member of) @thenerve.news here: www.thenerve.news/membership [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7boo6f5c23https://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3ml45coz7522e🚨 I'm joining @thenerve.news! Pretty surreal to be mentioned alongside as such a talented lineup 🙈 Thanks are in order to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social for supporting me always –can't wait to learn more from you and The Nerve's other legendary all women co-founders! https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/the-nerve-expands-journalists-team-six-months-after-launch/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml45coz7522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mkd5escim22nNEW: For months @ludovicparsons.bsky.social + I have been piecing together info on trans deaths in the UK from datasets, FOIs, coroners’ reports + interviews. We found that trans people are disproportionately dying by suicide. Many are kids. Full investigation: https://goodlawproject.org/trans-people-are-dying-of-suicide-more-than-the-general-uk-population-data-shows/25 Apr 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd5escim22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mjoqmqtid22nThanks for having me @indexoncensorship.org and Pushkin House! It was really great to debrief with my v knowledgeable fellow panelists and audience following the Hungarian election result ✊👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoqmqtid22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mjk6c5yrt22mI’m vvv excited to be at the @journalismfestival.com in #Perugia this year for the first time! Pls give me a shout if you’d like to meet up or you're running an event I should come to! Hopefully when you see me I won’t look so knackered - I got a night flight and sleep has passed me by 🫠 1/315 Apr 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk6c5yrt22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mjjrydmlwk2rThank you Tim @spotlightcorruption.org for speaking to me for this piece! P.s. If anyone's interested, @timpicton.bsky.social is secretly an investigative journalist, he just won't admit it 🙃 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjrydmlwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mjjrpyjlzk2r📢 NEW: #Orbán is out! What does this mean for his far-right, ultra-conservative, anti-immigration, anti-trans + anti-everything cronies? I spoke to some pros on this for @thenerve.news + looked back at the Orbán-funded, #Reform linked UK network I uncovered for @goodlawproject.org 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjrpyjlzk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3miwlqi4kr22dI’m speaking at this event next Tues following my investigation into a far-right, anti-gender network in the UK funded by Viktor #Orbán. This may sound niche but #Hungary matters. JD #Vance is there rn trying to save Orbán whose 16yr rule might come to an end on Sunday… Get your tickets here 👇👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwlqi4kr22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mio4bmdltk2e📢 NEW: My @goodlawproject.org investigation in @bylinetimes.bsky.social exposes how US Christian Right dark money + anti-abortion lobbyists are quietly reshaping UK healthcare. Definitely one to share with 'gender critical' relatives this Easter... https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/02/how-the-us-christian-right-and-anti-abortion-lobbyists-are-reshaping-nhs-policy/04 Apr 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio4bmdltk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mhuwqyjh3s2jUrgent journo request: for @goodlawproject.org I'm looking to speak to friends of #trans ppl in the UK who have died whose #gender was not accurately recorded on their death certificate. I’m particularly interested in cases from the last year. I promise to handle your story with care 🖤25 Mar 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuwqyjh3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mgpj3px74k2zAnother major warning from the UN about the threats to #trans rights in the UK, raising serious concerns under international human rights law. This was issued 10 days ago. Where's the media coverage? https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/02/un-experts-urge-uk-ensure-equal-protection-all-women-and-girls-and-all10 Mar 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpj3px74k2z