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The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies

Homeland Security launches a review of private detention centers, weeks after DOJ began closing its own facilities.

Sep 2, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

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Your Tax Money Is Subsidizing Wall Street Bonuses Your Tax Money Is Subsidizing Wall Street Bonuses

Congress says it can’t fund a Zika response, but has found millions of dollars to reward CEO compensation.

Sep 1, 2016 / George Zornick

Footage of the Largest Gang Raid in NYPD History Reveals the Agency’s Military-Style Tactics

Footage of the Largest Gang Raid in NYPD History Reveals the Agency’s Military-Style Tactics Footage of the Largest Gang Raid in NYPD History Reveals the Agency’s Military-Style Tactics

Incoming police commissioner James O’Neill oversaw the arrests.

Sep 1, 2016 / Simon Davis-Cohen

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Trump, in a Major Immigration Speech, Is Back in Fearmongering Form Trump, in a Major Immigration Speech, Is Back in Fearmongering Form

In Mexico, Trump is solemn and praising; in Arizona, he’s back to hysterical horror shows.

Sep 1, 2016 / Julianne Hing

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Mexicans Scorn Trump’s Visit—And Peña Nieto for Having Invited Him Mexicans Scorn Trump’s Visit—And Peña Nieto for Having Invited Him

“You confront tyrants. You don’t appease them.”

Aug 31, 2016 / Greg Grandin

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How a Nun, a Vet, and a Housepainter Stood Up to the Threat of Nuclear Weapons How a Nun, a Vet, and a Housepainter Stood Up to the Threat of Nuclear Weapons

Dan Zak’s Almighty reminds readers that the United States’ poisonous and very expensive history of nuclear-weapons production is far from over.

Aug 31, 2016 / Frida Berrigan

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Voters Have Ousted Notorious Florida Prosecutor Angela Corey Voters Have Ousted Notorious Florida Prosecutor Angela Corey

She was known nationally for failing to convict Trayvon Martin’s killer, and for prosecuting Marissa Alexander.

Aug 31, 2016 / Jessica Pishko

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Angela Corey’s Forgetful Medical Examiner Angela Corey’s Forgetful Medical Examiner

The state attorney’s office employed a chief medical examiner who may have suffered from dementia—but it won’t reexamine her cases.

Aug 30, 2016 / Jessica Pishko

Colin Kaepernick

America Needs to Listen to What Colin Kaepernick Is Actually Trying to Say America Needs to Listen to What Colin Kaepernick Is Actually Trying to Say

Too many people are talking about patriotism and etiquette instead of reckoning with the substance of his critique.

Aug 30, 2016 / Dave Zirin

What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State?

What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State? What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State?

In Utah, Dr. Leah Torres has to contend with a slew of medically unsound regulations to care for her patients. And that’s before the death threats.

Aug 29, 2016 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter and Francis Reynolds

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