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Solitary voices: Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary sonfinement in ICE detention ~life Article 4057 words 8 votes
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The University of Maryland waited eighteen days to inform students of a virus on campus. That decision left vulnerable students like Olivia Paregol in the dark ~health Article 7024 words 14 votes
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