In defence of America’s prison-industrial complex
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Portrait of an inessential US government worker
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An unseen victim of the college admissions scandal: The high school tennis champion aced out by a billionaire family
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A second chance - Twelve years ago, forty-seven dogs were rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation and allowed to live
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Why men love war (1984)
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What college admissions offices really want - Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all
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Area 51 Raid: What would happen, legally speaking?
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Here’s what San Francisco’s most expensive home on the market looks like
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I lost my job for keeping Charlottesville police accountable. I'd do it again
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I was skeptical of unions. Then I joined one.
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How ‘safety first’ ethos is destabilizing US society
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Lady Gaga to fund 162 classrooms in Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy
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Arming the cartels: The inside story of a Texas gun-smuggling ring
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Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox American policing can’t solve
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What explains US mass shootings? International comparisons suggest an answer
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The El Paso shooting and the gamification of terror
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One day, one city, no relief - twenty-four hours inside San Francisco’s homelessness crisis
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Alaska defunds scholarships for thousands of university students ahead of fall semester
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How societies turn cruel featuring Sargon of Akkad
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Underworld: How the Sinaloa drug cartel digs its tunnels
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Fearing for his life: Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner, so the police punished him
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The UA Regents were wrong to think help was on the way—and this weekend proved it
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New measure would link jobs and housing in San Francisco
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‘I need a superman for me’: Homeless home care worker advocates for better working conditions, a living wage
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I was sexually assaulted. And I believe incarcerating rapists doesn’t help victims like me
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A US Border Patrol agent reveals what it’s really like to guard migrant children
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Americans reflect on the prevalence and pain of being told "go back to your country"
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Wherever you are, there’s a state park nearby
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What the research says about a $15 minimum wage
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The future of the city is childless - America’s urban rebirth is missing something key—actual births
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Albuquerque takes steps to meet the needs of Native American residents
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The day the fire came: A tale of love and loss on the Panhandle plains
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Before the shaking starts: Living in the shadow of Utah’s next big earthquake
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The CIA classified a MAD Magazine gag for thirty years
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Undocumented, vulnerable, scared: The US women who pick your food for $3 an hour
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Road-tripping with the Amazon nomads - To stock Amazon’s shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys
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Americans shouldn’t have to drive, but the law insists on it
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Podcasts should stick to exonerating the innocent
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Alaska fears 'brain drain' after forty-one percent proposed cut to university system
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White men keep killing themselves with guns. The NRA is making it worse
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The troubling business of bounty hunting
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Patriotism has always fueled marginalization
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An eleven-year neighborhood feud involved restraining orders, spells, and jail time
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Can ‘pods’ bring quiet to the noisy open office?
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Rent and its discontents: Against the landlords and the police, in cities poisoned by wealth
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Reparations are not the answer - The struggle against poverty needs to be a collective fight
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We thought our prison strike was a success. Then came the officers in riot gear.
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Sixteen dog food brands may cause heart disease in pets, FDA warns
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Donald Trump assaulted me, but he’s not alone on my list of hideous men
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Minimum wage still can’t pay for a two-bedroom apartment anywhere
27 votes