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As the Private Immigrant Detention Business Persists, Families Fight Back
Privately run ICE detention centers make millions off the broken US immigration system and backwards policies.
Hillary Clinton’s Not-So-New, Not-So-Worker-Friendly Economic Plan
Hillary Clinton unveiled her “new” economic plan to much fanfare — but it looks an awful lot like someone else's old program.
As the UN Finally Admits Role in Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Here Is How Victims Must Be Compensated
The UN has finally accepted some responsibility that it played a part in a cholera epidemic that broke out in Haiti in 2010.
Big Pharma Increased Price of Life-Saving EpiPen by Over 450 Percent
Americans are being forced to pay hundreds of dollars for a common life-saving product that has been on the market since 1977.
Making Rights Work: A Review of “The Human Rights Enterprise”
This review looks at the real, on the ground ways that claims to human rights actually function to challenge power.
The TPP and the Dire Threat to Affordable Drug Prices
Drug prices in the US are already approaching a crisis point for many patients unable to afford their prices, often despite being insured.
The Nightmare Continues: California’s Broken Child Care Subsidies System
An opportunity to bring stability and security to low-income mothers in California has failed due to false assumptions.
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No Way to Call Home: Incarcerated Deaf People Are Locked in a Prison Inside a Prison
A team of reporters takes an in-depth look at the experience of deaf people behind bars.
Education Reformers’ Core Beliefs Are Objectionable
The US's corporate education reform movement has been a marketing success.
Postal Contract Narrows the Gap Between “Tiers” of Workers
The American Postal Workers Union made serious headway and fended off most concessionary demands.