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School-Based Police Are Using Tasers on Students — and No One Knows How Often It Happens
Children are being Tasered by school-based police officers, and no one knows about it.
Trickle-Down Election Economics: How Big Money Can Affect Small Races
Why New York's congressional and state Senate races could be donor draws.
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman: Dakota Access Pipeline “Is Threatening the Lives of My Tribe”
Protests have so far shut down construction along parts of the pipeline.
Khalid Jabara’s Family Speaks Out After His Murder by Racist White Neighbor
Police say Stanley Majors will be charged with first-degree murder.
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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.
Number of Registered Lobbyists Plunges as Spending Declines Yet Again
The lobbying industry may start arguing for its own bailout bill, given the relentless decline in reported spending for its services.
Tunisia: On the Front Lines of the Struggle Against Climate Change
Kerkennah islanders are faced with a double threat to their existence: rising sea water levels and the extractive operations of fossil fuel companies.
The West’s “New Normal”: Another Long Season of Volatile Wildfires
In California and across the region, drought and heat makes for big blazes.
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Working-Class Militancy in the Global South
A profound movement is emerging among workers in developing countries, demanding radical action on grievances outside the system of established unions.
Milwaukee’s War on Black People
Sheriff David Clarke is declaring war on the black youth his city has failed.