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San Francisco Is Designing a Plaza to Encourage Civic Activism and Protest
San Francisco is moving to encourage public assembly.
Doing Less With Less: Mental Health Care in Mississippi
It's no surprise requests mental health resources for prisoners are routinely rejected.
The Department of Health and Human Services Is Creating an Alternate Reality
Gaming the system is a favorite tactic of the far-right.
How Hospitals Are Failing Black Mothers
The US rate of maternal mortality is substantially higher than nations and has risen over the past decade.
Ten High School Protests That Defied the Trump Agenda in 2017
High school students boldly challenged Trump in 2017.
Severe Complications for Women During Childbirth Are Skyrocketing — and Could Often Be Prevented
Life-threatening complications for new mothers in the US have more than doubled.
In Bid to Save Big Oil $900 Million, Trump Moves to Scrap Offshore Drilling Safety Rules
The oil and gas industry is poised to save hundreds of millions of dollars.
Climate Change Meets Mass Incarceration: California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
Prisoners fight fires for low wages.
Seventeen Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2017
Big money still runs the show.
Arkansas Spurns Warehousing of Floundering Students
One of the poorest states is spending big on alternative schools.