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Profiting Off Mass Incarceration: Detroit Pistons Owner Buys Private Prison Phone Company
Mass incarceration will be profitable under Trump.
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For a Tribe With a Tradition of Sharing, Food Sovereignty Is Complicated Economics
South Dakota's Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribal members would rather share their food than sell it.
Obamacare Website to Be Shut Down for Portion of Most Weekends During Open Enrollment
In effect, instead of a 90-day enrollment season, the Trump administration has cut it to 45.
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The Homewreckers: How Trump Cronies Are Sabotaging the American Dream
Could this be the end of homeownership as we know it?
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How a Free Grocery Store Is Cutting Food Waste — and Hunger
The Free Store redistributes up to 1,500 surplus food items.
Tenants Push Back Against Corporate Landlords During “Renter Week of Action”
Renters in 45 cities organized protests this week to demand rent control.
ALEC’s Corporate Board Leads in Federal Violations
Extensive violations data is accessible for the first time.
Without Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle to Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs
An ACA provision forces rural hospitals to pay full price for drugs.
Failing Charter Schools Have a Reincarnation Plan
Private schools convert to charters for public dollars.
Victory for Immigrant Hunger Strikers: Lawsuit Challenges Slave Wages at Private Jail
Federal policies have allowed immigrant detainees to be paid slave wages.