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Trump Plan to Turn Public Lands Over to the Oil and Gas Industry Faces Political Backlash
Donald Trump's energy agenda and the oil and gas lobby were dealt two major political blows.
For-Profit Colleges Are Reinventing Themselves to Profit Off Low-Income Students
For-profit schools recruit veterans and low-income students on social media with false promises of lucrative careers.
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Waging War Against a Mythical Crime Wave, Sessions Ramps Up War on Drugs
There is no doubt that this move is a painful regression — one that could reverberate for years to come for thousands of Americans.
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Census Director Resigns Amid Budget Crunch That Could Harm Communities of Color
Census data is a crucial tool for combating voter suppression — and it is currently in danger.
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The People vs. The Student Loan Industry
Trump is gutting the few protections student borrowers have, even as the largest student loan servicer faces a lawsuit.
Workers Fear Radiation Exposure After Nuclear Waste Storage Tunnels Collapse in Washington
Hanford is the nation's most polluted nuclear weapons production site.
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YIMBYs: The Darlings of the Real Estate Industry
The Yes In My Back Yard redevelopment movement centers the real estate industry, not the poor and middle class.
Israel Resorts to Psychological Warfare to Try to Break Palestinian Hunger Strike
More than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners entered their fourth week without food as Israel intensifies its efforts to break the hunger strike.
After Trump’s Firing of Comey, Democrats Demand Special Prosecutor to Continue Investigations
A fateful decision falls to career prosecutor Rod Rosenstein, a Republican favorite.
Document Trove Details Bradley Foundation’s Efforts to Build Right-Wing “Infrastructure” Nationwide
The documents open a window to the behind-the-scenes workings of one of the US's largest right-wing foundations.