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California’s Prop. 47 Reduces Prison Sentences but Won’t End Mass Incarceration
Activists say Proposition 47's release of some prisoners is just a start to confronting mass incarceration.
Pope Francis Sounds the Alarm on Climate Change
Does a hard-hitting policy statement on climate change make Pope Francis the new environmental prophet?
EPA Forced to Decide This Month on Pesticide’s Fate
The EPA is on the clock to decide the future of a popular pesticide linked to health problems.
Seed Sharing Movement Wins Big With New Legislation
In two states, bills that specifically exempt non-commercial seed sharing from commercial seed laws were recently signed into law.
Fed Holds Off on Interest Rate Hike, Downgrades Economic Forecast
If the Federal Reserve policymakers are correct, annual growth would be the worst since 2011.
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White Suspect Identified for Killing of Nine People in Massacre at Black Church
Authorities attempt to identify the white gunman who opened fire in a historic black church in SC Thursday evening.
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FCC Says Price Counts in Announcing New Broadband Plan
The FCC wants to put cell phones that can access the Internet in the hands of America's poor in hopes of reducing the digital divide.
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Resisting Gentrification at Gunpoint
Various port expansion projects endorsed by the Colombian government will require the displacement - whether voluntary or involuntary - of communities in Buenaventura.
Charter Program Expansion Looms, Despite Probes Into Mismanagement and Closed Schools
Department of Education officials have assured stakeholders that the problems with millions disappearing down black holes is a thing of the past, but this is not the case.
Justice Gets Delivered to FedEx Workers
We'll see if FedEx has learned its lesson about worker misclassification.