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How Does Gig Nursing Work Affect Patients, Nurses and Health Care Facilities?
Classifying nurses as contractors gives companies more power and limits workers’ ability to hold them accountable.
WA Prison Deters Participation in Restorative Justice by Ordering Strip Searches
Strip searches, a practice that dates back to auctions of enslaved people, have long been common in U.S. prisons.
Virginia Purges Eligible Voters Weeks Before Hotly Contested Election
“[The purge] already had a chilling effect on Virginians’ participation in early voting,” voting rights advocates say.
Court Approves New Map Giving Black Alabama Voters More Representation
A special master team redrew congressional boundaries after the GOP-run state legislature twice refused to do so.
Under Trump, IRS Audited Low-Income Families at Higher Rate Than Millionaires
More than a million wealthy Americans have evaded close to $66 billion in federal taxes in recent years.
In Latest Attack on Journalism, Musk Removes Headlines From Posts on “X”
Since buying the platform last year, Musk has made the site increasingly hostile to journalists.
Biden Administration Waives 26 Laws to Speed Construction on Trump’s Border Wall
Biden had once promised there would “not be another foot of wall constructed” under his administration.
The Death of a 5-Year-Old Child Sheds Light on Life Under Israeli Apartheid
A new book details the bureaucratic barriers and indignities that make the lives of Palestinians even more difficult.
Why Is the US Taking So Long to Close Guantánamo?
As with so much else at Guantánamo, for every step forward, there seem to be two steps back.
Gun Death Rate Among Children in US Grew 87 Percent Over Past Decade — Study
Since 2020, firearms have been the leading cause of death in children.