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Human Rights
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Phyllis “Grandma” Hardy Is Home! But Over 98,000 People Remain Prisoners of the Drug War
New compassionate release guidelines don't apply to many of the people serving drug sentences in federal prisons.
Mexican Migrant Children Forgotten at the Border
Mexican children rarely get an opportunity to tell their story before an immigration judge.
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A Freedom Ride for Stephon
It's election day in Chicago, and until it's over political types here are unlikely to write about much of anything else.
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Young Life vs. Deadly Force: The Training and Racism of Police Shootings
Truthout highlights how Chicago police shootings impact families and communities.
In Strange Twist of History, Black Activist Charged With “Lynching”
Law created to protect Blacks is cited against woman protesting police violence.
Why North Carolina’s “Religious Freedom” Bill Is Even Worse Than Indiana’s
A small change in wording could have big legal consequences.
How “Hate” Lets Us Off the Hook
Our political realities become determined by whom we are against.
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Guilty of Being Poor
When a community issues arrest warrants for more offenses than it has residents, something's deeply wrong.
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Three Reasons Why the United States Is Broken, Bloated and Bleeding
Facing inequality, police militarization and spiraling military costs, what kind of country will we be?
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Sprinklers Off, Still Homeless
What are we doing about the continuing criminalization of homelessness and poverty?