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Cooperation vs. Gentrification: Bed-Stuy Strives to Stay Local
Bed-Stuy is pushing back against gentrification with the help of co-ops.
German Lawmaker: At the Root of Refugee Crisis Are Wars Led by the US
The UN is now estimating at least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean this year.
Did the Famous Desegregation of Yonkers Actually Work?
You can't integrate a city with just 200 units of housing.
New Report Rejects Mexican Government’s Story About the Disappearance of 43 Students From Ayotzinapa
Mexico has announced it will now seek a new investigation into whether 43 students were burned in a dump.
The Rise of History’s Biggest Empire
“Empire Files” will document a world plagued by rampant inequality and endless war through rigorous investigative journalism.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence Is Not New, It’s the Cameras That Are New”
“It's the cameras that are new. It's not the violence that's new.”
“Between the World and Me”: Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation on Being Black in the US
Coates talks about his new book and his upbringing in Baltimore.
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Celebrates Jailing of Ex-Guatemalan President
In Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina has been jailed.
Protests Grow over Clerk’s Denial of Same-Sex Marriages
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses.
Syrian Colonel Faces Charges in Maher Arar Torture Case
Canada has charged Syrian Colonel George Salloum with allegedly torture.