U.S.
Prison podcast sheds light on life behind bars
January 3, 2019The podcast “Ear Hustle”— eavesdropping, in prison slang—has found international success and secured freedom for one of its co-hosts.
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Philly gets a raise
December 21, 2018More than 130,000 workers in the hospitality, fast food, and other sectors will be impacted.
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Unions, civil rights group pan Trump “school safety” commission’s recommendations
December 20, 2018One DeVos recommendation—restoring discrimination in discipline of “problem” students—is thinly veiled racism against young African Americans, says AFT President Randi Weingarten.
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‘Moral disaster’ unfolding in child migrant detention centers
December 20, 2018Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large and crowded orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again.
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Black voters were prime targets of Russian election interference
December 19, 2018For years, the Russian state has leveraged social media to wage a propaganda war aimed at manipulating and dividing Americans.
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