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This week, 22-year-old Modesto Sanchez told lawmakers of the Massachusetts Legislature about the day he and his friend rode their bikes down the street on which Sanchez lived, only to be stopped and frisked...
This week, 22-year-old Modesto Sanchez told lawmakers of the Massachusetts Legislature about the day he and his friend rode their bikes down the street on which Sanchez lived, only to be stopped and frisked...
You may have seen the viral video making the rounds on social media: a millionaire "Secret Santa" donated $100,...
You may have seen the viral video making the rounds on social media: a millionaire "Secret Santa" donated $100,...
This piece originally appeared in Foreign Policy on December 10, 2014. ...
This piece originally appeared in Foreign Policy on December 10, 2014. ...
For many years there's been an entrenched culture of savage deputy-on-inmate violence Los Angeles County Jails – violence as extreme as anything we've seen in decades of investigating some of the most...
For many years there's been an entrenched culture of savage deputy-on-inmate violence Los Angeles County Jails – violence as extreme as anything we've seen in decades of investigating some of the most...
This fall, Zadia* and her son Jose* came to the United States to escape years of physical abuse by her common-law husband. With the help of members of their church, Zadia and Jose fled Honduras. But rather...
This fall, Zadia* and her son Jose* came to the United States to escape years of physical abuse by her common-law husband. With the help of members of their church, Zadia and Jose fled Honduras. But rather...
This piece originally appeared at MSNBC.com.
The Senate report released earlier this week...
This piece originally appeared at MSNBC.com.
The Senate report released earlier this week...