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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...
The news out of Washington this weekend was dramatic as lawmakers hashed out an eleventh hour ...
The news out of Washington this weekend was dramatic as lawmakers hashed out an eleventh hour ...
The CIA's unlawful detention and torture of Khaled El-Masri has left him "a broken man," according to a ...
The CIA's unlawful detention and torture of Khaled El-Masri has left him "a broken man," according to a ...
Did you know that there are just 18 states that have explicit workplace non-discrimination protections for LGBT people, or that a mere 13 states have such protections in place for LGBT students?
On...
Did you know that there are just 18 states that have explicit workplace non-discrimination protections for LGBT people, or that a mere 13 states have such protections in place for LGBT students?
On...