A Billionaire-Backed Democrat Is Facing Off Against a Democratic Socialist in Berkeley. And It's Getting Rough.
A race in Berkeley, California has become a microcosm of the struggle for control of the Democratic Party.
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Episode One: Murder at Taco Bell
A murder in a small Georgia town sent a man to jail for 20 years. While he awaited trial, three more people were brutally killed. Did police get the wrong man?
Invisible Institute Relaunches the Citizens Police Data Project
The long effort by the Invisible Institute to gain access to internal police files is an important chapter in the struggle for civil rights in Chicago.
Whistleblower Reality Winner, Charged Under the Espionage Act for Helping to Inform Public of Russian Election Meddling, Pleads Guilty
Reality Winner agreed to a sentence of 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release as part of her plea deal.
Cash Incentives for Charter School Recruitment: Unethical Bribe or Shrewd Marketing Technique?
In recent years, some charter schools around the country have offered financial incentives for student recruitment, but they're not obligated to report it.
Brazil's Disastrous 2018 Presidential Race Teaches Key Lesson For All: Demagogues Thrive Only When Establishments Fail
Brazil's establishment, after feigning anger over corruption, now backs two of Latin America's most corrupt parties, showing why it is hated.
328 NSA Documents Reveal “Vast Network” of Iranian Agents, Details of a Key Intelligence Coup, and a Fervor for Voice-Matching Technology
Highlights from the seventh release of the internal NSA newsletter, SIDtoday.
The Threat of International Adoption for Migrant Children Separated From Their Families
Are the children separated from their parents in the border crisis and put in the federal government's care at risk of unethical adoptions in the U.S.?
Chicago May Become Largest City in U.S. to Try Universal Basic Income
With automation threatening jobs and polarizing workers, Alderman Ameya Pawar is promoting a pilot program to give $500 a month to 1,000 Chicago families.
Camp America Comes Home: Debi Cornwall’s Photos Capture the Eerie Aftermath of Guantánamo
The lawyer-turned-photographer shows life on the periphery of the prison camp — and the former detainees that carry its scars with them.