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Dec. 24th, 2016 08:45 pmThese articles will be depressing or at least serious.
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Clinton wins popular vote by nearly 2.9 million
Hard-wired: The brain's circuitry for political belief
What Those Who Studied Nazis Can Teach Us About The Strange Reaction To Donald Trump
Discrimination interacts with genetics, impacts health
How Racism Was First Officially Codified in 15th-Century Spain
'Sniff test' may be useful in diagnosing early Alzheimer's disease
How the body of an Arizona great-grandmother ended up as part of a U.S. Army blast test
Colorado inmate freed early, jailed again asks for release (Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm with him. The state screwed up, and it doesn't seem he's at a high risk for reoffending at this point - call it an extended parole and drop it. "Oh, he didn't complain when he realized there was an error" - well, no shit. Like, nobody seriously expected him to come forward and say "Whoops, you're gonna let me out 90 years early!" did they? Nobody is that honest.)
A Blueprint to End Mass Incarceration
From media cutoffs to lockdown, tracing the fallout from the U.S. prison strike
We Wanted To Find Troubled Jails, So We Counted The Bodies
For Immigrants, the Threat of Indefinite Detention
You Say You're An American, But What If You Had To Prove It Or Be Deported?
Restoring the fundamental right of habeas corpus, legal scholars say, is crucial to protecting dissent under Donald Trump
L.A. proposes $10-million legal defense fund for immigrants facing deportation
Putin: Russia's military is stronger than any potential foe
Ukraine investigates suspected cyber attack on Kiev power grid
2 Former Flint Emergency Managers, 2 Others Face Felony Charges Over Water Crisis
A Pakistani girl is snatched away, payment for a family debt
The Man Who Cleans Up After Plane Crashes
Lagos development boom sparks fear that slum dwellers will be left homeless
How Hospitals, Nursing Homes Keep Lethal "Superbug" Outbreaks Secret
How the refugee crisis is changing the world economy.
When I offered a lift to a Syrian refugee family trying to cross Denmark, I had no idea I would end up in court charged with people smuggling.
Migrants from around the globe are forging a grueling path to the U.S. — through the heart of the rainforest
Mediterranean death toll is record 5,000 migrants this year: agencies
World War Three, by Mistake
US abstains as UN demands end to Israeli settlements
As Groundwater Dwindles, a Global Food Shock Looms
Farmers in Sudan battle climate change and hunger as desert creeps closer
Arctic heatwave could break records
Abandoned Texas oil wells seen as "ticking time bombs" of contamination
The Making of an American Terrorist
New armed group emerges as threat in Central African Republic
Clinton wins popular vote by nearly 2.9 million
Hard-wired: The brain's circuitry for political belief
What Those Who Studied Nazis Can Teach Us About The Strange Reaction To Donald Trump
Discrimination interacts with genetics, impacts health
How Racism Was First Officially Codified in 15th-Century Spain
'Sniff test' may be useful in diagnosing early Alzheimer's disease
How the body of an Arizona great-grandmother ended up as part of a U.S. Army blast test
Colorado inmate freed early, jailed again asks for release (Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm with him. The state screwed up, and it doesn't seem he's at a high risk for reoffending at this point - call it an extended parole and drop it. "Oh, he didn't complain when he realized there was an error" - well, no shit. Like, nobody seriously expected him to come forward and say "Whoops, you're gonna let me out 90 years early!" did they? Nobody is that honest.)
A Blueprint to End Mass Incarceration
From media cutoffs to lockdown, tracing the fallout from the U.S. prison strike
We Wanted To Find Troubled Jails, So We Counted The Bodies
For Immigrants, the Threat of Indefinite Detention
You Say You're An American, But What If You Had To Prove It Or Be Deported?
Restoring the fundamental right of habeas corpus, legal scholars say, is crucial to protecting dissent under Donald Trump
L.A. proposes $10-million legal defense fund for immigrants facing deportation
Putin: Russia's military is stronger than any potential foe
Ukraine investigates suspected cyber attack on Kiev power grid
2 Former Flint Emergency Managers, 2 Others Face Felony Charges Over Water Crisis
A Pakistani girl is snatched away, payment for a family debt
The Man Who Cleans Up After Plane Crashes
Lagos development boom sparks fear that slum dwellers will be left homeless
How Hospitals, Nursing Homes Keep Lethal "Superbug" Outbreaks Secret
How the refugee crisis is changing the world economy.
When I offered a lift to a Syrian refugee family trying to cross Denmark, I had no idea I would end up in court charged with people smuggling.
Migrants from around the globe are forging a grueling path to the U.S. — through the heart of the rainforest
Mediterranean death toll is record 5,000 migrants this year: agencies
World War Three, by Mistake
US abstains as UN demands end to Israeli settlements
As Groundwater Dwindles, a Global Food Shock Looms
Farmers in Sudan battle climate change and hunger as desert creeps closer
Arctic heatwave could break records
Abandoned Texas oil wells seen as "ticking time bombs" of contamination
The Making of an American Terrorist
New armed group emerges as threat in Central African Republic