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Against a Sea of Troubles
Isolated and abused, women in the Merchant Marine are finally speaking out.
The “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland”
After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring their complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again.
A Christian Foster Home Had a Troubling Past. Trump Gave It Millions to House Immigrant Kids Anyway.
How taxpayer money might end up supporting “facilities that compromise the safety of children.”
Payday Lenders Gave Trump Millions. Then He Helped Them Cash in on the Working Poor.
The investment in Trump has continued paying off during the pandemic.
Women in Kenya Are Using Knitting Needles to End Their Pregnancies. Blame Donald Trump.
The president has given fringe anti-abortion groups unprecedented influence.
Cold as ICE
How local sheriffs are driving Trump's deportation agenda.
The Coronavirus Has Spread to the US Marshals’ Detention Empire
Exclusive reporting reveals five people in federal detention have tested positive for COVID-19.
Marshals’ Lawlessness
The Marshals Service has failed to make sure its detainees are held in safe conditions—even after hundreds of people have died on its watch.
Inside the US Marshals’ Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire
They’re supposed to safeguard pretrial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty.
How One Company Is Making Millions Off Trump’s War on the Poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That’s extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
