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Rep. Lori Trahan Lied About Campaign Funds. The House Ethics Committee Cleared Her Anyway.Matthew Cunningham-CookThe committee’s finding raises questions about whether members of Congress can police each other when it comes to campaign finance.
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Baltimore’s Violence Interrupters Confront Shootings, the Coronavirus, and Corrupt CopsBaynard Woods, Brandon SoderbergAs Baltimore struggles with Covid-19, an epidemic of gun violence, and racist policing, a public health approach to crime is gaining traction.
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The Democratic Party’s Most Confounding PrimaryRachel M. Cohen, Akela Lacy$20 million has been poured into a race for a solidly blue seat between Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy in Massachusetts. Are they really that different?
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Tom Cotton Thinks Slavery Was a “Necessary” Evil. Here Are Some Others.Jon SchwarzBy calling slavery necessary, Cotton was following in the banal footsteps of apologists for all of history’s worst acts.
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Before Portland, Trump’s Shock Troops Went After Border ActivistsRyan DevereauxThe purported threat of antifa was long used to justify militarized targeting of immigration activists. Now it’s being used against protesters in Portland.
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Reform Prosecutor in Kansas Excluded From “Objective” Task Force on PolicingJordan SmithProsecutors have long been in lockstep with police. Across the country, prosecutors who challenge that status quo face aggressive institutional pushback.
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Was the Chinese Consulate in Houston Really a Hotbed of Economic Espionage?Mara HvistendahlPeople close to China-related investigations in Houston say the decision to close the consulate may be more about politics than spy threats.
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Letters From ICE Detainees Expose Desperate Prison Conditions Amid Coronavirus PandemicCora CurrierThe handwritten notes represent an archive of the Covid-19 crisis in Arizona detention centers, where hundreds of immigrants and staff have tested positive.
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The Pentagon Has a New Process for Paying for Civilian Deaths — but Is Still Slow to Acknowledge ThemAlex EmmonsA Pentagon report shows that in 2019 the military made 65 condolence payments in Afghanistan, six in Iraq, and none in any other country.
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Coronavirus Strikes Latino Families Near California’s Salton SeaMiranda GreenPeople who live near the dying lake are caught in a perfect storm of environmental neglect, poverty, and Covid-19.
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National Guard Major Calls Assault on D.C. Protesters “Deeply Disturbing”Alex EmmonsThe U.S. Park Police chief said there was “zero correlation” between the violent clearing of Lafayette Square and a Trump photo op.
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No Masks, No Gloves, a Single Room for Sleeping — Detainees Describe Life in ICE Detention During the PandemicValerie SchenkmanTestimonials from ICE detention centers in New Jersey and New York during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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