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Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could a Supreme Court ruling on juvenile life without parole finally bring her home?

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A DOJ probe into the mental health program at a medium security prison could put solitary confinement on trial.

Twelve red states account for 70 percent of all state and local public sector jobs lost since 2010.

Community radio stations were key to spreading the message of the Occupy movement.

Outrage over the surveillance of Muslim communities must be channeled into pressure to investigate—and end—the federally funded program.

“Hell” in Iowa; Ron Paul's bedfellows

Widespread resistance to natural gas fracking is rising above New York's Marcellus Shale.