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Who is being killed by firearms, and in what numbers?

How does having too many postage stamps in prison land you alone in a bathroom-sized cell, 23 hours each day for a month?

“We want a movement,” says the mother of the teen who was killed by cops.

James Holmes’s rampage was horrifying, but it was not unfathomable.

Cablegate revealed just how far the US goes to drive Mexico’s counternarcotics operations.

Sgt. Luis Walker was sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. Now will Congress investigate?

When it comes to defending homeowners from the big banks, the California attorney general is on a roll.

More than a million requests for cell phone records by law enforcement is just the beginning of the surveillance story.

Illinois has shuttered a commission formed to examine the cases of prisoners who say they were abused under Chicago’s former Police Commander Jon Burge years ago. But a truth-telling play—by the journalist who broke the story—will not let us forget.

The “most dangerous show on television” highlights our shredded social contract.