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The woman who failed to convict Trayvon Martin’s killer is putting hundreds of kids in prison, and dozens of people on death row.
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‘This Man Will Almost Certainly Die’
Dozens of men have died in disturbing circumstances in privatized, immigrant-only prisons. The Bureau of Prisons itself says there’s a problem. And yet the privatization scheme continues.
Seth Freed Wessler
The Justice Department Will End All Federal Private Prisons, Following a ‘Nation’ Investigation
Our yearlong probe uncovered dozens of questionable deaths and years of dire warnings from internal monitors.
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Election 2016
How Many Times Can Reince Priebus Prove Himself a Total Failure?
The RNC chair has led his party to a new low. Now he wants yet another shot at the job.
John Nichols
Should We Trust the Republicans Who Published a Letter Denouncing Trump?
They may be the enemies of our enemy. But they’re also war criminals.
Rebecca Gordon
Jill Stein Should Be Part of a 4-Way Presidential Debate
Even those who do not back third-party contenders should recognize that open debates are vital for robust democracy.
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Books & the Arts
Krista Tippett: Speaking of Faith
In a new book, the host of NPR’s On Being tries to formulate a unified theory of secular spirituality.
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Naming America’s Own Genocide
In a commanding new book, Benjamin Madley calls California’s 19th-century elected officials “the primary architects of annihilation” against Native Americans in the state. Reading it is like watching bodies being piled on a pyre.
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Unable to write effectively but unable to remain silent, W.G. Sebald, like the narrator of The Emigrants, is condemned to speak unsatisfactorily.
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