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Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants

Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants

The SAFE Act would turn millions of undocumented immigrants into criminals overnight, a windfall for the private prison industry.

Oct 22, 2013 / NationAction

What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank

What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank

While $13 billion isn't chump change, it represents just half of the megabank’s profits last year.

Oct 22, 2013 / Robert Scheer

The $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement Is a Good Start—Now Someone Should Go to Jail

The $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement Is a Good Start—Now Someone Should Go to Jail The $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement Is a Good Start—Now Someone Should Go to Jail

Will the Justice Department finally pursue criminal charges against the megabank for its long list of misdeeds?

Oct 21, 2013 / William Greider

ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back

ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back

There’s a long history of players banding together for better playing conditions.

Oct 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets

Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets Suicide Rate Climbs by 30 Percent in Kansas as Government Slashes Mental Health Budgets

Even though suicide rates are climbing, the government continues to slash mental health budgets.

Oct 21, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team

Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team

The grievance letter sent out by the Grambling State Tigers football team reveals a locker room too dangerous to call home.

Oct 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment

Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment

The Brown Divest Coal Campaign is asking Brown University to divest from any holdings it has in America's fifteen largest coal companies and is hopeful for a “yes” ...

Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’

Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’ Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’

Even blatantly racist cops are still only operatives in a larger racist system.

Oct 18, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Lhota’s Mistake-Filled Attack Ad Depicts de Blasio as Soft on Crime

Lhota’s Mistake-Filled Attack Ad Depicts de Blasio as Soft on Crime Lhota’s Mistake-Filled Attack Ad Depicts de Blasio as Soft on Crime

Will the media start nodding along to Lhota's new, falsifiable script? 

Oct 18, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/18/13

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/18/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/18/13

This week: law-flouting rabbis, a two-sided portrait of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and the link between standardized testing and soaring ADHD diagnoses.

Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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