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Chief Medical Examiner of Webb County, Dr. Corinne Stern’s autopsy assistant moves the body of an unidentified migrant to the autopsy room in Laredo, Tex., on October 12, 2022.

When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead

How one small change to Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure created a cascade of problems for the state’s capacity to investigate death.

Oct 12, 2023 / Caroline Tracey

Israel-Palestine

Israel-Palestine Israel-Palestine

As the conflict in Israel and Palestine escalates, the human toll will be enormous.

Oct 10, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The Führer and the Kaiser

The Führer and the Kaiser The Führer and the Kaiser

McCarcass.

Oct 6, 2023 / Steve Brodner

photo of new college florida ron desantis education

How DeSantis Is Using Sports to Hijack a Florida College How DeSantis Is Using Sports to Hijack a Florida College

The far-right extremists in charge of New College are recruiting baseball players to overhaul the ideology of the student body.

Oct 4, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Debate Sketchbook

Debate Sketchbook Debate Sketchbook

Split screens.

Sep 29, 2023 / Steve Brodner

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Drake Enterprises in Clinton Township, Michigan, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

Trump Just Showed How Little He Actually Cares About the Working Class Trump Just Showed How Little He Actually Cares About the Working Class

The former president traveled to a non-union plant in Michigan to tell autoworkers that their struggle for fair wages and a better future was essentially worthless.

Sep 28, 2023 / John Nichols

Climate March NYC

Climate March NYC Climate March NYC

Thousands march to the UN demanding action.

Sep 28, 2023 / OppArt / Sabrina Jones

Volunteer Rojauna McPherson looks at a table full of pamphlets after being trained as a new volunteer at one of the

It’s Time to Abolish Grand Juries Once and for All It’s Time to Abolish Grand Juries Once and for All

Whether they’re targeting Donald Trump or Cop City protesters, grand juries are an irredeemable and unaccountable tool of state prosecutorial power.

Sep 27, 2023 / Chava Shapiro and James Clark

A Federal Judge Declares DACA Illegal Again

A Federal Judge Declares DACA Illegal Again A Federal Judge Declares DACA Illegal Again

Deferred action for childhood arrivals. The fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants is caught in an endless court fight (DACA recipients in the program will continue to have so...

Sep 26, 2023 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Trump speaking at book banning, anti-trans, 'parental values' moms for liberty conference

Want to Know How Far-Reaching the Right-Wing Movement Against Free Expression in Schools Is? Want to Know How Far-Reaching the Right-Wing Movement Against Free Expression in Schools Is?

PEN America just released a scary report.

Sep 26, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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