Trapped in the Floods

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With floodwaters rising, prisoners wait for help in floating feces.


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With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces

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As the climate crisis fuels bigger storms, deteriorating prisons are making flood risks worse.

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In Sweltering Texas, Prisons Without Air Conditioning Are About to Get a Lot Hotter

Alleen Brown

The climate crisis is raising temperatures in detention facilities across the country. Nobody is ready for it.

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As Wildfires Threaten More Prisons, the Incarcerated Ask Who Will Save Their Lives

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With larger and more intense fires wreaking havoc, incarcerated people and their loved ones are kept in the dark on evacuation plans.

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Biden’s Decision on Frozen Afghanistan Money Is Tantamount to Mass Murder

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Biden is crushing the Afghan economy by diverting $3.5 billion of its people’s money away from its central bank and seizing the other $3.5 billion.

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New Hampshire Town Polluted With PFAS Has Elevated Cancer Rates

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The level of PFOA in the blood of Merrimack residents was almost three times the 2015-2016 national average.

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Down and Out on the Smuggler’s Road

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A veteran war reporter goes undercover to document a world where movement is surveilled, curtailed, and criminalized.

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Elon Musk Reveals Jaw-Dropping Ignorance About Social Security

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Musk’s blathering illustrates how the people at the top of U.S. society just repeat what are essentially billionaire urban legends.

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Ukrainian Lobbyists Mounted Unprecedented Campaign on U.S. Lawmakers in 2021

Ben Freeman

An analysis of FARA filings shows they contacted members of Congress and others over 10,000 times.

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Meet two families struggling with the impact of heat and wildfires on the facilities where their loved ones are incarcerated.

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