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The Worst Thing We Read Yesterday™
El Inter Cambio
El número de mujeres presas en Guatemala se ha cuadruplicado en los últimos cinco años. El auge de los megaoperativos policiales aumentó la cantidad de procesadas por delitos vinculados a la extorsión. La historia de una presunta colaboradora de una pandilla muestra que el sistema judicial acusa con mayor facilidad a las mujeres.
Popula
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Gou’s claim that his run was ordained by Mazu was a calculated political move.
Documented
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New Jersey state’s network of dialysis providers are at a breaking point as charity services hit capacity.
Block Club Chicago
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An Art Institute student's posters were part of a school project that's become something much bigger.
Adnsur
El vehículo pertenece a la madre de una joven que meses atrás denunció por violencia de género a su ex pareja, Bruno Zunino, quien fue condenado el martes pasado a seis meses de prisión en suspenso.
The River
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New York State counties ask: Do we really need a jail?
David Moore, Co-founder, Sludge
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The Small Bow
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Sometimes the more insidious part of alcoholism is how we become addicted to the way other people make us feel.
ecoWURD
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In a March Philadelphia Inquirer piece unpacking the dangerous health effects of climate change, Rutgers University professor Janet Golden and Drexel’s Michael Yudell posed a pivotal question: How do you make people pay attention and demand action?
Colorado Sun
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A 19th-century lawyer came to Las Animas County to save his life. He built a fortune and, one generation later, inspired the scholarship that created a pipeline to Princeton University.
Global Ground
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Cambodia’s Vietnamese (part 1)
Zig Zag
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Grace Bonney is shutting down her influential site Design*Sponge. And it's making some people uncomfortable.
Transitions Online
A station whose management openly instructed reporters to put a negative slant on migration is about to join the American network’s stellar international team.
Forward
The 2020 presidential race is only a few months underway and has already seen many firsts among its major candidates, including the first Asian-American, Hindu and openly gay contenders. It’s also the first race where a serious candidate’s campaign manager is a teenage
Maria Bustillos, Editor, Popula
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Sludge
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The firm, FTI Consulting, has produced astroturf campaigns for some of the world’s biggest polluters including Exxon, BP, and Halliburton
The Clinic
La historiadora y primera mujer en recibir el Premio Nacional en su disciplina repasa las inquietudes que atraviesan su abultada investigación sobre la Iglesia católica, la educación pública y la democracia.
Cannabis Wire
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A deputy governor and other proponents of an adult use measure say they will consider changes to the bill in the coming days.
Rappler
Even before the midterm polls, Rappler movers have provided updates on the local race through live tweets, photos, and videos. They also wrote political profiles of their local candidates
FAQ NYC
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Dr. Michael Lindsey, director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, discusses his work leading the working group for the Congressional Black Caucus’ newly convened emergency Task Force on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health.
Gotham Gazette
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday officially launched his campaign for president, declaring a progressive vision that would put “working people first” while taking on President Donald Trump’s policies that have benefited corporations and the wealthy.
El Faro
“Hacemos periodismo desde el exilio, con pocos recursos, pero lo importante es seguir denunciando lo que pasa en Nicaragua”
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