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Inside the Financial Relationship Between Pete Buttigieg and Charter School Backers
The money from pro-charter donors raises questions about the surging candidate's recently-released education plan.
Harvard Grad Students Are Taking on the Trump Administration and Their Own School
A union formed by students who also work on campus just voted to authorize a strike even as the feds threaten to gut labor protections.
The Biggest Strike in America Is About How Much Bosses Can Gut Your Healthcare
This is the new normal.
A Legal War in Arkansas Threatens Abortion Rights Everywhere
A series of court battles over onerous reproductive rights restrictions in one conservative state could help right-wing activists challenge 'Roe v. Wade.'
How Chicago Could Beat Trump in Court
Chicago has been getting slammed by the White House for its murder rate. Now the city is suing the feds for threatening funds over its status as a "sanctuary city."
Crooked Chicago Cops May Get Off the Hook Thanks to Trump
Experts and activists say Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using Trump's pro-cop Justice Department to avoid real police reform.
How Schools Are Trying to Make Undocumented Kids and Their Parents Feel Safe
The feds are known to arrest parents dropping their kids off and even kids en route to school. Here's how some cities are fighting back.
Baltimore Is Finally Doing Something About Its Notorious Police Force
A consent decree with the feds still needs to be approved by a judge—and enforced by the Trump administration. Still, activists hope times are changing in Charm City.
The Rush to Rein in Baltimore Cops Before Trump
A police force accused of racism, callousness toward victims of sexual assault, and more may be off the hook once Donald Trump is sitting in the Oval Office.
How Cops Have Turned Baltimore into a Surveillance State
Privately funded planes recording city residents from the sky, systematic racism, failed trials for killer cops—can policing get any worse in Baltimore?
The Freddie Gray Trials Are (Finally) Starting Again in Baltimore
One of the cops who cuffed the 25-year-old in April 2015 is going toe-to-toe with a judge.