Congress Could Fund Gun Violence Research for First Time in 20 Years
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Judge Dismisses Challenge to New York Law Allowing Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
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Marathon Climate Talks in Madrid Sputter to a Close but Avoid Collapse
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Top General: Military Won’t Be a ‘Raping, Burning and Pillaging’ Gang After Trump’s War Crimes Pardons
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US Border Officials Are Issuing Fake Court Notices to Keep Out Immigrants Who Have Won Asylum
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Why Liberal Satire and Conservative Outrage Are Both Responses to Mainstream Media — But With Very Different Powers
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Honolulu City Council Passes Ban on Single-Use Plastics in 7–2 Vote
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Texans on Southern Border Vow to Fight Trump’s Efforts to Take Their Homes for Border Wall
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A Facebook Rumor About White Vans Is Spreading Fear Across America
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McKinsey’s Complicity in Immigration Cruelty
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