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Just how bad is the state of public defense in America? The charts below detail some of the biggest challenges plaguing the system.

Unemployment crisis, chemical weapons, climate change, Bangladesh and more ...

A cynical pawn to move a more diabolical agenda

The young are idled; their hopes crushed. Americans are paying a terrible price for Washington’s folly.

In our convoluted world of constantly flowing disinformation, governments tell us the Web is a “privilege” to be paid for and lost if we misbehave, corporations tell us they invented it, and most of us use it without really thinking much about its intent.