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Some 425 Chicago public school students died between the 2013-14 and 2016-17 school years. One in four attended an alternative high school, though these schools accounted for only around 2 percent of the district’s enrollment.

When this tracker was launched, we had 96 entries, almost two attempts to silence science each week during the 14 months after President Trump was elected. Since then, the Trump administration’s attacks on science have accelerated.

An impeccably researched account of how Blacks and Latinos are denied the right to vote.

Over the course of at least three secret meetings that happen abroad, an American diplomat established a back channel with these dissident officers.

With a single scholarly article, Lina Khan, 29, has reframed decades of monopoly law.

All North American workers, however, would benefit from the new labor chapter. Mexican “protection unions,” set up before anyone is hired to lock in low wages, would be effectively banned under the agreement.

Through the characters, The Purge explores the issues of the day, whether it’s race or class or the reality of a really small percentage of people getting all the power.

Senator Bernie Sanders visits United Automobile Workers Local 600 in Dearborn, Michigan. The problem is that the union won't endorse any candidate until after the Michigan primary. AFSCME which has 60,000 to 65,000 in Michigan endorsed Secretary Hillary Clinton will be campaigning for her. Other unions will be campaigning for both candidates.

From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—decimated black America.

Black poverty is fundamentally distinct from white poverty—and so cannot be addressed without grappling with racism.