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If rehabilitation is the point of our justice system, government agencies shouldn’t punish people who’ve paid their debt, and who are trying to do the right thing.

Racial disparities even starker than at the height of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “stop and frisk” era.

A legally binding prohibition on nuclear tests is a fundamental step in our quest for a world free of nuclear weapons," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.

The Native American boarding school system — a decades-long effort to assimilate Indigenous people before they ever reached adulthood — robbed children of their culture, family bonds and sometimes their lives.

An animated documentary film based on a true story, the film follows Aurora Mardiganian’s life during and just after the Armenian genocide.

What to make of the GOP debate, human rights for Juggalos, and more culture clash

A decision last Friday makes union organizing possible again.

When we think about our latest war — the one that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is a hidden benefit. As long as American minds are on Ukraine, we are not thinking about planetary climate disruption.

How to kick our national addiction to prisons

"This amendment is crucial as taxpayers and other citizens remain concerned—and inadequately informed—about the cost to U.S. taxpayers of the wide range of U.S. military activities abroad.