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The state locked them up. Now they're North Carolina's elite firefighting force.

by Casey Williams May 24, 2018October 1, 2020
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SNAP trap

by Joel Dillard May 17, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

New North Carolina law lands poor people in debtors jails, even though judges could set them free

by Michael Cooper May 14, 2018September 16, 2020
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Like father, like son: The intergenerational trauma of incarceration

by Leroy E. Mann January 16, 2018November 13, 2023
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How the criminal justice system criminalizes learning disabilities in Texas public schools

by Laura Thompson November 16, 2017November 13, 2023
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Virginia's new needle exchange law may limit access in hard-hit areas

by Sarah Schwartz November 15, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Rising racial tension in North Carolina stirs beneath a police officer's alleged assault on 13 year old

by Jordan Green November 14, 2017November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—And It's Mostly White

by Michael Schulson October 31, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The South's immigration detention centers are already hellish, soon they could get even worse

by Camille Pendley July 5, 2017September 27, 2023
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How federal prisoners might become Appalachia's new 'black gold'

by Kate Jenkins January 27, 2017September 16, 2020
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Why we must educate our prisoners

by Lyle C. May November 29, 2016November 13, 2023
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Two days before a scheduled execution

by Leroy E. Mann and Iris Gottlieb October 19, 2016June 23, 2021
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Where do the police come from?

by Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford September 7, 2016September 16, 2020
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Here's what the Angola 3 dreamt up in solitary

by Holly Genovese August 18, 2016June 23, 2021
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6 million Americans don't get to vote—here are some of their voices

by Eliana Eitches July 6, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The suffering of Yefri Sorto-Hernandez

by Anna Simonton July 1, 2016September 27, 2023
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Race is the reason felons don't have the right to vote

by M. T. C. Shafer June 14, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

North Carolina prisoners are dying in custody

by Danielle Purifoy and Matt Whitt February 25, 2016July 2, 2021
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Police and the silent majority

by Seth Farber February 9, 2016September 16, 2020
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The hidden politics of immigration

by Hana Brown and Jennifer Jones December 17, 2015September 27, 2023
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The Louisianan challenging juvenile life sentences at the Supreme Court

by Katy Reckdahl October 12, 2015November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Police, the Law, and the Unjustified Use of Force

by Irving Joyner July 8, 2015September 16, 2020

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