The Supreme Court Said No More Life Without Parole for Kids. Why Is Antonio Espree One of the Few to Get Out of Prison?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the morning of his 47th birthday, his first outside prison in three decades, Antonio Espree wakes up around 5 a.m. It’s a cool February day in Phoenix, still dark outside, and his cousin Marlon Bailey is asleep on a bed about an arm’s reach…
How One Company Is Making Millions Off Trump’s War on the Poor
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Renaud VigourtOne night last March, Sue Fredericks ran into trouble. She had been watching snow accumulate for hours from her post at a 24-hour gas station. Busy stretches on her overnight shift were rare, on account of the size of the town in which she…
Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education
Students walk the hallways between classes at a Charlottesville high school.Andrew Shurtleff/ZUMAPRESS.com Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and the New York Times. High school seniors Zyahna Bryant and Trinity Hughes have been friends since they were 6 years old, raised by blue-collar families in this affluent…
John Adams’ Fears About America’s Future Feel Pretty Darn Prescient Today
National Gallery of Art Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During America’s first Gilded Age, in 1898, Sen. Mark Hanna was sufficiently candid when asked about his political principles. There are two political truths, the Ohio Republican observed: “The first is money. I can’t remember what the second is.” Now, during…
Gary Shteyngart Wants You to Invest in His Hedge Fund
Brigitte Lacombe Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Boy meets girl. Boy had messed-up boyhood and is weird and sort of delusional. Boy became hedge fund manager, very rich. Boy (white, 40s, Princeton) marries girl (child of Indian immigrants, way younger, Yale Law). Girl gives up career. Boy and girl have…
HUD Complaint Says Facebook Discriminated Against Users With Advertising
Advocates have struggled for years to get HUD to hold Facebook accountable for its discriminatory advertising practices.Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it had filed a housing discrimination complaint against Facebook for violating the Fair Housing Act…