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An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price.
Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.
“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.
How a box set from 1964 attempted to capture the sweep of American music from the colonial era to the counterculture
As the US turns 250, a forgotten founding influence helps explain its current unease
Military voters were at the heart of the Supreme Court’s mail-in ballot decision
Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”
Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty
Trump’s DOJ Said Police Reform Was “Factually Unjustified.” A New Report Shows Otherwise.
Supreme Court bars states from protecting consumers if federal agencies won’t
From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots
Civility requires the willingness to engage – a dispute with a neighbor revealed how much motivation matters
To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk
“That Guy Is Still Out There”
A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
How public celebrations quietly remake what it means to be American
Banning transgender girls from school sports affects all children – why allowing strangers to scrutinize children’s bodies may put all girls at risk of harassment
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