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Category: American Society
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A new book looks at the crimes of the Bush administration and why they still matter.
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Enter a giveaway for free books from Other Press.
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The outcome of today’s game will be felt for the ages. Or for at least a week on the website of one fortunate independent publisher.
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Arizona has instituted a $25 fee for any adult visiting an inmate in its prison system. For cash-strapped families, this creates a barrier to maintaining vital connections with incarcerated relatives.
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With the Super Bowl coming up this weekend, we share some books that examine the history of African-Americans in sports.
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Jay Michaelson makes the case for difficulty in the debate over LGBT equality.
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Why are adults in their twenties and thirties boomeranging back to or never leaving their parents’ homes in the world’s wealthiest countries?
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If anyone doubts that the young people locked up in our jails are children they should spend some time in one of those prisons around holiday time.
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The number of women in prison has grown 832% in the past few decades, and society tends to demonize girls in the system as irredeemable.
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Jay Wexler explains the Original Jurisdiction Clause, what a Special Master is, and how the states have fared in court cases against each other.
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