“Educators on the Fort Apache Reservation have repeatedly condemned teens for participating in a sacred dance. It follows a pattern of Christian discipline begun more than a century ago.”
racism
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Coercive Care
“How doctors are pressuring sickle cell patients into unwanted sterilizations.”
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A Racial Slur and a Fort Myers High Baseball Team Torn Apart
“The avalanche of broken relationships within this baseball community at Fort Myers High . . . served as a microcosm for a polarized country.”
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The Toxic Culture at Tesla
“The factory floors at America’s top seller of electric vehicles are rife with racial harassment, sexual abuse, and injuries on the job.”
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Love and Murder in South Africa
“Those tears were the product of the education I’d come for.”
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Nightmare in Mission Hill
“The untold story of the Charles and Carol Stuart shooting.”
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Laugh Riot
“To understand Trump’s continuing hold over his fans, we have to ask: Why do they find him so funny?”
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The Black Women of Gee’s Bend Work Hard and Easy
“The wonder world of quilt-making.”
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