For one human rights lawyer in El Salvador, it feels increasingly like the justice system is designed “to convict.” Yet he continues to defend even the riskiest cases.…
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By Howard LaFranchi Keren Schem rubs two fingers over the tiny-script Hebrew tattoo that encircles her wrist like a bracelet, and offers her best English translation.…
By Dominique Soguel Sitting astride a calm chestnut mare, his eyes closed, the soldier draws in a deep breath. Then he surrenders his mind and his…
By Simon Montlake Staff writer @sjmontlake In the aftermath of Maine’s worst mass shootings, a constant refrain has been heard: We thought it could never happen here.…
By Ghada Abdulfattah Special contributor Taylor Luck Special correspondent Sherihan al-Bayyari fled from her home in Gaza City, with her husband and six children, two weeks ago, when…
By Linda Feldmann Staff writer Though neither was present, two larger-than-life Republicans towered over the presidential primary debate stage Wednesday night: Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan. Former…
By Peter Grier Staff writer As House Republicans begin their formal impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden on Thursday, Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer says they already have “overwhelming”…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the launch of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings. By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press…
By Patrik Jonsson When the staff at Fulton County courthouse in Georgia published the names of the 23 grand jurors who voted to indict former…
By Patrik Jonsson A ray of orange light shoots through a hail-size hole in the stained-glass window of what was once a church. On this evening,…
By Simon Montlake Of the 10-plus Republicans now vying for the 2024 presidential nomination, only two have been down this road before. One, of course, is…
By Howard LaFranchi As President Joe Biden meets with his G-7 colleagues in Hiroshima, Japan, this weekend, he’s taking up an agenda of timely issues,…
By Simon Montlake When Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an emergency order in April to restrict gender-transition treatments in his state, he announced he was…
By Erika Page Staff writer On the surface, Argentina’s public universities are some of the most inclusive in the world: Tuition is free, and there’s no application…
By Noah Robertson In March 2018, a high school junior in North Dighton, Massachusetts, was suspended after a classmate allegedly heard him discussing guns, Molotov cocktails, and…
By Patrik Jonsson A string of perplexing shootings across the United States has revealed an on-edge society where firing first and asking questions later…
By Noah Robertson The view from state Rep. Greg Martin’s fifth-floor office in downtown Nashville looks over the Tennessee Capitol. But right now, staring through…
By Laurent Belsie Proposal 6 of the proxy statement for this week’s annual meeting at Bank of America reads like many proposals routinely pushed by progressive…