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Coal Ash May Be Making Pennsylvania Inmates Sick, and Now They're Fighting to Shut Their Prison Down
Did the authorities in charge of SCI Fayette put its prisoners at risk of illnesses that usually affect coal miners?
The US Military Is Getting Closer to Creating Self-Guided Bullets
The ammunition is being developed for hunters, but some say it could end up on the civilian market eventually.
Did the American Psychological Association Help Legitimize CIA Torture?
A new report alleges the APA helped justify the Bush administration's torture of detainees in the years following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
When a God-Fearing Tennessee Community Waged War Against a Swinger's Club, It Rebranded Itself as a Church
When a conservative suburb changed its zoning laws to keep the sex club out, its members came up with a very creative solution.
Freddie Gray Protests Broke Out Across America Last Night
Activists marched all over Manhattan last night despite a police crackdown that led to 120 arrests.
This Is How Much the World Has Changed Since the War in Afghanistan Began
As the bombing began in Afghanistan in 2001, social media didn't exist and Barack Obama was a state senator. Fourteen years later, the war is still going on, at least according to the Department of Justice.
The Government Says We're Putting Too Much Fluoride in Our Water
But calm down, conspiracy theorists: Fluoridation is still not a mind-control plot.
Inside the Mildly Dystopic World of a Manhattan Security and Surveillance Expo
The big takeaway from the 25th Annual ASIS NYC Security Conference and Expo was that catastrophe could strike at any moment, and the only way to stop it was through beefed-up and intrusive security initiatives.
Nine Months After He Filmed Eric Garner's Killing, the Cops Are Trying to Put Ramsey Orta Behind Bars
The 23-year-old and his family have been harassed and arrested by NYPD officers—treatment they say is retaliation for Orta's documentation of their misconduct.
The Uphill Battle to Make Prison Safer for Trans Women
Even as their advocates win victories in court, trans inmates remain vulnerable to violence from their fellow prisoners and indifference from a system that does not understand their needs.
We Talked to the Guy Who Swam New York’s Horrifically Polluted Gowanus Canal for Earth Day
"The weirdest thing about the water here is that you can feel the greasiness on your gloves. And you can't see your own gloves in the water because there is so much goop. "
NYC City Council Speaker Wants Cops to Stop Arresting People for Petty BS
Melissa Mark-Viverito plans to decriminalize seven minor offenses, meaning you'd get a ticket instead of a court summons for drinking in public or pissing in an alley.