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Many People with Disabilities Are Being Paid Way below the Minimum Wage, and It’s Perfectly Legal

Sometimes as little as “pennies per hour.”

By Ashley Dejean

Can Humane Prisons Work in America? A Red State Aims to Find Out

North Dakota takes a cue from Norway‘s prison system.

By Dashka Slater

Inside the Strange, Heartbreaking, Relentless Quest for a Christian Fertility Treatment

NaProTechnology promises miraculous results and has received the blessing of Medicaid, insurance companies, and the…

Kamala Harris Went to Prison so Others Won’t Have to

The freshman senator is determined not to let…

How Novelist Kwame Alexander Hooks Teens on Poetry

He turns it into a great story — about them.

By Michael Mechanic

Here’s How to Cook the Perfect Beer-Can Chicken

And is it safe?

Trump’s Crackdown on Immigration Is Terrible News for Anyone Who Eats Food

And it’s particularly bad news for farmers.

By Tom Philpott

My Visit With a Forgotten Prisoner of Guantánamo Bay

15 years later, the detention camp has become a…

“I Almost Died In My Own Blood”: A German Detainee Recounts His Time In Immigration Lockup

Wait, We Toss Out How Many Plastic Utensils Every Year?

We are so forked.

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