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What It’s Like Enduring a Heat Wave in a Missouri Prison

Lawyers requested swift cooling measures in a prison with no A/C. One man shares the dangerous conditions inside while people await a judge’s ruling.

St. Louis • 09.08.2025

The Trouble With Trump’s Homelessness Plan

The president’s new executive order defies legal precedent and proven strategies for reducing homelessness, says attorney Jennifer Mathis.

Q&A • 07.28.2025

DOJ Shakeup May Put Civil Rights Probe of 1970 Jackson State, Mississippi, Killings At Risk

The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Act made way for investigations of racially motivated killings. The federal agency enforcing it is in disarray.

Jackson • 05.14.2025

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