For decades, the Corner House stood as a silent reminder of Russian oppression. Now, the former KGB headquarters are open and exposing the horrors committed against the people of Riga. By: Brandon Presser Article Reprint
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The City of Detroit Just Got a Huge Bailout
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature’s $195 million lifeline to help prevent steep cuts in Detroit’s pensions and the sale of city-owned art is being hailed as a major step forward in ending the
Read moreShoring up the abandoned class
By: Dawn Turner Trice Article Reprint Marc Sims is not a politician. He’s not a preacher. He’s not a police officer. Nor is he a professor of sociology or an executive director of a nonprofit.
Read moreJuror’s sudden absence deepens mystery of fugitive drug trio
By: Robert Snell Article Reprint Detroit— A federal judge is investigating why a juror in a major narcotics trial went AWOL around the same time the fez-wearing drug defendants disappeared.
Read moreChicago’s Top Public Schools Admit More White Students
Is Chicago Reverting Back to Education before Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education in 1954 with one school system for Whites and one for Blacks? By Erin Carson Article Submission Chicago’s top-ranked public high
Read moreCambodian sex slavery activist quits U.S. foundation
By SOPHENG CHEANG Article Reprint A Cambodian woman who has been honored internationally for her work against sexual slavery has resigned from the New York-based foundation she helped found after reports alleged that she had
Read morePresident Said to Be Planning to Use Executive Authority on Carbon Rule
By CORAL DAVENPORT Article Reprint WASHINGTON — President Obama will use his executive authority to cut carbon emissions from the nation’s coal-fired power plants by up to 20 percent, according to people familiar with his
Read moreNYPD begins carrying antidote kits to fight 84 percent rise in local heroin overdoses
By Agence France-Presse Article Reprint Thousands of New York City police are to be equipped with heroin antidote kits to address a surge in overdoses from the drug, city officials said Tuesday.
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