#Charleston Unveils Historical Marker at the Site of Firm That Held the Largest Known U.S. Slave Trade — As a graduate student at the College of Charleston, Lauren Davila found an ad for the auction of 600 enslaved people. A ProPublica story last year revealed her discovery and unearthed the identity of the family responsible for the sale.
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Charleston Unveils Historical Marker at the Site of Firm That Held the Largest Known U.S. Slave Trade
As a graduate student at the College of Charleston, Lauren Davila found an ad for the auction of 600 enslaved people. A ProPublica story last year ...
 #News #History #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Journalism #Newstodon
Executives From a Bank Charged With “Predatory Lending” Moved to a New Lender. Regulators Did Little to Stop Them. — A dozen states that pursued Santander Consumer USA for its high-interest loans have failed to address scores of complaints alleging nearly identical behavior at Exeter Finance. The same team of executives ran both companies, ProPublica has learned.
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Executives From a Bank Charged With “Predatory Lending” Moved to a New Lender. Regulators Did Little to Stop Them.
A dozen states that pursued Santander Consumer USA for its high-interest loans have failed to address scores of complaints alleging nearly identica...
 #News #Cars #PersonalFinance #ConsumerProtection #Bank #Law #Regulation
After Mass Dismissals in #Anchorage, #Alaska Officials Step in to Help Prosecute Crimes — The state offered to send up to 10 prosecutors to Anchorage, days after the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica reported that hundreds of misdemeanor cases had been dropped since May because the city couldn’t hit court deadlines for speedy trials. #News #Crime #Law #Police #CriminalJustice
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After Mass Dismissals in Anchorage, Alaska Officials Step in to Help Prosecute Crimes
The state offered to send up to 10 prosecutors to Anchorage days after the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica reported that hundreds of misdemeano...
#Georgia Judge Rules #Election Officials Must Count All Votes and Certify Results — The judge ruled that “Georgia voters would be silenced” if county election board members were “free to play investigator, prosecutor, jury, and judge” and refuse to certify election results.
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Georgia Judge Rules Election Officials Must Count All Votes and Certify Results
The judge ruled that “Georgia voters would be silenced” if county election board members were “free to play investigator, prosecutor, jury, a...
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Right-Wing Activists Pushed False Claims About #Election Fraud. Now They’re Recruiting #Poll Workers in Swing States. — Experts say these poll workers could sow distrust in #democracy and bolster court cases challenging the election. ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch reviewed dozens of hours of trainings and presentations in which activists discussed their plans.
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Right-Wing Activists Pushed False Claims About Election Fraud. Now They’re Recruiting Poll Workers in Swing States.
Experts say these poll workers could sow distrust in democracy and bolster court cases challenging the election. ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch rev...
 #News #Vote #Election2024 #SwingStates #USPolitics #Politics #Newstodon
#Blinken to #Israel: Allow More Aid Into #Gaza or Face the Consequences The #Biden administration told Israeli government officials that if they did not improve #humanitarian conditions in Gaza within 30 days, the U.S. would reevaluate its military support, which has flowed largely without pause for more than a year.
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Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U....
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#GregAbbott Boasted That #Texas Removed 6,500 Noncitizens From Its Voter Rolls. That Number Was Likely Inflated. — At least nine U.S. citizens across three Texas counties were incorrectly labeled as noncitizens or removed from voter rolls because they did not respond to letters asking about their #citizenship.
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Greg Abbott Boasted That Texas Removed 6,500 Noncitizens From Its Voter Rolls. That Number Was Likely Inflated.
At least nine U.S. citizens across three Texas counties were incorrectly labeled as noncitizens or removed from voter rolls because they did not re...
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Tribal #College Campuses Are Falling Apart. The U.S. Hasn’t Fulfilled Its Promise to Fund the Schools. — Decades ago, #Congress made a commitment to fund a higher education system for #Indigenous communities. But a quarter-billion-dollar annual shortfall has led to crimped budgets and crumbling buildings, even as enrollment rises.
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Tribal College Campuses Are Falling Apart. The U.S. Hasn’t Fulfilled Its Promise to Fund the Schools.
Decades ago, Congress made a commitment to fund a higher education system for Indigenous communities. But a quarter-billion-dollar annual shortfall...
 #News #HigherEducation #Native #NativeAmerican #Education #School #Government #IndigenousPeoplesDay
More than 250 cases of domestic violence: Dismissed. At least 70 cases of child neglect or abuse: Dismissed. More than 270 DUI cases: Dismissed. Only 3 criminal defendants in #Anchorage misdemeanor cases have gone to trial since May. Here’s why.
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Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and DUI Cases Are Being Dismissed en Masse in Anchorage
An effort to clear a backlog in the court system, combined with a lack of prosecutors, has led hundreds of people charged with an array of criminal...
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In a State With #School #Vouchers For All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them — Working-class parents often express interest in vouchers. But in #Arizona, the nation’s school choice capital, these families aren’t using them due to the inaccessibility of private schools and the costs of #transportation, meals and uniforms.
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In a State With School Vouchers for All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them
Working-class parents often express interest in vouchers. But in Arizona, the nation’s school choice capital, these families aren’t using them ...
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