The Troubling Emergency Response Failures After Hurricane Harvey

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The Troubling Emergency Response Failures After Hurricane Harvey

A year after Hurricane Harvey, a new investigation explores how failures in emergency response systems in Texas and human error led to tragedy.

Defending the Environment May Get You Killed

Environmental defenders are being threatened and killed at increasingly high rates.

Arizona Voting Problems Erode Public Trust 

Thousands of Arizona primary voters were unable to vote when polls opened.

In Good or Bad Times, American Paychecks Don’t Grow

Even though the economy appears to be strong and growing stronger by many measures, for workers in “production and nonsupervisory” positions, their paychecks have fallen.

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