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Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge.
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
We’re Here. You Just Don’t See Us.
We’re Here. You Just Don’t See Us.
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Fearing for his life
Fearing for his life
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Twelve Minutes and a Life
Twelve Minutes and a Life
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We’re Here. You Just Don’t See Us.
Race
We’re Here. You Just Don’t See Us.
Latria Graham·Outside
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Notes of a Native Son
Race
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin·Harper's Magazine
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Fearing for his life
Race
Fearing for his life
Chloé Cooper Jones·The Verge
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Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
Crime
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
Chris Zubak-Skees·ProPublica
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Twelve Minutes and a Life
Race
Twelve Minutes and a Life
Mitchell S. Jackson·Runner's World
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The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers (Published 2022)
Economics
The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers (Published 2022)
Catherine Porter&Constant Méheut&Matt Apuzzo&Selam Gebrekidan·The New York Times
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Porambo
Race
Porambo
Greg Donahue·The Atavist Magazine
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They Tried to Expose Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored Prisoners’ Petitions. No One Listened.
Crime
They Tried to Expose Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored Prisoners’ Petitions. No One Listened.
Anat Rubin·ProPublica
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The Heart Still Stands
Crime
The Heart Still Stands
Elizabeth Flock·The Atavist Magazine
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The First Responders
History
The First Responders
Kevin Hazzard·The Atavist Magazine
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The Long Walk
Human Rights
The Long Walk
Sarah Stankorb·The Atavist Magazine
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A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.
Race
A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.
Jodi S. Cohen·ProPublica
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The Black American Amputation Epidemic
Health
The Black American Amputation Epidemic
Lizzie Presser·ProPublica
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The best African American figure skater in history is now bankrupt and living in a trailer
Culture
The best African American figure skater in history is now bankrupt and living in a trailer
Terrence McCoy·The Washington Post
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A Professor Claimed to Be Native American. Did She Know She Wasn’t?
Culture
A Professor Claimed to Be Native American. Did She Know She Wasn’t?
Jay Caspian Kang·The New Yorker
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The Crash of the Hammer
Personal
The Crash of the Hammer
Mira Ptacin·The Atavist Magazine
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The Talented Mr. Bruseaux
Personal
The Talented Mr. Bruseaux
Matthew Wolfe·The Atavist Magazine
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Hero or Traitor? The Legacy of a Revolutionary-Era Cherokee Woman.
History
Hero or Traitor? The Legacy of a Revolutionary-Era Cherokee Woman.
Ellen Barry·The New York Times
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Did Kamala Harris's Silence on Gaza Cost Her the White House?
Race
Did Kamala Harris's Silence on Gaza Cost Her the White House?
Ta-Nehisi Coates·Vanity Fair
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America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
Philosophy
America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
Nikole Hannah-​Jones·The New York Times
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