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“Does Firestone believe it did the right thing? Yes.” That’s what the company says of its decision to do business with Liberia’s infamous warlord Charles Taylor as he led the country’s ...

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We’re wrapping up our investigation on internships. Here’s a snapshot of what we learned . Tap or click for facts.

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“Europe has become an inadvertent underwriter of Al Qaeda.” (Source: The New York Times )

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About a third of the contiguous U.S. was in at least moderate drought as of July 22.  (Source: The Upshot )

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Templand is growing, but regulations aren’t. Follow our investigation into the U.S.’ growing temporary workforce.

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“Say this, not that:” How charter schools are trying to direct their messaging. (Source: Washington Post )

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Rita Bender on Freedom Summer, her time as a civil rights worker, the murder of her husband, and why civil rights in America is a “work in process,” not progress.

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The number of people put on death row in the U.S., vs the number actually executed. (Source: The Upshot ) 

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Our weekly roundup is coming to Tumblr. This week, from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the criminalization of homelessness, we’re going BY THE NUMBERS. Here are the most popular stories f...

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The New York Times is counting the casualties of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, day-by-day.

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#493624617 / gettyimages.com Palm oil plantations want to expand to the same places that dwindling great ape populations call home. (source: The Daily Beast ) 

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Do contraceptives prevent pregnancies or end them? Here’s what the medical community has to say. (Source: The New Republic )

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Researchers found that ages 14-24 is the most formative years for political opinion. (Source: New York Times’ Upshot )

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We’re in the middle of the sixth major extinction – thousands of species are on track to be extinct in the next century. Take a look at every species that is in danger of disappearing by 211...

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“ I taught at one school for special ed kids where restraining children and isolating them in a “timeout room” was done regularly even though it was clear that it wasn’t effective for at...

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“I speak as the father of an autistic child. I know that sometimes she requires gentle restraint or monitored seclusion. Categorizing all manner of seclusion or restraint as child abuse would m...

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We recently reported ambulance transportation companies are taking Medicare for a ride in New Jersey, billing Medicare in unusually large numbers. A former employee of ambulance transportation...

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We reported on the rising cost of ambulance rides in New Jersey last week. A reader who works in the ambulance industry outside of New Jersey said that in their experience, unnecessary ambulan...

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A reader and mother of a 13-year-old soccer player shared her son’s experience as an athlete, showing the emotional toll of hyperspecialization in youth sports.  Our reporter David Epstein r...

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A reader with a family history of mental illness explained their experience growing up and raising kids. We’re highlighting the most insightful reader comments from our story on how mental he...

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