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Agents Discover Freedom on Deportations Under Trump

  • The Trump administration’s plan to deport vast numbers of undocumented immigrants was introduced in dramatic fashion over the past month.
  • Much of the front-line work has fallen to thousands of ICE officers who are newly emboldened and empowered.

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Democrats Elect
Ex-Labor Secretary as Chairman

In a vote that showed the Democratic Party has yet to heal the wounds of last year’s presidential primary, former Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez beat Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota to become D.N.C. chairman.





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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Harriet Tubman’s Path
to Freedom

How one woman transformed the marshy, wooded Chesapeake Bay region, first a gateway through which slave traders brought Africans, into a route to liberation.

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Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back

A decade after the “Save the Rainforest” movement captured the world’s imagination, Cargill and other food giants are pushing deeper into the wilderness.










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