$800 Million in Taxpayer Money Went to Private Prisons Where Migrants Work for Pennies





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Kareem Abdul-Jabaar | My Picks for Athlete of the Year Carried That Weight 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (photo: Getty)
Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, Guardian UK
Abdul-Jabaar writes: "Today's athletes have to carry a lot more baggage than a smelly gym bag and the giddy dreams of their parents."
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Michael Cohen. (photo: Getty)
Michael Cohen. (photo: Getty)

Cell Signal Puts Cohen Outside Prague Around Time of Purported Russian Meeting
Peter Stone and Greg Gordon, McClatchy DC
Excerpt: "The phone and surveillance data, which have not previously been disclosed, lend new credence to a key part of a former British spy's dossier of Kremlin intelligence describing purported coordination between Trump's campaign and Russia's election meddling operation."
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President Trump. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
President Trump. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)

Trump Accidentally Exposes the Location, Identities of US Navy Seal Team 5 on Twitter
Matt Stieb, New York Magazine
Stieb writes: "Prior to November, Donald Trump seemed to have little interest in visiting troops stationed in combat zones, a routine occurrence in a normal presidency. Last month a senior White House official attributed this, partly, to Trump being scared: 'He's afraid of those situations. He's afraid people are going to kill him.'"
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ICE detention center. (photo: Getty)
ICE detention center. (photo: Getty)

$800 Million in Taxpayer Money Went to Private Prisons Where Migrants Work for Pennies
Spencer Ackerman and Adam Rawnsley, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "These are dangerous times for undocumented immigrants. ICE has been super-charged by the Trump administration. And ICE's empowerment has been lucrative for the companies that both cage and employ immigrants like Yesica."
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Jermaine Massey was arrested at the DoubleTree Hilton in Portland. (photo: Instagram)
Jermaine Massey was arrested at the DoubleTree Hilton in Portland. (photo: Instagram)

Portland Hotel Calls Cops on Black Guest in Lobby
Molly Harbarger, The Oregonian
Molly Harbarger, The Oregonian
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Catherine Harry is breaking social taboos and gender norms in Cambodia with her feminist blog 'A Dose of Cath.' (photo: Panha Chum)
Catherine Harry is breaking social taboos and gender norms in Cambodia with her feminist blog 'A Dose of Cath.' (photo: Panha Chum)

Meet the 23-Year-Old Cambodian Woman Teaching Her Country About Consent
Laignee Barron, TIME
Barron writes: "Seated in a classroom on the bucolic fringes of Cambodia's capital, three dozen teenagers put a radically new term to the test: affirmative consent."
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Japanese whaling boat. (photo: AFP)
Japanese whaling boat. (photo: AFP)

Japan to Leave International Whaling Commission, Resume Commercial Hunting
Simon Denyer and Akiko Kashiwagi, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Japan announced Wednesday that it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whale hunting next year, sparking swift condemnation from other governments and conservation groups."
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