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On a mild spring night in Chicago, a woman told her 18-year-old boyfriend she wanted money for a barbecue. He rounded up three teenage friends, each…

At a time when Donald Trump has declared war on the truth, it was heartening to see two federal district court judges have the courage to…

This week, Texas National Guard troops arrived in Chicago.The deployment was the latest turn in the Trump administration’s efforts to more aggressively marshal boots on the…

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People march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights’ “Chicago Says No Trump No Troops” protest Saturday, Sept. 6, in Chicago. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption…

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Federal law enforcement officials and police attempt to keep protesters back outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., on Saturday. Oregon’s governor…

President Trump on Monday said he intended to send National Guard troops to Memphis as part of what he says is an attack on crime. Trump…

National Guard Military Police watch as trains arrive and depart during rush hour at L’Enfant Plaza station on Sept. 4 in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images…

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit, COVID-19 was still a mysterious respiratory illness in Wuhan, and I was a Ph.D. candidate in a dying field:…