The US Department of Education is rescinding Obama-era guidance on how colleges should approach sexual assault on campus. The decision comes after education secretary Betsy…
6.1 MAGNITUDE
A strong earthquake hit off the coast of Japan, about 200 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has hit off the eastern coast of Japan, about 200 miles from the Fukushima power plant, whose meltdown after another quake in…
ELUSIVE DATA
One of the biggest problems in rescuing people from modern-day slavery is counting them
More than 40 million people around the world are enslaved, either through forced labor or by forced marriage, a human-rights group estimates. The same organization…
A BUFFETT WITH A BADGE
The wealthiest local sheriff in America is starting his first full week on the job
The new sheriff in Macon County, Illinois, doesn’t have a long and storied career in law enforcement. He’s a commercial farmer, an author of multiple…
A court allowed an Ohio student convicted of rape in the Steubenville case to play in a college football game
A federal appeals court allowed convicted rapist Ma’lik Richmond to play in a college football game today (Sept. 16). His school, Youngstown State, had tried…
TONE DEAF
Equifax’s chief security officer, who studied music, is out. But the CEO is keeping his job.
Equifax, the credit-reporting agency under fire after a massive hack exposed the personal data of millions of Americans, said two of its top executives are…
IT'S JUST POSSIBLE
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ one-sentence argument for why Donald Trump really is a white supremacist
.@tanehisicoates lays out the long list of Trump's actions showing why he "might be a white supremacist" #inners https://t.co/K3CAiUUori — All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris)…
VISIONS OF FREEDOM
These images capture the dream life of prisoners in solitary confinement
Can you imagine what you would want to see if you were stuck for years in a cell with no windows, a place small enough…
TITLE LOST
Harvard rescinded Chelsea Manning’s fellowship after CIA chief Mike Pompeo cancelled a visit
After CIA chief Mike Pompeo said he was canceling an appearance at Harvard over its invitation to military whistleblower Chelsea Manning to be a visiting…
OUTTA HERE
Chelsea Manning’s hiring at Harvard’s Kennedy School was just too much for one ex-CIA official
Michael Morell, the former CIA deputy director, resigned as senior fellow at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government after the school named Wikileaks leaker…
NOWHERE TO RUN
One of the largest evacuations in US history left thousands of inmates behind
The evacuation in the run-up to Hurricane Irma is billed as one of the largest in US history, with more than 6.5 million people in…
NO ESCAPE
What happens to prison inmates when natural disaster strikes?
When natural disasters strike, there’s one population that is particularly tricky to evacuate—and while they can’t make the choice to leave on their own, they…
