A report singled out solitary confinement and enforced segregation as particularly harmful practices that contributed to the poor mental and physical health of prisoners.
Tag: Mississippi
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In Several States, Teachers Get Their Biggest Raise in Decades
Budget surpluses have enabled states to pass bills giving teachers a bigger paycheck, but not everyone is certain that will help improve schooling.
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Severe Storms Are Again Expected Across the Midwest and the South
Meteorologists said thunderstorms could produce damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes in the Midwest and the Mississippi Valley, a day after tornadoes injured nearly two dozen people in Texas.
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Doris Derby, Civil Rights Era Photographer, Dies at 82
She was an artist who was studying anthropology when she became an activist in the civil rights movement and a rare woman to document Black life in photos.
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This Is What Happens When Globalization Breaks Down
The story of one shipping container from a factory in China to a warehouse in the United States traces the arc of a global supply chain consumed by trouble.