Welcome To Rent Court, Where Tenants Can Face A Tenuous Fate
The Landlord and Tenant Branch of Superior Court for the District of Columbia is where you can end up if you're poor, black and on the verge of being evicted.
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Pregnant And Addicted: The Tough Road To Family Health
Guilt still haunts a new mother who was addicted to opioids when she got pregnant. Once she was ready to ask for help, treatment programs that could handle her complicated pregnancy were hard to find.
Georgia Gov. Says He Will Veto Controversial 'Religious Liberty' Bill
A group of major corporations with business interests in the state had encouraged the governor to veto the measure. Disney had threatened to boycott the state.
Anderson Creek Fire Is Slowly Being Contained
The persistent prairie fire has been blazing through south-central Kansas for several days now and is described as the largest in the state's history.
Despite The Math, Bernie Sanders Has Already Won
Bernie Sanders won sweeping victories Saturday and more are sure to come over the next couple months. Can he win the nomination? And is that what really even matters?
'Dark Territory' Examines The Long History Of Cyber War
So many things in our lives are plugged into networks vulnerable to hacking. Fred Kaplan's new book Dark Territory looks at how this came to be and what it means for the future.
Internet Trolls Turn A Computer Into A Nazi
Microsoft's artificial intelligence chatbot was supposed to mimic a teenage girl. Instead, internet trolls tricked it into spouting hate speech. BuzzFeed tech reporter Alex Kantrowitz explains how.
Lawmakers, Unions Reach Deal To Raise California's Minimum Wage To $15
The state's minimum wage is currently $10; under the new agreement between legislators and labor unions, it would rise by $5 over the next six years.
Legalize All Drugs? The 'Risks Are Tremendous' Without Defining The Problem
In his Harper's piece, Dan Baum digs into the country's war on drugs. He says we have a long history of instating drug laws to demonize certain minority groups, but "Nixon brought it to a high art."
How Little Vermont Got Big Food Companies To Label GMOs
In the coming weeks, major brands including General Mills, Kellogg and Mars will start labeling foods produced with genetic engineering. That's all because of a Vermont law set to take effect July 1.