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As U.S. Strikes Syria Prison Held by ISIS, Young Detainees Are Caught in Crossfire
BAGHDAD — An American-backed militia that has waged four days of deadly battles to dislodge Islamic State fighters from a…
Faith Ringgold Mural at Rikers Island to Move to Brooklyn Museum
In 2019, the painter Faith Ringgold traveled to Rikers Island so that she could see how her first public art…
Mass Trials in Cuba Deepen Its Harshest Crackdown in Decades
Detained protesters in Cuba could get up to 30 years in prison as they face the largest and most punitive…
‘I Didn’t Look Like a Human’: Journalist Tells of Myanmar Torture
When more than 100 soldiers and police officers surrounded his three-story apartment building and sealed off his neighborhood in Myanmar…
What New Documents Reveal About Jeffrey Epstein’s Final Days
“The lack of significant interpersonal connections, a complete loss of his status in both the community and among associates, and…