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Gray

"I hope we remember..."

This 10-tweet story explains why the Freddie Gray verdict is so heartbreaking

By Rafi Schwartz

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 03: Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump speaks to supporters and the media at Trump Tower in Manhattan following his victory in the Indiana primary on May 03, 2016 in New York City. Trump beat rival Ted Cruz decisively in a contest that many analysts believe was the last chance for any other Republican candidate to catch Trump in the delegate count. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cherish women

In a 1999 interview, Donald Trump attacked Bill Clinton for not having an affair with ‘a really beautiful woman’

By Katie McDonough

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 1: Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court December 1, 2003 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Supreme Court refused without comment to review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' interpretation on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution today. 9th Circuit judge, Alex Kozinski, along with several other judges wanted to reverse the decision. A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the interpretation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was intent on protecting gun rights of militias, not individuals. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

DEATH ROW

The Supreme Court just smacked down one blatant example of racism in our court system

ENFIELD, CT - MAY 03: Former U.S. Navy sailor Ivan Blades, 62, and current inmate at the Veterans Unit of the Cybulski Rehabilitation Center poses for a photo on May 3, 2016 in Enfield, Connecticut. Blades is from New York City and is a father two adult children and has two grandchildren. He was convicted of stabbing and killing his wife in 1991 and is serving a 45-year prison term. The Veterans Unit houses some 110 prisoners, all U.S. military veterans convicted of crimes ranging from petty larceny to murder. Inmates at the center typically have less than two years left on their sentences. The unit is part of a Connecticut Department of Correction program to turn some prisons into reintegration centers to prepare inmates for successful re-entry into society. Criminal justice and prison reforms are taking hold with bi-partisan support nationwide in an effort to reduce prison populations and recidivism. The state's criminal justice reforms fall under Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy's "Second Chance Society" legislation. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Minority Report

An algorithm used by police to predict crime flagged black people twice as often as white people

By Charles Pulliam-Moore

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women's pain is real

These horrifying stories of illness are proof that medicine is biased against women

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner

Donald Trump golf resort. Donald Trump hits a tee shot on the tenth hole of the Trump International Golf Links golf course near Aberdeen after officially opening it this morning. Picture date: Monday July 9, 2012. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Trump. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire URN:14003735

par for the course

Trump wants to protect his golf course from climate change even though it’s a Chinese conspiracy

By Andrew Joyce

Blue-Ringed Octopus, Mabul Island, Malaysia

sea change

Turns out octopuses and squid are thriving in our messed up oceans, for now

By Ari Phillips

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F*ckface Von Clownstick returns

The deeper meaning of Anthony Weiner calling Donald Trump ‘F*ckface Von Clownstick’

By Andrew Joyce

BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 23: Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero (C) arrives at the Mitchell Courthouse-West on the day a judge will issue a vertict in his trial May 23, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. Nero is one of six police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, whose injuries while in police custody resluted in his death and sparked days of protests and riots in Baltimore last year. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NOT GUILTY

Baltimore police officer found not guilty in death of Freddie Gray

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trans rights

These badass transgender sari models are turning heads and challenging old attitudes in India

By Nidhi Prakash