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russia This is life in a Russian penal colony, as lived by Pussy Riot's Masha Ayokhina (video) David Pescovitz
racism Dhoruba Bin Wahad was jailed for 19 years in the FBI's illegal COINTELPRO project Elías Villoro
politics How right-wing Qanon activists won and lost control of a small town in Washington Rob Beschizza
politics Proud Boys leader complains that jail conditions are appalling and he is right Rob Beschizza
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dupe Kentucky's former GOP governor pardoned a bunch of rapists and murderers on his way out of office, including a child rapist Cory Doctorow