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Online Protests Erupt In Iran After Arrest Of Teenager For Social Media Posts

Thousands of Iranians protested online when a teenager was arrested after she posted Instagram videos of herself dancing. Many supporters use the hashtag #dancingisnotacrime.

New Collection Asks: What Might The 'People's Future' Look Like?

This new collection of speculative fiction stories imagines the lives of marginalized people in a variety of difficult future Americas. It's not an easy read, but it has depths of resilience and hope.

Family and friends of the four slain women gathered for a candlelight vigil at a park in downtown Laredo, Texas, in September. Juan David Ortiz has pleaded not guilty to charges of capital murder.

Border Patrol Agent Pleads Not Guilty To Killing 4 Sex Workers

Juan David Ortiz, a supervisor in the U.S. Border Patrol, wanted to "clean the streets," prosecutors say. Ortiz is accused of killing four women, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.

Alexsis Rodgers, president of Virginia Young Democrats, is one of the disappointed constituents who worked hard to elect some of the officials at the center of the Virginia controversies. Now, Rodgers says, the state democratic party must develop diverse leaders before there's another crisis.

Virginia Democrats Now Look To Women Of Color For Leadership

The recent controversies embroiling some of Virginia's top Democratic officials have the party reconsidering their leadership.

Senior staffers were sworn in at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 22, 2017. Many of them are gone now.

In A White House With Unprecedented Turnover, Survivors Have 'Endurance'

Only a handful of aides who started in the very early days of the Trump administration have made it through the first two years. What do they share? Endurance and a tolerance for conflict.

Federal prosecutors say Christopher Paul Hasson had acquired a cache of weapons and ammunition in an attempt to launch a domestic terrorist attack. Over the years, Hasson honed a hit list that included prominent Democrats and media figures.

Arrested Coast Guard Officer Allegedly Planned Attack 'On A Scale Rarely Seen'

Christopher Paul Hasson, a self-proclaimed white nationalist, allegedly wanted to "kill every last person on earth" in a crusade to establish a "white homeland," according to officials.

Backfired: When VW Lied To America

Airs Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

A short video posted on social media showed a police officer repeatedly punching a man on the street.

Former Baltimore Officer Charged With Assault After Viral Video

Arthur Williams has been indicted by a grand jury on criminal charges including first-degree assault after a video surfaced on social media that showed him repeatedly punching a man in the face.

Seen in 2017, a girl studies for school while a man chops wood in the Muslim enclave of Islamberg in Tompkins, N.Y. Four people have been arrested in an alleged plot to attack the community.

Planned Attack On Muslim Community In Upstate New York Disrupted, Police Say

Three men and a 16-year-old youth have been arrested and authorities say 20 weapons and three improvised explosive devices were seized. The alleged target was Islamberg, near the Pennsylvania border.

The U.S. Census Bureau's headquarters is located in Suitland, Md., just outside of the nation's capital.

2020 Census Preparations Were Slowed By The Partial Government Shutdown

The recent partial government shutdown delayed preparations for the 2020 head count, including for a field test of the controversial citizenship question, internal Census Bureau documents suggest.

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