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The Hold Up – Transcript

by Ashley Cleek

• May 3, 2016

It’s an election year — which is already pretty rough going — and then in February, Justice Antonin Scalia died. And in a split second, there was a rare opening on the US Supreme Court….

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The Hold Up

by Ashley Cleek

• May 3, 2016

“The court has to appear normal to the outside world. Even though things are really abnormal inside, it’s my job to keep a sense of normalcy and not to draw attention to the court.” –Chief…

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Rig the System – Transcript

by Jonathan Hirsch

• April 19, 2016

The law isn’t always black and white. Let’s say your neighbor wants to drill for oil in their backyard. It could be loud and it might even pollute the groundwater. You’re worried. Your neighbor feels…

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Rig the System – Part 2: A Fair Fight for a Fair Court

by Jonathan Hirsch

• April 19, 2016

“I never felt more like a hooker at a bus station than when I ran for the Ohio State Supreme Court.”    — Paul Pfeifer, Associate Justice on the Ohio Supreme Court For many people living…

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Harris County – Transcript

by Jonathan Hirsch

• February 23, 2016

Voting is a right and it’s some states it’s pretty easy to do. You register, and then you go to the polling place and mark your ballot. But in more than half the states, laws…

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UnDACAmented

by Jonathan Hirsch

• January 26, 2016

“And they just told me to sign here and here. Well I signed. And I guess I signed for my deportation.” – Luis Luis crossed the border into the US when he was 8 years…

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Bit of an Edge

by Ashley Cleek

• November 3, 2015

Jury Duty. It’s one of the pillars of our democratic society. If you are charged with a crime, a jury of your peers will determine your innocence or your guilt. But who selects the jurors?…

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Love Persists

by David Cowan

• September 29, 2015

David Cowan was born in Pittsburgh. He works as an Operations Associate at the Prison University Project. Previously, he served in the US Air Force as an Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist and Weapons Loading Standardization…

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Outside The Womb

by Michael Sullivan

• July 14, 2015

Couples who want babies but can’t have them naturally are increasingly turning to surrogacy instead of adoption. And in many countries, the business of providing surrogates is big business. Thailand was a popular destination until…