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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer (L) and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus watch as U.S. President Donald Trump presents the U.S. Air Force Academy football team with the Commander-in-Chief trophy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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POLITICS

Harvard Students Told Us What They're Learning From Sean Spicer

By Ashley Feinberg

Steven Avery is pictured in this file undated booking photo obtained by Reuters January 29, 2016. There were 149 known exonerations in 2015, where the exonerated defendants served on average more than 14 years in prison, said the report from the National Registry of Exonerations. That topped the previous recorded high of 139 in 2014. The issue of has gained attention because of the hit Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," which suggests authorities planted evidence against two Wisconsin men convicted of murder, an allegation rejected by local law enforcement. REUTERS/Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department/Handout via Reuters/Files ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS,

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CRIME

'Making A Murderer' Left Out Disturbing Details Of Steven Avery's Past

By Melissa Jeltsen

If Avery did strangle and threaten to kill his ex-fiancee, as she alleges, that’s very relevant.

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POLITICS

These Programs Are Helping Prisoners Live Again On The Outside

If we want to reduce the prison population, ex-offenders need more compassion and understanding from the criminal justice system.

This image from "Young Folks' History of the United States," published in 1903, is typical of depictions of the Thanksgiving story at the time.

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POLITICS

Here’s The Crazy Story About Thanksgiving You’ve Never Heard

By Nick Baumann

Especially the parts about Squanto the "friendly Indian."

A member of the St. Louis County Police Department points his weapon in the direction of a group of protesters in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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POLITICS

Here's What Happens When You Complain To Cops About Cops

By Ryan J. Reilly

The internal affairs division usually decides the officer did nothing wrong.

A Malaysian Muslim woman walks past a display of photos showing United
Airlines flight 175 crashing into the World Trade Center South Tower at
a gallery in Kuala Lumpur September 25, 2002. Two hundred award-winning
images taken in 2001 are currently on display in Malaysia's National
Art Gallery. The background photos in this image were taken by U.S.
photographer Robert Clark. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad

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POLITICS

How 9/11 Changed These Muslim Americans' Lives Forever

By Lydia O'Connor

"For most American Muslims, many of us categorize our lives as pre-9/11 and post-9/11."

POLITICS

All The White Supremacists Running For Office In 2018

By Christopher Mathias

Plus candidates who've said white supremacist things, hung out with white supremacists, or talked to anti-Semitic publications.

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POLITICS

Looking For The Safest, Healthiest Pet Food? Good Luck With That.

Thousands of pets died in 2007. The pet food industry still has plenty of problems.

GAINESVILLE, FL - OCTOBER 19: A man wearing a shirt with swastikas on it is punched by an unidentified member of the crowd near the site of a planned speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer, who popularized the term 'alt-right', at the University of Florida campus on October 19, 2017 in Gainesville, Florida. A state of emergency was declared on Monday by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to allow for increased law enforcement due to fears of violence. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

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POLITICS

The Nazi-Puncher's Dilemma

By Luke O'Brien

Inside the antifa movement's struggle to continue its long, colorful legacy of cracking white supremacist heads without alienating, well, just about everyone.

This undated photo provided by the Parks & Crump, LLC shows Terence Crutcher, left, with his father, Joey Crutcher. Crutcher, an unarmed black man was killed by a white Oklahoma officer Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, who was responding to a stalled vehicle. (Courtesy of Crutcher Family/Parks & Crump, LLC via AP)

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POLITICS

More Than 250 Black People Were Killed By Police In 2016 [Updated]

By Julia Craven

Do you have info to share with HuffPost reporters? Here’s how.

<p>Bernard Noble, before being sentenced to more than 13 years in prison, appears in this photo with his daughter.</p>

POLITICS

This Man Is Serving More Than 13 Years In Prison Over Two Joints' Worth Of Marijuana

"We live in a world where people who are living in disadvantaged environments face challenges and situations that seem to never turn out as they do for people in more privileged and un-challenged neighborhoods."

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ENTERTAINMENT

Dave Navarro Opens Up About His Mother's Murder In New Documentary

By Melissa Jeltsen

The famed rocker's mom was killed by an estranged boyfriend when he was 15. It changed everything.

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POLITICS

This Is The Daily Stormer's Playbook

By Ashley Feinberg

A leaked style guide reveals they’re Nazis about grammar (and about Jews).

A chambermaid prepares a bed in a guest room in this arranged photograph taken inside a Hotel Indigo hotel, operated by InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, in London, U.K., on Thursday, May 8, 2014. InterContinental, the owner of the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza brands, said it will pay a special dividend in July after selling the Mark Hopkins San Francisco and an 80 percent stake in the New York Barclay for about $394 million in March. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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BUSINESS

'He Was Masturbating… I Felt Like Crying': What Housekeepers Endure To Clean Hotel Rooms

By Dave Jamieson

Low-wage workers have been fighting sexual harassment for years. The national conversation is finally catching up with them.

HAYMARKET, VA - DEC: Lorena Bobbitt, who infamously cut off her husband's penis in 1993, pictured in her Virginia home. She now runs a non-profit organization that helps domestic violence victims in Haymarket, Virginia, on Dec. 8, 2016. (Photo by Melissa Jeltsen/Huffington Post) *** Local Caption ***

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WOMEN

Lorena Bobbitt Is Done Being Your Punchline

By Melissa Jeltsen

Her 15 minutes of fame could have launched a national dialogue about domestic abuse. Instead, it was all about dick jokes.

Policeman with gun

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POLITICS

Here’s How Many Cops Got Convicted Of Murder Last Year For On-Duty Shootings

By Matt Ferner and Nick Wing

There's something strange about this picture.

Close-Up of Man Holding .45 Caliber Handgun

POLITICS

Domestic Abusers Take Their Fight To Own Guns To The Supreme Court

By Melissa Jeltsen

Anti-gun violence groups warn the case could put women's lives at stake.

Two members of the Black Panther Party are met on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento, May 2, 1967, by Police Lt. Ernest Holloway, who informs them they will be allowed to keep their weapons as long as they cause no trouble and do not disturb the peace. Earlier several members had invaded the Assembly chambers and had their guns taken away.

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POLITICS

Here's How The Nation Responded When A Black Militia Group Occupied A Government Building

Nearly 50 years ago, a group of armed Black Panthers entered the California state Capitol to protest a gun control bill.

IMPACT

This Startup Gives Poor People A Year's Income, No Strings Attached

They've given away $15 million and counting, and the results have been extraordinary.

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TASTE

The Problem Is Gross School Lunch. These High Schoolers Are Fixing It.

By Joseph Erbentraut

Students at a Chicago high school blame the district's contractor for serving meals they say are worse than prison food. And they're getting results.

POLITICS

We Found The Neo-Nazi Twitter Account Tied To A Virginia Double Homicide

By Jessica Schulberg and Luke O'Brien

On Twitter, Nicholas Giampa wrote about race war, convincing transgender people to kill themselves, and using Jews as target practice.

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BLACK VOICES

Stop Asking What Happened To Lil' Kim's Face. You Already Know.

She's just another victim of colorism.

hands of a prisoner on prison bars

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POLITICS

Our Bail System Is Leaving Innocent People To Die In Jail Because They're Poor

When freedom is only available to those who can afford it, many end up paying with their lives.

Carlos Galindo protests Monday, May 9, 2011 outside the Arizona Department of Education in Phoenix, along with other supporters of an ethnic studies program in the Tucson Unified School District. About a dozen people showed up Monday and held signs accusing the department of a policy of attacking Arizona Latinos after former school's chief Tom Horne declared the program a violation of state law and called for its elimination hours before his term ended and he became Arizona Attorney General. (AP Photo/Matt York)

ASSOCIATED PRESS

LATINO VOICES

Latino School Segregation: The Big Education Problem That No One Is Talking About

By Rebecca Klein

Separate and unequal.

ENTERTAINMENT

My Year-Long Quest To Uncover The Identity Of 'Ugly Naked Guy'

By Todd Van Luling

The "Friends" actor has remained a mystery -- until now.

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POLITICS

U.S. Oil Industry Giant Paid Millions To A Company At The Center Of Huge Corruption Scandal

By Paul Blumenthal, Akbar Shahid Ahmed, Jessica Schulberg, Nick Baumann, and Zach Carter

While KBR was being investigated for bribery in Nigeria, it was partnering with a company that bribed officials in Kazakhstan.

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