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Goodbye Oakland A’s. Hello Oakland Ballers.
Oakland has lost three major sports teams in the wake of rising crime and homelessness. But a new minor league baseball club aims to give the town hope.
Leighton Woodhouse
Can Trump Really Deport One Million Migrants This Year?
The president promised to deport one million migrants in a year. He’s not even close. Here’s why.
Madeleine Rowley
How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You?
In Chicago, the number of police suicides is far higher than anyone knew: 53 in the past decade. ‘It’s so overwhelming because there’s all these outside…
Olivia Reingold
Could DNA Testing Exonerate the Lindbergh Baby’s Kidnapper?
There have always been doubts about whether or not Bruno Hauptmann was guilty. New evidence may give us the answer.
Joe Nocera and Poppy Damon
Should the Menendez Brothers Be Released?
Increasingly, judges are giving lighter sentences to criminals who suffered abuse during childhood. That could be good news for Erik and Lyle Menendez.
Esther Haynes
Fight Club: Execute Luigi Mangione?
Charles Fain Lehman says Mangione’s alleged crime is the very reason the death penalty exists. Nick Gillespie says the government has no business taking…
Charles Fain Lehman  and Nick Gillespie
A Young Socialist Wants to Run NYC. Could He Win?
Zohran Mamdani vows to spend billions subsidizing buses, housing, and grocery stores. He says he’ll arrest the Israeli PM if he ever steps foot in NYC…
Olivia Reingold
Sen. Dave McCormick: The Attack on Gov. Shapiro Was an Assault on Democracy
Shapiro is a Democrat. I’m a Republican who supports President Donald Trump. No side has a monopoly on the political violence rising in our country.
Sen. Dave McCormick
Will Oakland Finally Reject Progressive Politics?
A special mayoral race in this troubled city is a litmus test for the Democratic Party’s future. ‘Carjackings, home invasions. . . I’ve lost my…
Leighton Woodhouse
The Truth About Child Welfare in America
Gavin Peterson, 12, Jahmeik Modlin, 4, and Marcello Meadows, 10 months. They all died because government agencies are discouraged from helping kids.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Will Cartel Members Now Face Execution?
Designating drug bosses as terrorists means the U.S. can probe and punish Mexican gangs like never before. That includes using the death penalty.
Madeleine Rowley
Luigi Mangione Fans ‘Coming in Hot’ After News of Death Penalty
Within one hour, hundreds have given more than $12,000 to ‘free Luigi’—the heartthrob accused of killing a CEO.
Olivia Reingold
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