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Daniel Denvir

Daniel Denvir is a writer at Salon covering criminal justice, policing, education, inequality and politics. You can follow him at Twitter @DanielDenvir.

A man talks to a relative at a wall separating Mexico and the United States (Reuters/Jorge Duenes)

New hope for undocumented immigrants: DAPA might not be dead — a bold legal strategy could protect millions from deportation

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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer near Blaine, Wash., July 21, 2009. (AP/Elaine Thompson)

Crossing the line: Yes, border officials and the FBI can — and do — rely on racial profiling

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Flooded street after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti (AP/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Deportation to a disaster zone: Obama under pressure to stop crackdown on Haitian migrants as Hurricane Matthew wreaks havoc on island

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Hillary Clinton (Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

Neoliberal Clinton is the Left’s best bet: Democrats, not Republicans or Trump, expose the establishment’s limits

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We’re all being used: No, it’s not immoral to use illegal drugs — because it’s the war on drugs that’s to blame

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Donald Trump at the presidential debate in Hempstead, New York, September 26, 2016. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

“I built an unbelievable business”: The myth of Donald Trump and why small business owners love a guy who stiffs them

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If the evidence is unfit, you must acquit: Prosecutors are fighting to keep flawed forensic evidence in the courtroom

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Edward Snowden (AP/Getty/Joe Raedle/Photo montage by Salon)

Betraying Snowden: There’s a special place in journalism hell for The Washington Post editorial board

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Donald Trump (AP/Gerald Herbert)

The worst kind of cop out: Of course the Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Trump

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Barbara Lee (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Barbara Lee: The bad news is perpetual war. The good news is that the left is stronger than ever.

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(Reuters/Jim Young)

What would Mother Jones do? Probably not bash idealistic young leftists

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Beware the murder stats: Why the right will use them to smear Black Lives Matter and how the left can fight back

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Donald Trump (AP/Evan Vucci)

Actually, many Trump voters are in one basket and it’s both racist and economically frustrated

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A mosquito control inspector sprays pesticide to kill mosquitos in Miami Beach, Florida, August 24, 2016. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

The New York Times gives GOP Zika obstruction and anti-Planned Parenthood crusade a pass

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Nina Turner (AP/Mark Duncan)

Nina Turner: Reflections on the political revolution’s past and future

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Heroin prohibition is killing the people it’s supposed to save — it’s time to legalize and regulate

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A Syrian refugee feeds her child at a tent camp on the outskirts of Izmir on April 28, 2016 in Izmir, Turkey. (Getty/Chris McGrath)

On refugees, we must do better: Trump’s rhetoric is worse, but both parties have failed

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Donald Trump (Reuters/David Becker)

The “Mexico sends them” myth: Trump’s not just racist but channeling far-right immigration conspiracies

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Donald Trump (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Redundant Donald: America is already great (at terrorizing immigrants)

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Melissa Mark-Viverito (AP/Mark Lennihan)

Policing themselves: Family members of New Yorkers killed by NYPD officers slam council speaker for blocking reform

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Private prisons are not the problem: Why mass incarceration is the real issue

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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Don J. Usner)

Scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the “exciting” Movement for Black Lives platform

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Donald Trump (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Class dismissed: Is the Trump campaign driven by racism or economics? The only possible answer is both

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Hillary Clinton (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton courts the right: Attacking Trump as aberration rather than apotheosis gives Republicans a pass

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