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The Takeaway examines Barack Obama's historic visit to a federal prison, why air conditioning runs so high in the summer and who fights the drug war in Mexico. (episode)
This week, President Obama noted that "people of all political persuasions" are interested in criminal justice reform. Here's one conservative's take on Obama's reform proposals.
Buildings in America are kept too cold in the summer, and it's costing our health, productivity and (cold, hard) cash. What's going on and how did this happen?
A Mississippi man died last week after being held in a choke hold by a police officer for more than 20 minutes and denied CPR, according to witnesses and his family’s attorneys.
Joaquin Guzman Loera, or "El Chapo," an infamous drug-lord, has escaped from a Mexican maximum security prison, and he didn't do it alone.
Along the U.S. - Mexico border, where the drug wars rage, tens of thousands of people have died, and vigilantes have taken the law into their own hands.
Studies have shown that students who attend schools with libraries score better on reading and writing tests than students whose schools don't have libraries.