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Prisoners Face Horrifying Conditions, Limited Drinking Water After Harvey Pounds Texas
“I see on television that animals are getting treated better than these guys.”
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The Mother Of A DREAMer Who Died Trying To Rescue Harvey Victims Will Now Be Able To Attend His Funeral
Rita Guillén had been blocked from entering the US when her son went missing last week. On Tuesday, she was reunited with her grieving family.
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This DREAMer And His Friend Drowned Trying To Rescue Houston Flood Victims
Alonso Guillén and Tomas Carreon, both born in Mexico and brought to the US as children, were killed while attempting to rescue residents caught in the storm.
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Harvey Wrecked Up To 1 Million Cars In Houston. Now Residents Are Struggling To Live Without One.
“If I don’t get to work, I don’t get money.”
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This Family Lost Everything During Katrina. Then Harvey Came For Their New Home.
LaTanya Stewart never returned to her New Orleans home after it was destroyed by Katrina. While much of Houston was in the midst of recovery Saturday, she went back to her new home for the first time to find the damage Harvey had wrought.
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"I’m Devastated": Houston Residents Return Home To Ruin As Floodwaters Recede
While firefighters went door to door in search of those still in need of rescue, evacuees returned home to pick up the pieces in the wake of Harvey’s wrath.
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Houston Police Officers Say They Lacked Training And Equipment For Hurricane Harvey
Officers told BuzzFeed News that many had not gone through flood training, had no access to boats, and were unable to respond to an untold number of emergency calls due to not enough high-water vehicles.
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Joel Osteen’s Megachurch Says It Didn’t Open Its Doors To Houston Evacuees Because The City Didn’t Ask It To
Hundreds of evacuees and volunteers filled Lakewood Church within hours of its doors opening for relief efforts, leaving many still wondering what took so long in the first place.
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Christians Are Calling Out Joel Osteen For His Hesitancy To Open His Megachurch For Tropical Storm Victims
After mounting pressure from both followers and non-followers of the celebrity pastor and his famous church, Osteen finally issued a statement claiming he and Lakewood Church will house victims of Tropical Storm Harvey “once the cities and county shelters reach capacity.”
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The Hate In Charlottesville Isn’t Surprising To Immigrants Who’ve Lived It Since 9/11
When Balbir Singh Sodhi was killed in a hate crime days after 9/11, his family didn’t lose faith in the United States. They didn’t expect the violence to only get worse.
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Police Around The US Are Bracing For Newly Emboldened White Supremacists
Some white supremacists called the deadly Charlottesville rally a success, and are gearing up to hold more rallies. Police say they’re preparing for them.
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Charlottesville Cops Showed Restraint At First, And People Are Wondering Why
An eruption of racist violence in Charlottesville has people wondering how things got so out of control.
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16 Students Tell Us About Experiencing Racist, Trump-Inspired Bullying
The first time these 16 students experienced racism? When they were bullied by classmates inspired by Donald Trump’s words. “Everybody in the school was super nice — until President Trump won.”
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We Found 81 Incidents Of Trump-Inspired Bullying That Happened Last School Year
BuzzFeed News has verified 27 more incidents of white students using Trump’s words and slogans to bully classmates, bringing the total to 81. Will the bullying resume when kids go back to school?
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Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don’t Know What To Do About It
BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump’s words to taunt their classmates. If the president can say those things, why can’t they?
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Looking For Right And Wrong In The Philippines
I went back to the Philippines to see the farm my family left behind, and to try to understand why they — and most of the country — have rallied around a president most Westerners see as a violent, dangerous despot.
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Police Forces Are Sending A Message To Black Suburban Residents: You’re Not Wanted
Places like Troy used to be lily-white, and most of their police departments still are. That’s a problem for the black and brown people moving from big cities like LA and New York in search of quieter places to raise families.
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This Man Is Finally Getting Out Of Prison For Murders Someone Else Confessed To
Calvin Buari served 22 years for killing two Bronx men, even though someone else confessed to the crime. Witnesses said they came forward after reading a BuzzFeed News investigation into the case.
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Why Police Departments Around The Country Are Taking TV Viewers On Ride-Alongs
On Friday and Saturday nights, A&E’s “Live PD” takes viewers on live ride-alongs with police departments around the country. But does it really show what it’s like to be a cop?
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Racist Vandalism In Oregon Is Pulling Residents Into A Free Speech Fight
Oregon’s constitution banned black residents until 1926. A century later, swastikas and other racist vandalism are on the rise statewide, but police are struggling with a surprisingly complicated question: What makes a hate crime?
