Jake Hess

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Training Latin American soldiers, ‘School of the Americas’ continues to stir debate after notorious human rights abuses.

Published On 9 Dec 2014
Between 1946-2000, SOA provided training to more than 60,000 Latin American soldiers [Jake Hess/Al Jazeera]

Recent cases have undermined tribal sovereignty and economic development, Native Americans say.

Published On 28 May 2014
The Narragansett people lived in what is now Rhode Island [Creative Commons]

Low-income residents in Chicago decry public housing shortage and voucher system designed to reduce segregation.

Published On 16 Jan 2014
About 56,000 Chicagoans have been displaced by the Chicago Housing Authority's 'Plan for Transformation' [AP]

The latest business endeavour of Washington DC’s gangs is prostituting girls from impoverished neighbourhoods.

Published On 3 Dec 2013
prostitution

In some areas around the US capital, some workers earning minimum wage say they can’t afford basic housing.

Published On 24 Sep 2013
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