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A Multi-Million-Dollar Payday, at the Carwash 
Wage-theft cases are notoriously hard to prove, and they almost never pay out. But for some of the most marginalized laborers in the city, justice was served.

This Simple Solution Keeps Kids in School, out of Handcuffs

Telling kids they can never make a mistake was at the root of the problem.

The Proven Way to Keep More Innocent Teens From Confessing to Murder (and Why Police Won't Adopt It)

Standard interrogation, which includes badgering and lying to suspects until they confess, is psychological torture for the young and mentally frail. Now there's a better way.

How Game Theory Helped Improve New York City's High School Application Process

Three economists tackle an eighth-grade problem.

The Bronx Zoo's Loneliest Elephant

Animal welfare advocates say it's inhumane to keep a highly intelligent, social animal alone. The zoo thinks she's fine where she is. 

Is Briana Waters a Terrorist?

In an alarming case, U.S. attorneys exploit post-9/11 counterterrorism laws to prosecute an environmental activist.

A Bronx Tale

Parks are blossoming and fish spawning along an urban river that was once an industrial dump site overflowing with sewage. 

Elephants Are Being Bought From Africa Because There Are 'Too Many" of Them

Wildlife conservationists are dismayed at Zimbabwe's plan to capture wild elephants and sell them to zoos.