Detainees talk while in a general population block at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California.
The past 40 years have seen unprecedented growth in the United States prison system. Today, one in 31 adults are either behind bars or on parole or probation. These numbers have led to issues with overcrowding, fostered a boom in the private prison industry, and altered communities around the country. Bipartisan reform efforts have begun to reverse the trend in incarceration. However, at current rates it would take 90 years to bring the prison population back in line with other democracies around the world. We look at mass incarceration in the United States – what’s behind it and why it’s so difficult to address.
When Anderson Cooper’s mother, the designer and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, reached her 91st birthday, they began a correspondence, breaking a wall of silence between them. This 2016 conversation covered life in the spotlight, suicide, money, and grieving for a parent and a child. Vanderbilt Died in June at age 95.
How the remote island became one of the world's most important laboratories for understanding climate change.
Democratic presidential hopefuls take the stage for two nights of debate. Winners, losers and what we learned about the state of the race.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, a writer for New York Times Magazine, has a new book called "Fleishman Is In Trouble."
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