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      <description><![CDATA[The doctrine shields officials from most civil rights lawsuits unless the right they violated was already "clearly established" — a standard that has grown narrower since the Supreme Court adopted it in 1982.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Treatment courts, from veterans dockets to drug courts, explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guardianship reform after Britney Spears: what actually changed</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Aarya Kapoor</dc:creator>
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      <title>The broadband gap: billions allocated, millions still waiting</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The one-night count that decides a billion dollars of homeless funding</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Medicaid unwinding left millions uninsured. The data shows who</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Medicaid unwinding explained: 25 million disenrolled, most for paperwork, with coverage gaps by race and state. What the data shows now.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[School discipline disparities explained: what the Civil Rights Data Collection shows, why behavior doesn't explain the gap, and what replaced exclusion.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Eviction records follow tenants for years. More states are sealing them</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The census undercount: who is missed, and what it costs their neighborhood</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 2020 census undercount explained: which groups were missed, why young children vanish from forms, and what it costs for a decade.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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