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In this photo taken May 18, 2014, Lisa Marie Hyman-Walker, center, and son Eugene Mosby, right, listen to Leo Smith (not shown), minority engagement director for the Georgia Republican Party, speaking at the Delightful Eatz Bar and Grill in the historically African American neighborhood of Edgewood in Atlanta. Smith is on the GOP's front lines recruiting African-American voters in pivotal states. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (AP)

Data suggests COVID-19 deaths disproportionately hit African American communities

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NJ’s $300M nuclear power bailout is facing a court challenge. Does it have a chance?

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Nuclear lobbying power: NJ utility customers will pay $300M in subsidies

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In a time of cheap fossil fuels, nuclear power companies are seeking — and getting — big subsidies

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This GOES East satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. (NOAA via AP)

Potential insurance bill from Hurricane Florence could take toll on wallets far from N.C. coast

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Inside the Trump administration’s rollback at the EPA

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Has the moment for environmental justice been lost?

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In Flint water crisis, could involuntary manslaughter charges actually lead to prison time?

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Employees of federal contractors and their advocates rallied on Dec. 7, 2016, at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. They called on President-elect Trump to act on his promise to uplift workers. (Talia Buford/Center for Public Integrity)

“We just get by check to check”: Workers cheated as federal contractors prosper

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