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100,000 NYC School Children Face Airport-Style Security Screening Every Day, ProPublica/WNYC

Great work by @kcecireyes and @thepapaya - NYC puts 100k school children through metal detectors every day. https://t.co/BxwiZpCONc

— Scott Klein (@kleinmatic) January 12, 2016

New York City: where for some, going to school is as much of a hassle as going through airport security. Every day, at more than 200 schools across the city, students are required to go through metal detectors. According to this ProPublica and WNYC analysis, black and Hispanic students are "nearly three times more likely to walk through a metal detector than their white counterparts."

In Exile, The New York Times Magazine

Tens of thousands of people of Haitian decent have been driven from the DR. See more @NYTmaghttps://t.co/UdnXpXxJKUpic.twitter.com/idXR4sFsOE

— Patrick Witty (@patrickwitty) January 13, 2016

While the world was watching the Syrian refugee crisis, an exodus was happening in the Dominican Republic. This is an in-depth look at how – through deportations, intimidation and violence – people of Haitian descent are being driven from their homes in the Dominican Republic.

How Indiana failed to protect 76-year-old Shirley Jarrett, The Indianapolis Star

If you haven't read this @IndyMarisaK piece yet, do it. Compelling, infuriating, important journalism https://t.co/fGKNU1Myry

— Brian Eason (@brianeason) January 11, 2016

Thousands of vulnerable adults in Indiana are exposed to "horrific abuse and neglect" every year. This article examines treatment of vulnerable adults in a state where animal control, in Indianapolis alone, receives almost 50 percent more funding than Adult Protective Services does statewide.

The Story Behind The Deadliest Prison Bus Crash in Texas History, Buzzfeed

The deadliest prison bus crash in Texas history, reconstructed by @AlbertSamaha from the memories of the survivors https://t.co/uEDikXp20z

— Adam Serwer (@AdamSerwer) January 14, 2016

Texas transports around 580,000 inmates between prisons by bus every year. Usually, these prison transports go off without a hitch. But this one was different. This is what happened when a bus carrying 12 shackled inmates ran off the road one night last January.

America's trapping boom relies on cruel and grisly tools, Reveal News

“Most people don’t even know this is happening. They think it went away years ago." https://t.co/Do224doXDF by @tomsplace#muckreads

— Matt Drange (@mattdrange) January 15, 2016

Though it may seem like a thing of the past, the fur-trapping industry is booming. Up to 7 million wild animals are captured and killed every year using tactics, such as strangulation, that led one veterinarian to say, "It stuns me. I can't believe it's allowed."

Dirty Little Secrets: In Your Fish, WNYC

Eating fish from NJ's polluted Passaic can be harmful. But efforts to stop it are falling short. @WNYC: https://t.co/hEVF8enNqh#toxicnj

— Reveal (@reveal) January 13, 2016

People regularly fish in New Jersey's Passaic River, perhaps unaware that the river is "one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the country." This is the latest installment of WNYC's "Dirty Little Secrets" investigation on toxic waste and pollution in New Jersey.