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    Some of Our Best Work in 2017

    Spend your holiday break with great journalism.
    by Kirsten Danis Dec 19, 2017 4 minutes

    The reach of #fakenews is long. It’s the word of the year in Norway. Strongmen all over the globe now use it to wave away criticism. Here at home, it’s the 6 a.m. rallying cry of a president. At The Marshall Project, we believe in the power of journalism, now more than ever. We spent 2017 on ambitious video, deep investigations and powerful narratives. Rigorous. Based in fact. Nothing fake.

    We’ve gathered some of our best work from 2017 below, and we hope you’ll continue watching us in 2018. Thanks from all of us.

    Bearing witness

    The impact of America’s punishment policies is often measured in numbers: There are now 2.2 million people in our jails and prisons; our inmate offers a different calculation, the human cost of locking up so many of our citizens — from the perspective of the people ensnared.

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