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1/ Yesterday, our “Zero Tolerance” series was honored as a Pulitzer finalist for public service. It all began with @gingerthomp1’s work uncovering conditions at Border Patrol detention centers where thousands of children were sent.

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2/This included a recording of children sobbing and begging for their parents in June 2018.

The audio set off a political firestorm. The children’s cries were played in Congress. Protesters blared the recording at demonstrations.
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3/ Faced with this uproar, Trump within 48 hours signed an executive order to end the policy and keep migrant families together.

By July, the child heard in the recording, a 6-year-old girl from El Salvador named Jimena, was reunited with her mother.
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4/ This was just the beginning: Our journalists mobilized to look deeper into how children had been affected. Several stories brought to light hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse, fights, missing children and lack of oversight.
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1/ Today The #Pulitzer Prize Board announced that three of @hannahdreier’s articles from her series on MS-13 have won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.

Here’s a look at the stories that are being honored and how they came to be:
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1/ Yesterday, we published a story on how Congress may be about to ban the government from offering free online tax filing for all.

In response, folks around the world took the opportunity to brag about how much easier they have it.
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So, here are all the other places it’s likely cheaper (and easier) to file your taxes:
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(Also, if you don’t see your country on this list, by all means: pile on.)
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1/ Chicago, the nation’s third-biggest city and a frequent political target of President Donald Trump, is facing a history-making municipal #electionday today.

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