$800 Million in Taxpayer Money Went to Private Prisons Where Migrants Work for Pennies

PROFIT CENTERS

Detention for migrants is big business—and a Daily Beast investigation reveals new details about just how lucrative it’s become.

Spencer Ackerman,

Adam Rawnsley

12.27.18 4:40 AM ET

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For $3 a day, Yesica works the graveyard shift in the kitchens of the for-profit immigration prison where she is locked up.

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Biopic: "The Fighting Shirley Chisholm"

ENTERTAINMENT

11/29/2018 05:52 pm ET

Viola Davis To Play First Black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm In Amazon Biopic

The actress is set to produce and star in “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm,” a film about the trailblazing political figure.

By Cole Delbyck

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Viola Davis, seen here at Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards and Summit in November, is set to play Shirley Chisholm in an upcoming Amazon movie.

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With “Widows” in theaters, “How to Get Away With Murder” chugging along nicely and a potential Oscar season on the horizon, Viola Davis is booked and busy. 

And now she might have to make extra room on her trophy shelf, as she’s set to produce and star in the historical drama “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm” for Amazon Studios about the trailblazing political icon, according to Deadline.

FEMA botched It Again

Congressional aides said FEMA did not warn lawmakers beforehand that the partial government shutdown would curtail its ability to sell insurance contracts. | Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Energy & Environment

'FEMA botched it': Lawmakers push disaster agency to sell flood insurance during shutdown

By ZACHARY WARMBRODT

12/27/2018 12:34 PM EST

Disparate American goods such as oranges, logs, calf skins and even Lincoln vehicles have encountered heightened customs reviews at Chinese ports this year. | Courtesy California Citrus Mutual staff

POLITICO & SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

China is finding new ways to hurt U.S. businesses

Tougher regulations, surprise inspections and other bureaucratic moves are hampering U.S. exports amid the trade war.

By MEGAN CASSELLA, CHAD BRAY | SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST and FINBARR BERMINGHAM | SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

12/27/2018 05:07 AM EST

Black DA Removed From #EJBradford case

Reps. Julian Castro and Beto O’Rourke have cast each other as nonfactors in their decisions whether to run. But Castro has moved aggressively to climb out from under O’Rourke’s shadow. | Richard W. Rodriguez/AP Photo

2020 elections

O'Rourke and Castro on collision course in Texas

Julián Castro was the Democratic up-and-comer from Texas to watch — until Beto came along.

By DAVID SIDERS and NOLAN D. MCCASKILL

12/27/2018 05:08 AM ES

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