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Lee was among the elite, working for the Forest Service for more than two decades as a wildland firefighter. Now in the private sector, he's worried many like him are following his lead, walking away due to low wages and a lack of benefits. Starting pay for a hotshot team member is $13.45 an hour. "And now the Forest Service is competing with unemployment, because you make more on unemployment than you would as an entry-level firefighter," Lee said. The federal firefighters are often working side-by-side with crews from Cal Fire and other agencies who often make double what they do.

The same Florida Legislature that is trying to criminalize civil disobedience under the cloak of “riot prevention” and is in lockstep behind Georgia's to likely pass voter suppression laws, now wants to be the arbiter of “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on college campuses. I w… More Headlines

The worlds of police officers and young men of color can seem oceans apart, even when they are in the same city. There is a divide that has existed for generations between these two groups. The disconnect is reflected in the massively disproportionate arrest data for males of color that resu… More Headlines