Refugee Crisis Leaves the Deepest, and Cruelest, Mark on 2015
It was a year of Trump, Shkreli, terror attacks, mass murders, police shootings and the legalization of same-sex marriage But the most significant news was about the thousands fleeing from war or the harsh results of climate change It was a year of Trump, Shkreli, terror attacks, mass murders, police shootings and the legalization of same-sex marriage.

A baby shoe on a Lesbos beach on the first day of 2016. Thousands of refugees arrived on the Greek island in 2015 after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. (Santi Palacios / AP)
This year, the ground feels uncertain — facts are buried and those in power are working to keep them hidden. Now more than ever, independent journalism must go beneath the surface.
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