Steve Appleford / Capital & MainA new documentary connects the life and music of the Depression-era singer-songwriter to today’s struggles for social justice, equality and immigrant rights.Health & Wellness
Sarah Alexander Melotte / The Daily YonderWhen the GOP slashed funding for federal health insurance assistance, rural residents were disproportionately hit.Immigration
Aldo Caliari / Inequality.orgU.S. workers, consumers, and taxpayers have a big stake in developing countries' debt crises — and the power to tackle the problem.
Madeleine Wattenbarger / TruthdigGeorge Washington kept slaves from petitioning for their freedom in violation of Pennsylvania state law. Now Trump wants their memory scrubbed from history.Politics
Eesha Pendharkar / Maine Morning StarSeveral Maine gubernatorial candidates, as well as former Platner rivals, have already expressed interest in replacing him on the ballot.
Mark Olalde, Jimmy Tobias / ProPublicaThe Bureau of Land Management is rewriting grazing regulations for 155 million acres of public land — with rules that heavily favor the livestock industry.Science
Juan Cole / Informed CommentBy accelerating human-caused climate breakdown, Trump is doing what the British military never could — making the nation's capital unlivable.Social Justice
Jeb Lund / TruthdigThe nation’s 250th birthday celebration is a disjointed mess — and a perfect monument to Trump’s shuttering of the ever-unfinished American project.
JiHye Jeong / TruthdigAI is supercharging South Korea’s online ecosystem of illegal filming and sexual exploitation, shifting men from consumers to producers.
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Arts & Culture
A new documentary connects the life and music of the Depression-era singer-songwriter to today’s struggles for social justice, equality and immigrant rights.
Health & Wellness
When the GOP slashed funding for federal health insurance assistance, rural residents were disproportionately hit.
Immigration
Its arrests have doubled, its budget has tripled, its illegalities have multiplied.
Economic Justice
U.S. workers, consumers, and taxpayers have a big stake in developing countries' debt crises — and the power to tackle the problem.
TD Original
George Washington kept slaves from petitioning for their freedom in violation of Pennsylvania state law. Now Trump wants their memory scrubbed from history.
Politics
Several Maine gubernatorial candidates, as well as former Platner rivals, have already expressed interest in replacing him on the ballot.
Business & Economy
The Bureau of Land Management is rewriting grazing regulations for 155 million acres of public land — with rules that heavily favor the livestock industry.
Science
As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere.
Environment
By accelerating human-caused climate breakdown, Trump is doing what the British military never could — making the nation's capital unlivable.
Social Justice
The agency improved millions of lives. It also created a system that rewarded dependence on its money.
TD Column
The nation’s 250th birthday celebration is a disjointed mess — and a perfect monument to Trump’s shuttering of the ever-unfinished American project.
Ear to the Ground
Competing commissions have produced the semiquincentennial we deserve.
Global Voices
AI is supercharging South Korea’s online ecosystem of illegal filming and sexual exploitation, shifting men from consumers to producers.