Connor Echols, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos / Responsible StatecraftArmy Secretary Dan Driscoll isn't the first official to be squeezed out or exit with little explanation. It's not hard to figure out what they all have in common.Education
Joseph Winters / GristThe plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable and a source of good jobs.Economic Justice
Kevin Hardy / States NewsroomNew SNAP cuts come during a period of upheaval for federal safety net programs, growing hunger across the country and rising grocery prices.Opinion
Emma Lucia Llano / FAIRA spate of recent articles argue that abolishing ICE would be bad for immigrants, and that even debating the idea hurts Democrats.Courts & Law
Andy Kroll / ProPublicaThe "new" Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took a fintech startup's word that it had corrected a serious breakdown. Customers learned the hard way that this wasn’t true.Health & Wellness
LJ Dawson / KFF Health NewsDespite Trump’s promises to make treatment more affordable, the overall costs for one IVF cycle in the U.S. remain in the tens of thousands of dollars.Courts & Law
Bill Blum / The ProgressiveAs a young attorney in the Reagan administration, he aimed to destroy the Voting Rights Act and undermine democracy. Now the chief justice has finished the job.
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Shatha Hammad / MondoweissFor seven months, Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian homes in a village near Nablus, but the families remain defiant.
Jamila Akweley Okertchiri / TruthdigAs its gold enriches foreign markets and IMF debt weighs heavily, the country is demanding the world reckon with the “gravest crime against humanity.”Arts & Culture
Lina Zeldovich / UndarkRowan Jacobsen argues in “In Defense of Sunlight” that moderation — not fear — should shape our attitudes toward exposure.
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Politics
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll isn't the first official to be squeezed out or exit with little explanation. It's not hard to figure out what they all have in common.
Education
The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable and a source of good jobs.
Economic Justice
New SNAP cuts come during a period of upheaval for federal safety net programs, growing hunger across the country and rising grocery prices.
Opinion
As 20th century rules and norms strain under 21st century realities, these three key reforms are within reach
Economic Justice
Corporate earnings have surged, but workers haven't seen any of that money in terms of wage growth.
TD Column
Alexander Vindman’s loss in Florida only shocked the same people who underestimated and memory-holed Andrew Gillum eight years ago.
Media
A spate of recent articles argue that abolishing ICE would be bad for immigrants, and that even debating the idea hurts Democrats.
Courts & Law
The "new" Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took a fintech startup's word that it had corrected a serious breakdown. Customers learned the hard way that this wasn’t true.
Health & Wellness
Despite Trump’s promises to make treatment more affordable, the overall costs for one IVF cycle in the U.S. remain in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Courts & Law
As a young attorney in the Reagan administration, he aimed to destroy the Voting Rights Act and undermine democracy. Now the chief justice has finished the job.
Middle East
For seven months, Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian homes in a village near Nablus, but the families remain defiant.
Global Voices
As its gold enriches foreign markets and IMF debt weighs heavily, the country is demanding the world reckon with the “gravest crime against humanity.”
Arts & Culture
Rowan Jacobsen argues in “In Defense of Sunlight” that moderation — not fear — should shape our attitudes toward exposure.