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Jasmine Mithani / The 19thMay 13, 2025
Revised funding opportunities for victim services organizations ban any activities characterizing domestic violence as a social justice issue. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Marjorie Namara Rugunda / Africa Is A CountryMay 1, 2025
Western donors cut aid, but the model they built — rooted in control, dependency and depoliticization — still shapes Africa’s development. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Natasha Gilbert / U.S. Right to KnowApr 30, 2025
Veterinarians were working on guidelines to help stem excessive use of the drugs on farms, which can lead to a fatal resistance in humans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Mark Kreidler / Capital & MainApr 30, 2025
The president has gone nuclear against federal union jobs — historically African Americans’ ladder to economic equality. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Andy Kroll, Jeremy Kohler / ProPublicaApr 28, 2025
As interim U.S. attorney in D.C., Martin has fired career prosecutors, dropped Capitol riot cases and launched sweeping probes into Trump’s political enemies. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Zoë Rom / High Country NewsApr 28, 2025
Broad support for public lands in the West is forcing some Republicans to break with the White House. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Geoff Dembicki / DeSmogApr 24, 2025
With a Canada’s federal election looming, backers of Conservative Pierre Poilievre theorize how he could slash bureaucracy ‘more quickly’ than Trump. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Don Thompson / KFF Health NewsApr 24, 2025
Who’s covered under California’s $175 billion Medicaid program, and what might get cut? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Conor Lynch / TruthdigApr 21, 2025
How the right sold voters on a nation-wrecking assault on the people who make the country run. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Christine Peterson / High Country NewsApr 21, 2025
Billions in halted or canceled grants, gutted local offices, market turmoil and broken trust are at stake across the West. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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