Climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Erasing the federal endangerment finding increases…
The move signals an escalation in the agency’s efforts to interfere with established procedures for testing and approving…
Dyslexia laws are now nearly universal across the US. But the data shows that passing a law is not the same as improving…
The House has passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for voting. Although it likely won’t become law, the bill…
The growth of today’s aggressive immigration tactics traces back 25 years, when enforcement took on the dimension of counterterrorism.
Cement is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and demand is growing as the population booms. Alternatives…
For 50 years, St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia has served the poorest and most vulnerable people in Kensington.
Diasporas are often treated by media and policymakers as monolithic blocs, but the reality is more complicated.
Substance use disorders are widespread in the US, but many people wrongly equate detoxing with being cured.
Love and hate seem like obvious opposites – but for philosophers of virtue, it’s not so simple.
A simulation shows that social media bots powered by today’s AI can infiltrate human networks on social media and influence…
There are specific parts of the brain that trigger hesitation in times of uncertainty.
Grand juries, historically rubber stamps for prosecutors’ attempts to indict, are rejecting the Trump administration’s…
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Native American lands contain 30% of the nation’s coal, 50% of its uranium and 20% of its natural gas, as well as copper,…
The center of gravity in Europe is increasingly aligning along a Rome-Berlin axis.
Ona Judge was one of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia.
The electoral system used by many global democracies eliminates gerrymandering and has been shown to give more equal representation…