Evolving views about parental gun ownership and liability will likely have ramifications in custody battles.
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The DOJ wants states to send it copies of voters’ names and addresses as well as sensitive information such as driver’s…
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Researchers are using machine learning models to identify gentrification in imagery. Community insights help keep the models…
The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy…
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Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political…
In the 1960s and ’70s, his arguments also resonated on the left, including with the head of a powerful environmental group.
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The national intelligence community has seemingly been sidelined from Trump’s Iran war decisions – a far cry from previous…
Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, Philadelphia will require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers suffering from…
A researcher answers the question many asked when they heard charges of abuse and rape against civil rights icon Cesar Chavez:…
Trump promised to fix the economy, and that helped increase his Latino support in 2024. But the cost of living and ICE raids…
Betsy Ross probably did not sew the first American flag, but she was one of many craftswomen whose wartime labor helped…
The Trump administration’s miscalculation of Iran is the latest entry in an old and lethal tradition in international…