Discrimination has made it harder for Black people in the Los Angeles area to buy and keep their homes. Did it also make…
The Trump administration’s job cuts and advisory board changes at the agency won’t change those rules, as a former EPA…
A historian of the Mauthausen concentration camp says US troops and the Spanish antifascists they freed were united in a…
In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new legislation.
While foreign terrorist organizations typically have a political or religious ideology, transnational criminal organizations…
The loss of TPS doesn’t necessarily mean all of these people will immediately leave the country. Some will seek legal…
New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined…
Do court-imposed nationwide injunctions, which stop policies for everyone across the country, give too much power to a single…
Many gang members have tattoos to demonstrate their allegiance. But many people with no gang ties will get inked with similar…
Medicare Advantage − the private option that costs taxpayers extra and requires prior approval − is the default for…
Over a dozen federal agencies have offices in the Philly area. Understanding what they do can highlight how mass layoffs…
No president is supposed to serve more than two full terms. That rule became part of the US Constitution in 1951, after…
A common assumption holds that nonreligious Americans vote for liberal candidates. The reality isn’t so simple.
‘40 acres and a mule’ never happened. Now governments and communities across the US are redistributing land and wealth,…
The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the…
A scholar explains why the Trump administration’s actions may violate the constitution.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vision for US health policy prioritizes deregulation and leaves Americans…
Government officials with classified information clearance typically have a range of secure ways they can view or discuss…
Rewriting the map can influence the public psyche in ways subtle and not so subtle.
The US is swinging like a pendulum between more autocratic and more democratic forms of government. How long will this destabilizing…