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Will Child Care Campaign Promises Turn Out Traditionally Nonvoting Single Moms?
Organizations are working to lower barriers for caregivers in a political system that has ignored them.
A Louisiana Law Is Leading Teens With Minor Offenses to Be Charged as Adults
It's now one of four states, along with Georgia, Texas and Wisconsin, that prosecute all 17-year-olds as adults.
Experts Sow Confusion About State of COVID Pandemic Amid Another Serious Wave
Bipartisan rounds of strategic obfuscation follow each new COVID wave.
After Helene, Mutual Aid Becomes a Lifeline in North Carolina
The area's status as a “climate haven” has been swept away, but community resilience remains.
As Israel’s Bombardment of Lebanon Grows, So Do Fears of Regional War
Just as in Gaza, the displaced are “in schools, mosques, churches, community centers,” a journalist in Beirut says.
Campus Organizers Are Using Research to Expose and Oppose the Global War Machine
Graduate workers and student groups across the US are mapping university ties to militarism and Israel’s war on Gaza.
As Florida Floods, Insurance Industry Reaps What It Sowed Backing Fossil Fuels
As climate change intensifies the violence of storms like Hurricane Helene, the industry is in a self-induced crisis.
Witnesses Backed by Defense Companies Urge Confrontation With Iran in Hearing
Witnesses proposed deploying more military capabilities to the Middle East and the authorization of the use of force.
US Military Policy Is Stoking the Risk of Nuclear War on Korean Peninsula
As Trump and Harris bicker over North Korea, the US military lays plans that could bring nuclear tensions to a brink.
To Understand the Assault on Palestinians, We Must Understand Israel’s Knesset
A former Biden administration political appointee explains inherent inconsistencies in the premise of Israeli democracy.