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A Huge Cross Can Remain on Public Land in Maryland

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Bladensburg Cross, a World War I monument, has effectively become secular.

Rebecca Worby

Electronic cigarettes and pods by Juul, the nation's largest maker of vaping products, are offered for sale at the Smoke Depot on September 13th, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

San Francisco Is Set to Ban Vape Sales. What Other Restrictions Have Places Tried?

City and state governments are responding to skyrocketing youth vaping rates, which went up 78 percent between 2017 and 2018.

Francie Diep

One hundred life-sized cutouts of Facebook executive Mark Zuckerberg sit on the lawn of the United States Capitol on April 10th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

A Supreme Court Decision Could Have Implications for Social Media Free Speech

The court ruled that First Amendment protections don't apply to a corporation that operates a public access channel in New York.

Rebecca Worby

A Honduran mother holds her daughter, who fell ill, while being examined by a doctor outside a shelter for migrants on November 21st, 2018, in Mexicali, Mexico.

What’s Actually Causing Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Immigrant Detention Centers?

While conspiracy theorists blame the spread of the disease on the migrants themselves, research indicates that severe overcrowding in U.S. detention facilities and shelters on the Mexican side of the border are causing outbreaks.

Jack Herrera

Women's clothes hang on a rank in a clothing store.

New York Advances a Bill to End Gender Discrimination in Product Pricing

Prices for women's products, when compared to equivalent products for male counterparts, cost 7 percent more on average.

Leah Dunlevy

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins speaks at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 4th, 2018.

The Leader of One of America’s Biggest Science Agencies Just Signed a ‘No-Manels’ Pledge

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins joins men from many fields, both in the sciences and beyond.

Francie Diep

A United States surveillance camera overlooks the international bridge between Mexico and the U.S. in Hidalgo, Texas.

The Data Breach on the Border Raises Concerns About a ‘Smart Wall’

Hackers got access to photos of border crossers and their license plates this week, raising questions about border authorities' plans to collect reams of sensitive biometric information.

Jack Herrera

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin speak with then-President-elect of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in July of 2018.

The U.S. Is Using the Tariff Threat to Push Mexico to Accept Most Asylum Seekers

The Trump team is working on a "safe third country" agreement with Mexico, which would make migrants who travel through Mexico ineligible for asylum in the United States.

Jack Herrera