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Inside California’s Ongoing Sanctuary State Battle
A court decision in favor of an Orange County city seeking to exempt itself from the California Values Act likely marks the escalation of a protracted legal standoff.
Atlanta Has Built a Task Force to Change Street Names Honoring White Supremacists
And it has identified six monuments and roughly 30 street names that could soon possibly meet the chopping block.
Rural Americans Suffer the Costs of Faulty FCC Broadband Data
A recent vote further damages the government's ability to accurately study the nation's access to broadband—and it could damage the 2020 census.
Who Gets to Control a Killer’s Story?
On Botham Shem Jean and the American obsession with criminalizing dead black people.
How I Discovered My Depression—and Began to Confront It
With suicide rising among undiagnosed American depressives, I recognized it was time to admit I needed help.
The Troubling History of Rushed Supreme Court Confirmations
The hurried and partisan Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh mirrors several notable examples of similarly politicized confirmations from our past.
How Neglect and Indifference Killed Puerto Ricans After Hurricane Maria
A new project reveals the extent of preventable deaths in the wake of the 2017 hurricane.
We Could Have Eliminated Syphilis 20 Years Ago. Now It’s on the Rise.
What can we learn from a failed attempt to eradicate "the Great Pox" in the U.S.?
The Role of Women’s Anger in Trump’s America
Two new books argue that women's anger has new political force in the age of Trump.