Democracy

Ideally, negotiations around policy choices draw on the best evidence about what works and doesn’t work in public programs. In the case of work requirements, the evidence is clear: they…

A wave of protests expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people is spreading across college and university campuses. There were more than 400 such demonstrations by the end of April 2024…

Ayear ago, a Pennsylvania school board voted to ban a long list of books and other materials relating to race and social justice. Among the banned books were children’s stories about Rosa…

Their message isn’t new, but it is gaining urgency as funding for green energy projects grows.

When an electric company runs a coal- or natural gas-fired power plant, the greenhouse gases it releases cause harm – but the company isn’t paying for the damage. Instead, the…

State lawmakers — many of whom are women — are establishing new committees to study and investigate pregnancy-related deaths, their causes and prevention.

Will we see “transformational change”? That’s what the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it expects with reforms to disaster assistance to support survivors that went into effect on March 22. Though we…

A two-week standoff between Columbia University administration and student protesters who advocated for the school to divest from companies that work in or support Israel culminated on April 30, 2024,…

At A Woman’s Choice in Jacksonville, staffers treated a surge of last-minute patients before the May 1 deadline. Now, they will have to refer most of them out of state.

Lucy was born with a motor disability and uses a wheelchair. She grew up in a small community outside San Luis Potosí in Mexico and is the youngest of 10 children.For most of her ……

The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people displaced or homeless. For many of them, it will…

For decades, big-box retailers have evaded federal regulation of the pollution their operations generate. But a new air emission rule in Southern California could become a model for state controls.