Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Child welfare referred Black parents to law enforcement 14,000 times in 7 years, despite no findings of abuse or neglect.

What could possibly go wrong?

Israel recently damaged Lebanon’s vital Qaraoun Dam, raising fears of a structural failure. Experts say the attack reflects Israel’s long-standing ambition to control Lebanon’s water — and mirrors…

Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight ...

Amid public outcry over water-guzzling server farms, a Guardian analysis indicates trouble ahead.

The radical legacy of the cartoonist and filmmaker who created Persepolis.

Anarchists, union activists, Indigenous organizers, and disgruntled Trumpists find themselves side by side in the fight.

By withholding their labor earlier this year, non-tenured faculty at New York University won major gains—and helped create better learning conditions for their students.

The Brennan Center reviewed internal documents and interviewed a Boston Police Department attorney regarding online surveillance.

A ban on partisan gerrymandering, codified voting rights protections, and Supreme Court reform can mitigate the fallout.

Voters across the country will face new voting restrictions in the upcoming midterms.

This month, the Supreme Court will likely finish its work for the year. Already this term, it has aggressively and controversially asserted its authority — m...

A new poll shows deep frustration with both parties.

Epstein and his coterie had a self-aggrandizing nickname for a private office inside his Manhattan lair.

James Dolan, the billionaire owner of New York City’s Madison Square Garden and its affiliated sports teams, the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers, is under fire after a bombshell investigation...

How one coalition is challenging the construction of mega-jails in Georgia.

New technologies never succeed in eliminating human workers—they just make the labor more precarious.

Marjane Satrapi, best known for her memoir and film <em>Persepolis</em>, has died, aged 56. The death of this much loved Iranian French artist, graphic novelist, filmmaker and activist has been met…

Researchers learned from dozens of interviews that the usual ways of resolving complex cases, escalating issues and holding the authorities accountable no longer work.

As girls leave sports at alarming rates, evidence points to one of the most powerful retention tools: supportive, well-trained coaches.

More than 3 million people have left SNAP in the six months since enactment of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act

President Donald Trump plans to spend millions of dollars renovating the White House, including more than $400 million to replace the demolished East Wing

Silicon Valley fuels them. Wall Street loves them. Prediction markets are everywhere, and ordinary people will pay the price.

State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.

Despite recent unfounded claims about data breaches, various systems and backstops protect voter information from cyberattacks.

Congress wants to declassify a secret court opinion on the government’s warrantless spying program, but it may also need to clarify what constitutes a search for your communications data.

ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusat...

The court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais takes the teeth out of the Voting Rights Act, making it nearly impossible to draw new minority districts.