Part 1 of a three-part series, FIRED: The DOGE Layoffs Hit Black Women Hard, a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilil...

A Black city tried to rein in abusive policing. Then Trump’s task force arrived.

University of Washington professor Emily Bender argues the AI safety debate is too focused on hypothetical existential threats while overlooking harms already happening today. She points to environmen...

Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv

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Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina

A new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico.

Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?

Daniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu...

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

The road to critical minerals runs through communities.

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

Linda Ronstadt wanted to honor her father's Mexican heritage with an album of Spanish folk songs. Her label put up a fight. Here's what happened next.

The couple, who died within a few days of each other, provided needed supplies, like socks and wet wipes, to people living on New York City’s streets.

Why is childcare so hard to find, and who is paying the price? Jessica Calarco examines how America's care economy systematically shifts the burden of the broken care system onto women, immigrants, an...

The Pentagon says military boot camps are once again requiring flu vaccinations for all recruits. This change comes amid a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base boot camp, which has sickened nearly ...