When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll ...

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As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.

The MMR vaccine is safe, effective, and the best tool to stop the current outbreak. So why do all those false conspiracy theories persist?

This Women's History Month, let's make real change by dismantling the systems of oppression that hold menstruators back.

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An employee tasked with implementing the firings of hundreds of staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau testified in court Tuesday that she believed the plan to dismantle the agency was s...

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A petition to get Spotify to remove Andrew Tate’s instructional trafficking courses has reached over 45,500 signatures.

From Paul Burke - Urgent Appeal

The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.

The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.

An official website of the State of Maryland.

Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions