Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many...

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Trump only wants to be President of some of America, not all of America

Brian will discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.” Learn More

A repository of studies, surveys, and reports on the disparate ways white, Black, and Latino people are treated by police, prosecutors, courts, and prisons

CoreCivic sells two detention facilities for $1.5 billion

President Donald Trump’s eldest son is a key player in GrabAGun, a company that hopes to dominate internet firearms sales.

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

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 ...

While cutting SNAP eligibility for children was not a stated target of H.R. 1’s proponents, the cost shift and access barriers are resulting in serious losses of food assistance for low-income childre...

Researchers are studying programs like policing reforms, justice provisions, peacebuilding programs, and more. Over two decades, they’ve built a growing body of evidence on programs that work, and the...

Criticisms of the Times' Clean Power Plan scoop are ignoring the evidence it provides that the Court treats Democratic presidents different from Republicans.

Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.

The provision of the Utility Relief Act will help more Marylanders adopt solar, reducing pollution and demand on the grid, and saving an average of $2,300 in annual electricity costs.

Governors Lujan Grisham and Moore signed laws barring local sheriffs and police from partnering with ICE’s 287(g) program, joining a string of eight states with similar prohibitions.

Lobbying activity surpassed $5 billion for the first time in 2025, as corporations, interest groups and other organizations increased their…

Prison wages come up again and again in the context of prison conditions and policies. So, we found the most up-to-date information for each state.