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Public Welfare    The history of public welfare in the United States has been one of continuing change and growth. Prior to the 1900’s local governments shared with private charitable organiza…

Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...

A leading Palestinian writer has secretly moved his archives from the Israeli-occupied West Bank to Scotland.

No billionaire algorithm. Tip your reporter.

The Supreme Court’s grant of a stay in one of the mail-in ballot cases is deeply wrong, but it’s also not the main event over whether Trump’s patently unlawful executive order can take effect.

A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather

These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races

Zack Budryk on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Data center-related policy proposals, protests and litigation are underway across the country citing Colossus and Memphis as a cautionary tale.

Taylor Farms has posted a recall notice on its own website. As of this morning it is still not on FDA's recalls page, which means the only

After the Civil War, Congress readmitted Southern states on the condition they not expand felony disenfranchisement—but they quickly ignored the restriction. It has finally caught up with one state, w...

Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.

Auction item 'Amy Po's Garden Consult' hosted online at 32auctions.

The Ships of the Composite Testing Force / TF 11 (BOAT LORE)

I followed Border Patrol agents from Illinois to North Carolina to Minnesota. To my surprise, they loved my coverage.

ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________