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Journalist Jodi Kantor On Finding Your Life’s Work
Last year, when Columbia University found itself embroiled by anti-war protests and fighting with the Trump administration, journalist Jodi Kantor wa…
23 hours ago
'If You Can Keep It': The Realities Of Supreme Court Reform
Public trust in the Supreme Court is at a 30-year low, according to Pew Research Center. For some, this month marked a turning point in perceptions o…
1 day, 21 hours ago
The News Roundup for May 8, 2026
President Donald Trump told PBS News this week that his offensive in the Middle East has a “very good chance of ending.” Just days later though, the …
4 days, 22 hours ago
Patients In States With Abortion Bans Might Lose Remote Access To Mifepristone
One drug is at the center of the current legal battle over abortion: mifepristone.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, mifepriston…
5 days, 23 hours ago
What The Practice Of State Preemption Means For Our Democracy
Last November, Calvin Duncan won an election to serve as the chief records keeper for the criminal courts of the parish that covers New Orleans.
He re…
6 days, 20 hours ago
The Plan For The US Power Grid
Power is at the center of Americans’ lives. It lets us cool our homes, keeps them lit, and charges our electronics.
But the more things we plug into o…
1 week ago
'If You Can Keep It': The Supreme Court And The Voting Rights Act
Last week, in a six-to-three ruling along ideological lines, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
That’s the landmar…
1 week, 1 day ago
The News Roundup For May 1, 2026
The Supreme Court this week struck down a voting map in Louisiana that created a second majority-Black district, ruling it an unconstitutional racial…
1 week, 4 days ago
The Fate Of The Farm Bill
American farmers are being squeezed. Tariffs are raising the cost of equipment and services. And now the war in Iran is driving up the cost of fertil…
1 week, 5 days ago
Has RFK Delivered On MAHA Promises?
In 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a presidential hopeful running under the banner of “making America healthy again.”
Among his most fervent supporter…
1 week, 6 days ago