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Juvenile Incarceration Declined by 77%. Did Public Policy Do Something Right?
Between 2000 and 2020, the number of young people incarcerated in the United States declined by an astonishing 77 percent. Red states and blue states…
1 year, 1 month ago
Will Courts be a Check and Balance on Donald Trump?
President Trump’s executive orders are testing the limits of presidential power, but they are not going unchallenged. An avalanche of litigation has …
1 year, 1 month ago
USAID Closure Puts “Millions of Lives at Risk,” Humanitarian Groups Warn
President Trump on Friday called for the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development, America’s main humanitarian and development agency…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Future of Dietary Supplements Under Trump’s FDA
Dietary supplements like those for weight loss and muscle building have become a multi-billiondollar industry, even as health experts say that in man…
1 year, 1 month ago
Incarcerated Women Firefighters Spotlighted in “Fire Escape” Podcast
“Fire Escape,” a new podcast from Snap Judgment and KQED, follows the story of Amika Mota, who while serving a nine-year prison sentence, joins an al…
1 year, 1 month ago
David Graham on Trump’s 'Strategy Behind the Chaos'
As Donald Trump makes provocative foreign policy statements and issues executive orders that are quickly walked back or challenged in court, and as E…
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What Sonoma State’s Massive Budget Cuts Mean for the University’s Future
Facing a $24 million deficit, Sonoma State University has announced plans to eliminate six academic departments, lay off dozens of faculty and end in…
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Ukrainian Artists on Their Oscar-Nominated Documentary 'Porcelain War'
The 2025 Academy Award-nominated documentary “Porcelain War” tells the story of Ukrainian artists Slava Leontyev and Anya Stasenko as they defy the R…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trump Ignites Trade Wars with China, Backs Down on Canada, Mexico
A 10% tariff on Chinese goods went into effect on Tuesday as China retaliated with its own set of tariffs. Earlier Donald Trump put his threatened 25…
1 year, 1 month ago
Key Trump Nominees Await Confirmation After Bruising Hearings
Three of President Trump’s most contested nominees — Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — sat for confirmation hearings last week, …
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