The Supreme Court may end college affirmative action. Then what?
Universities have followed similar bans to the letter but tried other ways to admit racially diverse classes – with mixed results
The long, dangerous history of right-wing calls for violence and civil war
In the 1960s and again today, Americans who describe themselves as patriots accuse other Americans of treason.
The U.S. hasn’t signed the world’s foremost women’s rights treaty. Activists have gotten local versions passed instead.
These aren’t just symbolic laws. They affect women’s lives.
In the U.S. criminal justice system, algorithms help officials make better decisions, our research finds
We checked a 2018 Dartmouth study that disagreed
The nation’s liberal shift is likely to continue. Here’s why.
Consider California’s transformation from its Reagan years to today.
The weather stations that monitor climate change are at risk. This is why.
Civil war and other conflicts are costing us valuable data.
Anti-immigrant forces won a victory at the E.U. This is how immigrants will respond.
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Economists are arguing over how their profession messed up during the Great Recession. This is what happened.
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