
The history and significance of Juneteenth
Stacker examined historical documentation to explore Juneteenth’s history and significance and to confute the most egregious misinformation about it.
Continue ReadingStacker examined historical documentation to explore Juneteenth’s history and significance and to confute the most egregious misinformation about it.
Continue ReadingRedfin compiled a list of the hottest cities in the U.S. to help you stay safe in a warming world—whether you’re heat-averse and looking for places to avoid or a sun-chaser searching for your next home.
Continue ReadingStacker compiled a list of 50 facts and figures that defined D-Day, using resources like the D-Day Center and the Department of Defense.
Continue ReadingThe Marshall Project highlights a new report that sheds light on pregnant people behind bars, but misses their lived experience.
Continue ReadingPeopleWin explains how to spot fake internet profiles on social media and potentially uncover who is actually behind them.
Continue ReadingVotebeat reports that after a judge upheld 2022 voting laws, the checks by election officials are likely to disproportionately affect naturalized citizens, younger voters, and college students.
Continue ReadingThe Daily Yonder looks into how, after the Department of Government Efficiency cut over $400 million worth of AmeriCorps grants across the country, rural nonprofits will struggle to survive.
Continue ReadingVotebeat reveals that President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting a technology which helps speed up vote counting could be costly if eliminated.
Continue ReadingNext City explains that sanctuary cities, which aim to limit collaboration with federal immigration enforcement, are legal—but they have long been a fixation of the Trump administration.
Continue ReadingCalMatters reveals what happened when two people were able to reconnect with their relatives experiencing homelessness after reading a CalMatters article.
Continue ReadingThe Marshall Project reports that so far the Trump administration has cut funds for tracking bad cops, shootings and violent extremism, canceled crime prevention grants, and more.
Continue ReadingHers explores what history can teach us about diet and nutrition.
Continue ReadingThe 19th reports that 214 Latinas hold seats in state legislatures nationwide, up from 192 in 2024, and they aren’t the only ones to set records.
Continue ReadingVotebeat relates how people with disabilities must choose between a few imperfect options in states that haven’t adopted electronic absentee voting.
Continue ReadingThe 19th reports that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to hold the papacy—as well as the first Peruvian citizen, having been naturalized after working in the country for decades—was born and raised in the Chicago area, ordained as a priest after studying in Rome, and is fluent in Spanish and Italian.
Continue ReadingThe Hechinger Report outlines step-by-step how dismantling the Education Department might alter services for students with disabilities.
Continue ReadingThe Hechinger Report reveals that by pairing an expansion of extracurriculars with its cellphone ban, a Washington state district has seen a drop in absenteeism and more student engagement.
Continue ReadingThe Trace reports how the Trump administration’s push to cut federal grants has domestic violence groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.
Continue ReadingEconomic Hardship Reporting Project and The Chronicle of Higher Education investigate university-run prison health care systems in Texas, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Continue ReadingEconomic Hardship Reporting Project, Teen Vogue and Lux Magazine report that North Idaho College, a two-year community college, might go under because issues with the board of trustees threaten its accreditation.
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