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Keith Krach Speaking

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Keith Krach, Freedom, and America’s Next 250 Years

Staff Writer - July 11, 2026

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks in Cutler Bay, Fla., on March 6, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Justice Jackson’s birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story of the nation’s search for equality

Colorado passed a landmark artificial intelligence law that was challenged in a federal lawsuit. AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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Why Colorado replaced its AI discrimination law with a transparency requirement that the feds might challenge anyway

A woman peeks out from the doorway of her home in Havana, Cuba, on May 6, 2026. Yamil LAge/AFP via Getty Images

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‘We are waiting for the Americans to save us’ – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within

Crowds gather for a Pride march in New York in June 2026. New research shows that the boundaries of heterosexuality are changing for young women. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

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Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

Mayor Mary Sheffield wants to cut property taxes in Detroit. Monica Morgan/Getty Images

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Detroit’s high property taxes are driving a housing affordability crisis –...

Staff Writer - May 23, 2026

Cubans are trying to carry on with daily life amid ongoing blackouts and economic uncertainty, as shown in this photo of Havana from March 2026. Adalberto Roque/AFP via Getty Images

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Cuba needs a long‑term solution to its energy crisis

Staff Writer - May 23, 2026

Betamax video recorders like this one helped set off a chain of events leading to bans on repairing your own devices. Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

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Today’s bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to...

Staff Writer - May 22, 2026

Public outrage over the forced sterilization of poor, Black women had less impact on female sterilization rates in the U.S. than a policy changing how post-birth care is delivered. DisobeyArt/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Reduced health insurance payments for hospital births had a bigger impact...

Staff Writer - May 22, 2026

Losses in workplace productivity account for more than 90% of the estimate. aire images/Moment via Getty Images

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Long COVID will cost the US an estimated $8 billion over...

Staff Writer - May 21, 2026

A banner featuring President Trump on the outside of the DOJ building in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund...

Staff Writer - May 21, 2026

Chemicals can have a wide range of effects on the human body. Nata Serenko/Moment via Getty Images

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EPA is sidelining its independent chemical referee – and that endangers...

Staff Writer - May 20, 2026

President Trump often stops to speak off the cuff with the press. Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made...

Staff Writer - May 18, 2026

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EXPLORING NATURE

People are often concerned about environmental risks lurking near their homes. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...

Staff Writer - July 1, 2026

Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...

Leaving the pyrotechnics to the professionals is safer and more spectacular. YinYang/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Fireworks, heat and drought make this July 4th a recipe for wildfires

June 30, 2026

Rescue workers carry a person on a stretcher in Caracas following an earthquake in Venezuela on June 24, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Aid is on the way after Venezuela’s earthquakes, but it’s not...

June 27, 2026

A June 24, 2026, earthquake shook buildings to the ground, trapping and killing people in Caracas, Venezuela, and nearby communities. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San...

June 26, 2026

Many yoga classes end with the instructor explaining ‘namaste’ as ‘the divine in me bows to the divine in you.’ Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Why it’s OK to say ‘namaste’ in yoga class

June 23, 2026