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Grads who work for the government or nonprofits can get their debt canceled after they make payments on their loans for a decade. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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Judges block Trump administration’s attempts to deny access to public service loan forgiveness to its perceived foes

Staff Writer - July 12, 2026

Keith Krach Speaking

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

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

The Fort Gregg-Adams Religious Services Office held its first official Native American worship service at Heritage Chapel on the U.S. Army installation in Virginia on Aug. 10, 2024. Chad Menegay

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Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible

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

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at the Malabo stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on April 23, 2026, on the last day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. AP Photo/Misper Apawu

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‘Just war’ has guided Catholic thinking on conflict for centuries –...

Staff Writer - April 26, 2026

Dozens of immigrants from 18 nations take the oath to become U.S. citizens on Jan. 27, 2025, in Topeka, Kan. AP Photo/John Hanna

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Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face...

Staff Writer - April 25, 2026

A Croome & Brightly engraving shows John Nixon reading the Declaration of Independence after its passage in Philadelphia. From The New York Public Library via Wikimedia Commons

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What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say...

Staff Writer - April 25, 2026

The plan for a new Rays stadium looks promising. But will it deliver for Tampa taxpayers? Tampa Bay Rays

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Sorry, Tampa Bay, mixed‑use districts don’t reverse the dismal economics of...

Staff Writer - April 23, 2026

A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Patrick Piel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

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Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...

Staff Writer - April 22, 2026

The U.S. government is using AI to speed analysis of government and commercial data about you. Anton Petrus/Moment via Getty Images

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US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech,...

Staff Writer - April 21, 2026

Irene Fogel Weiss holds a photograph of her mother and brothers, who were killed during the Holocaust, during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 14, 2026, in Washington. Heather Diehl/Getty Images

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About half of young Americans can’t name a single Holocaust site,...

Staff Writer - April 19, 2026

Inside a laser clean room. The beam is contained within the blue pipe. Ahmed Helal

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I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers – here’s what...

Staff Writer - April 19, 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