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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

Staff Writer - July 11, 2026

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

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

A service member fills out an absentee ballot in Afghanistan in 2008. Overseas voters often rely on mail-in ballots. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

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Military voters were at the heart of the Supreme Court’s mail‑in ballot decision

Kratom, an herbal supplement, is now being regulated in Colorado. AR30mm/iStock via Getty Images

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Balancing kratom’s potential benefits and risks − new legislation in Colorado...

Staff Writer - August 29, 2025

James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, attends a panel discussion in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images

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When federal courts fail to punish lawyers for potential misconduct, states...

Staff Writer - August 27, 2025

What looks like a fitness group could actually be a white supremacist training cell. starush/iStock via Getty Images

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Active Clubs are white supremacy’s new, dangerous frontier

Staff Writer - August 26, 2025

Blaming poor health outcomes on lifestyle choices can obscure public health issues. Anadolu via Getty Images

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How federal officials talk about health is shifting in troubling ways...

Staff Writer - August 25, 2025

Farmworkers harvest celery on March 9, 2024, in Yuma, Ariz. John Moore/Getty Images

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‘These people do it naturally’: President Trump’s views on immigrant farmworkers...

Staff Writer - August 21, 2025

Erasing history is a deeply Orwellian thing to do. Elen11, iStock/Getty Images Plus

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The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian

Staff Writer - August 20, 2025

This U.S. Army command post, seen from a drone, is loaded with modern technology but uses a centuries-old structure. Col. Scott Woodward, U.S. Army

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AI is about to radically alter military command structures that haven’t...

Staff Writer - August 18, 2025

Amanita mushrooms are commonly used in mushroom-based products. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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The growing fad of ‘microdosing’ mushrooms is leading to an uptick...

Staff Writer - August 17, 2025

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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