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Once America had become a country, a new government needed to be designed. Nazlisart/iStock Getty Images

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After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’

Staff Writer - July 18, 2026

Piping plovers lay their eggs on the ground. They became an endangered species as development encroached on their habitat and made it harder for their chicks to survive. Under the Same Moon/Flickr, CC BY

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Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court

Meeting data center power demands will mean building more transmission lines and acquiring more land to put them on. These lines are in California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?

While U.S. produce prices are rising across the board, tomatoes are among the most affected. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

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A perfect storm of factors is driving up US produce prices, but shoppers can still save

A statue of Francisco de Miranda stands in Cuba. Riccardo Lombardo/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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For nearly 250 years, the US has had eyes on Latin America – but interventions then looked rather different

The Women’s Health Initiative investigated the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy. Kohei Hara/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30...

Staff Writer - May 3, 2025

Lots of presidents have said things they regret. Or most of them have. Carol Yepes/Getty Images

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What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent...

Staff Writer - May 3, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an April 16, 2025, news conference in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong via Getty Images

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What causes RFK Jr.’s strained and shaky voice? A neurologist explains...

Staff Writer - May 1, 2025

Immigrant rights advocates call on Philadelphia officials to strengthen the city’s sanctuary policies at a rally on Dec. 10, 2024. Manuel Vasquez/Juntos, CC BY-NC-SA

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The legal limits of Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia

Staff Writer - May 1, 2025

School discipline has evolved over the years. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Trump seeks to reshape how schools discipline students

Staff Writer - April 30, 2025

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. bombed and defoliated vast areas of forest and protective mangroves. AP Photo

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50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war...

Staff Writer - April 28, 2025

A record number of female candidates stood in the 2024 Japanese election. Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images

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Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics...

Staff Writer - April 27, 2025

The universe is filled with countless galaxies, stars and planets. Astronomers may find life one day, but they will need extraordinary proof. ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi

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‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much...

Staff Writer - April 27, 2025

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