How US education fails to teach race
Most U.S. kids learn Bowdlerized minstrel songs that taint their understanding of American history for life
Zinke plans to destroy Interior records
Part of broad effort to weaken the Endangered Species Act, hide information on oil leases and land purchases
You can’t erase patriotism
Trump’s new policy is a naked attempt to erase transgender people from American life and it will fail
Trump is "obsessed" with violence
“He loved black people to commit violence against other black people — while he watched"
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Absentee applications "missing" in Ga.
Facing tight governor's race, Democrats claim voter applications have disappeared in majority-black DeKalb County
Trump wants to shut down all migration
The Times reports that Trump doesn't even care about the actual policy — he wants to do it to get out the vote
MPP appraises Canadian pot legalization
How do state laws in America compare and what can we learn?
Farmworkers say no more to exploitation
Undocumented farmworkers in Washington have won historic labor victories in recent years
Shortages of rare earth elements
We’ve started searching for rare earth elements in some unlikely places
Economists explain the lottery
In some ways winning is the easy part
Weed the People: Medical CBD for all?
"It was hard to find oncologists to talk on camera about this," says executive producer Ricki Lake
Google rewards an abusive exec
Google exec Andy Rubin sexually assaulted a co-worker — and was rewarded with a $90M package for resigning
Trump refuses to call Clintons or Obamas
Instead, he held a pep rally at the White House for his black supporters
How much "scary stuff" can kids handle?
Children younger than seven can't easily distinguish between fantasy and reality
Sessions: #MAGAbomber is a "partisan"
"Let this be a lesson to anyone, regardless of their political beliefs, that we will bring the full force of law"
Trump's guilt is clearer than ever
Accused bomber appears to be a Trump fan and right-wing zealot, but of course the president will claim innocence
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Megyn Kelly's racism: The real thing
Kelly's fall shows why we must abandon the myth that conservatives are just "performing" racism to roll the rubes
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Joe Lockhart: Trump's a "mental patient"
“I’m tired of having to worry about the president’s psyche,” Joe Lockhart, who served under President Clinton, said
GOP embracing anti-vaxxer sentiment
Nudged onward by Trump's vaccine skepticism, prominent Republicans start to suggest vaccines should be optional