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Melinda French Gates is making a $215 million bet on women's health
Melinda French Gates is one of the biggest donors to women’s health through Pivotal, her foundation. Now she’s investing another $215 millio...
Can Hollywood help heal America's divides?
The United States is marking its 250th anniversary at a moment of deep division over politics, rights, power and who belongs in the nation’s...
Trump admin retreats from Anti-Weaponization Fund after headwinds mount
In a surprise move, the Trump administration announced that it was retreating from a $1.776 billion-dollar Anti-Weaponization Fund that woul...
Who gets to define what it means to be American?
In the prologue of “All We Say: The Battle for American Identity” author Ben Rhodes asks two questions that get right to the heart of this b...
Democrats eye 2028 race as states compete to go first
As Democrats turn the page on 2024, a new high-stakes fight is underway over which states will kick off the 2028 presidential primaries . Tw...
Why the US won’t treat Ebola patients at home
On May 16, the World Health Organization called the Ebola outbreaks in eastern Congo and Uganda a global health emergency. So far, there hav...
Green card application process now forces immigrants to return home
A significant change to the green card application process announced last week could upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in A...
Kinship families raise millions of children. Where is the support?
Millions of children in the U.S. live with grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives, often after a family crisis. But many kinship fa...
Memphis defined American music. How did it miss out on the money?
You can’t tell the story of American music without the blues, which means you can’t tell it without Memphis. From Beale Street’s blues bars...
Why Trump’s $1.776B DOJ fund is raising alarms
A new $1.776 billion Justice Department fund is raising big questions — about who could qualify and how the money might be used. The “anti-w...
Trump defies low approval ratings with win in key Kentucky race
Ever since Indiana state Republicans failed to heed Trump’s redistricting demand, President Donald Trump has been on a tear, working to resh...
Hantavirus isn't the real threat. Ebola is.
A deadly cluster of hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship has raised new questions about how rare diseases spread , and whether another p...
Don't think US national debt impacts you? It already has.
America’s debt has crossed a striking threshold: it’s now bigger than the economy itself . Questions about what that means start to take sha...
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert takes its final bow
For decades, late‑night television has provided us with a shared end‑of‑day ritual made up of monologues and jokes that shape our political...
Gun industry privacy vs. gun safety on full display at ATF hearing
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, better known as the ATF, dramatically reduced the number of gun dealers who had the...
Cuban political prisoners central to ongoing negotiations with US
From the moment the Trump administration toppled former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s longtime ally Cuba has been in the...
With CNN, Ted Turner profoundly changed the way we see the world
Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, passed away last week at the age of 87 . His impact on cable TV and the news industry writ large will endure...
Does Spirit’s collapse signal the end of cheap flights?
Summer travel season is getting underway. But this year, travelers are facing a perfect storm of new pressures in the airline industry. The...
Is El Niño about to reshape the Pacific again?
La Niña may be gone, but its impact doesn’t end when the pattern fades, according to a new study from NOAA researchers and the Cooperative I...
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