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One young Palestinian woman invited to a global diplomacy conference never made it there.

Reconstruction needs to be led by Palestinians in Gaza.

In the genocide, life doesn’t give us time to grieve before forcing us to carry on.

An excerpt from pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil’s new book.

Someone must do the unglamorous work of turning vouchers into signed leases and stable tenancies.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s initiatives build on a long history of housing advocacy.

Berry was bighearted, ever open to other people, passionate about what he believed, and accustomed to being misunderstood.

A note from Managing Editor Alexandra Tempus on corporate media and American democracy.

As the Trump Administration kneecaps federal agencies for sport, special education takes the latest hit.

The federal government wants to gut one of its most essential educational programs—but the public can still push back.

Growing surveillance of women’s intimate health data puts them at risk.

I escaped the dangers in Gaza, but I could not escape the pain I experienced there.

Trump has appointed individuals willing to provide fawning approval of his every whim.

For Palestinians in Gaza who have lost identification documents, missing records can complicate official procedures such as obtaining a passport and proving inheritance.

Catastrophic flooding in the Himalayan country has left families searching for answers.

The politics of health care are finally catching up with patients and physicians.

In Connecticut, a collective of attorneys is working pro bono to release immigrants illegally detained by ICE.

Last month, my little brother decided to take swimming lessons.

If Trump's assertion of ableism is successful here, that won't be the end of it.

The President’s goal in these renamings is to glorify himself and project his vision of national identity.

Economic restrictions have limited residents’ disposable income, making it difficult to keep family businesses afloat.

Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower.

Be wary of people who try to frighten you into doing things.

Colombia’s fumbled reckoning with regularization has left its migrant population vulnerable

The state’s Republican-majority environmental commission is considering rules that would establish no numerical limits for PFAS in surface water.

In his new book, Tad Stoermer explores why resistance movements in the United States face uphill odds.

I worked in financial regulation and consumer protection for fifteen years.

What was once a hobby passed down by her mother has become a thirty-five-year-old Palestinian woman’s main income.

It is important to remember that governments and their leaders do not represent all of humanity.

If nothing else, the 2026 World Cup exposed the fact that globalization represents no challenge to neofascism, authoritarianism, rightwing nationalism.

The race to develop artificial intelligence puts humankind in unparalleled danger.

State officials weigh a new federal school voucher program that is ripe for profiteering and discrimination.

Repeatedly displaced by Israel’s advances over the war’s first six months, many residents fear they won’t see home again.

Tradwife influencers underscore the inevitability of feminist equity.

The war has decimated Gaza’s agricultural sector and damaged most of its farmland.

Every billionaire-owned media outlet is a profound threat to our democracy.

We cannot extract our way to a better future.

In Gaza, gravediggers are constantly preparing for the next burial.

Modern day unsolved deaths bear the hallmarks of nineteenth and twentieth century lynchings.

As dangerous trends continue to intensify, we need his voice more than ever.