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A woman teaches at a whiteboard.

Education

Hawaii gave $10,000 raises to teachers. It’s working—for now

01.03.2024

An empty hospital bed with a water pitcher and pill bottles on a shelf nearby.

Health Care

Inside the psychiatric hospitals where foster kids are a “gold mine”

12.30.2023

Protestors hold signs including KEEP ABORTION LEGAL.

Health Care

Restore Roe, or go beyond it? The question is fracturing the abortion rights movement

12.30.2023

A teacher in front of a classroom of students, with a white board behind him.

Education

The real crisis driving America’s teacher shortage

12.30.2023

A young Black girl looks into the distance.

Education

“If you make that choice, he will end up in prison.”

12.30.2023

A child places their finger in a robot's hand.

Education

Schools continue to stigmatize (and scorn) autism. Are robots really to the rescue?

12.30.2023

An apple sits atop of a stack of books near colored pencils and children's blocks on a desk.

Education

How America’s broken promise to millions of students became the status quo

12.30.2023

Black woman in a graduation gown stands in line at commencement ceremony.

Education

Is canceling student debt regressive? Actually it’s the opposite

10.13.2023

A worker wearing jeans and a jacket installing solar panels on a red house roof.

Climate & Sustainability

“Revolutionary” breakthrough boosts solar panel efficiency

10.10.2023