The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine reproductive health care and more.
Donald Trump speaks at the Black Conservative Federation Gala on Feb. 23, 2024.
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Former President Donald Trump has made some inroads with voters of color by appealing to law and order, conservative social values and mistrust of government.
Winning on Election Day is the best path for any political party to remake the Supreme Court.
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When it comes to the Supreme Court, progressives are now in the position where conservatives found themselves for many years. They’re on the outside looking in.
Collecting water and caring for kids are daily necessities.
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Some anthropologists question how much rare activities like big-game hunting could have affected how our species evolved. Instead they’re looking at daily activities like carrying water or firewood.
WASP-69b closely orbits its sun.
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Spiritualists believed that after shedding the body in death, the spirit would continue on a celestial journey and help those on Earth create a more just world.
‘The Travellers’ Tour Through the United States’ is the earliest known board game to depict a map of North America.
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Florida’s school safety data dashboard is one of the most comprehensive in the US. A school safety researcher explains how schools and parents can use it.
Palestinians crowd a street as smoke billows from Israeli strikes in Rafah on May 7, 2024.
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The US put a pause on an arms shipment to Israel as it launched a Rafah offensive. This is not the first time the US and Israel have publicly disagreed, despite their strong diplomatic relationship.
Philippine troops watch as a missile hits a target during a live-fire joint U.S.-Philippines exercise.
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US Marines and Philippine forces are taking part in joint military exercises just 100 miles off the southern tip of Taiwan.
Water runs into a storm drain in a Los Angeles alley on Aug. 19, 2023, during Tropical Storm Hilary.
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US cities are doing green infrastructure, but in bits and pieces. Today’s climate-driven floods require a much broader approach to create true sponge cities that are built to soak up water.
Lung cancer screening can save lives, but it isn’t accessible to everyone at risk of developing the disease.
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Conspiracy theories abound. What should you believe − and how can you tell?
Overturning decades of tradition, the Supreme Court in 2022 let Alabama use voting districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens.
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Historically, federal courts prioritized voting rights and legal congressional districts for upcoming elections above all other concerns. But the Supreme Court changed that in 2022.
A Volkswagen autoworker waits for the results of a union vote on April 19, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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In a number of stories and novels, lost limbs represent both physical and metaphorical loss.
An artist’s illustration of hydrogen disappearing from Venus.
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Studying Venus’ water loss can help scientists better understand how planets go from potentially habitable to incapable of supporting life.
A U.S. Border Patrol officer shows how he found an undocumented Mexican immigrant under the hood of a car along the U.S.-Mexican border in March 1954.
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Donald Trump says he will authorize a roundup of all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. A 1950s program with similar goals, called Operation Wetback, offers lessons.
Policymakers can find themselves caught between two conflicting economic goals: growth and equity.
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When students get unqualified teachers, it’s like missing one-third of the school year – and that’s what’s been happening with rural students in Texas.
There’s a shortage of workers willing to take jobs as paid caregivers.
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