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As more people get vaccinated and different facets of society slowly reopen, challenges remain in the nation's quest to get back to normal. Here are five articles that help illuminate the path.
The House passed a bill creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Here's what you need to know about the Dreamers and DACA.
So far, most vaccines in the US are mRNA vaccines. These represent a new technology and are likely to take over the vaccine world. But how do they work? What are their weaknesses? Five experts explain.
Four articles from The Conversation US archive provide context and analysis on the historic legislation.
There are a lot of questions about the point of putting on trial someone who is no longer in office.
Ostensibly protesting an election they may have thought was stolen, their actions fed a larger set of goals that American militants are seizing upon to take more extreme action.
Different groups carried their own symbols at the riot, but they all share a common idea.
Five scholars explain different aspects of the history, workings and effects of the Electoral College.
The US economy's record pandemic plunge was followed swiftly by a record upswing. But what does it all mean?
Explanations of how the US election system works, the history of how it got that way and what effects and significance those mechanisms have on the nation today.
Scholars explain how they know people can trust vote-by-mail systems.
Scientists explain what you need to know about the COVID-19 risks in the air, from how aerosols form to how to keep kids safe on a school bus.
How climate change and other human actions have combined to create conditions for explosive wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington state.
The pandemic isn't just a health disaster. It's a disaster for cities and states, where the money to run government that normally comes in every year has evaporated. Congress may or may not help.
African Americans, young children and rural Americans are a few of the groups at risk of being undercounted in this year's census.
Did you know that senators shouldn't be called 'jurors' in an impeachment trial? Here's a roundup of stories that give behind-the-scenes facts and context to the news event of the year – so far.
Education for those behind bars is gaining more attention. In these four articles, scholars take an up-close look at efforts to provide – and restrict – higher education in prison.
2019 was a big year for dire warnings about the state of the planet, but crises can spur solutions.
Many want to come to the United States, as an asylee, a migrant or a citizen. But those journeys have become more complicated.
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