Immigration policy doesn’t have to be this way
An aerial view of the American flags flying over an international bridge as immigrants line up next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence to seek asylum on Dec. 22, 2022 in…
The number of births continues to fall, despite abortion bans
Children watch as rescue personnel carry a manatee to the water during a mass release of rehabilitated manatees at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, Fla., in February 2023.…
Report: Md. shows ‘incremental’ gains on maternal mental health, but still needs work
An analysis of maternal mental health care reports a grim reality: Maryland, as well as the rest of the United States, has only slightly improved its ability to care for…
Wyoming now only state without protections for those who help overdosing friends
Kelsie Maureen Clutter didn’t have to die. “Just one phone call could have saved her life,” said her friend, Danika Stone. Clutter started getting sick a lot around age 18…
Farm bill text released in U.S. House, setting up fight with Senate
Doug Goyings, a fifth-generation farmer in northwestern Ohio, received a USDA Rural Energy for America Program grant in 2023 to install a 288-panel solar array (seen at left) at his…
ACLU urges citizen oversight of police surveillance in cities like Milwaukee
A Milwaukee police squad in front of the Municipal Court downtown. (Photo | Isiah Holmes) “You don’t know when privacy will matter,” Jon McCray Jones, a policy analyst at the…
Biden addresses ‘humanitarian crisis in Gaza’ amid growing tensions on campuses
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – MAY 19: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Morehouse College Commencement as a faculty member stands and faces away from the stage in protest of the…
Hoping to learn more about Medicare enrollment? Check out this Pocatello workshop.
The Pocatello workshop is designed for caregivers, people approaching Medicare eligibility or turning age 65, and anyone who wants to learn how Medicare works. (Getty Images) Idaho insurance officials are…
Youngkin vetoes bills on contraception access, skill games, Confederate heritage rollbacks
Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaking with reporters outside the Capitol Building on March 7, 2024. (Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury) Last week, Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 48 more bills passed by the Democratic-led…
Virginia school board restores Confederate names
Crews work to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson in Richmond. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) Proud and satisfied, or sad and embarrassed. However citizens of the commonwealth view Shenandoah…