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How the Debt Ceiling Deal Will Impact SNAP Benefits

By Solcyre Burga

Texas Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

By Associated Press

Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Bill

By CHRIS MEGERIAN / AP

Connecticut Governor Poised to Sign State's Most Sweeping Gun Measure Since Post-Sandy Hook Laws

By Associated Press
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Judge Rejects Tennessee's Anti-Drag Law as Too Vague

The law would have banned adult cabaret performances from public property or anywhere minors might be present.

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI / AP

When Summer Camp Doesn’t Work For Your Kid

The summer camp conundrum is an offshoot of the child care crisis

By Rebecca Gale

U.S. Offers Nuke Talks With Russia and China

A top Biden Administration official offered to engage in discussions to stave off a looming arms race

By W.J. Hennigan

Why Americans Want Part-Time Jobs Again

The pandemic made workers reevaluate their priorities; the strong labor market gives them the power to ask for better schedules.

By Alana Semuels

The Heavy Cost of Banning Books About Black Children

Like Amanda Gorman, we all must hear and honor Black children and those who dare to tell their stories, writes Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman.

By Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

What the Debt Ceiling Deal Means for Student Loan Borrowers

The bill’s text specifies that the payment pause “shall cease to be effective” 60 days after June 30.

By Anisha Kohli

In Arizona, Everyone Is Waiting on Kari Lake

Lake has effectively frozen a field of potential GOP candidates, as they await her decision on one of the most closely watched races in the country.

By Eric Cortellessa

Amazon Employees Protest Company’s Climate Impact

Hundreds of Amazon employees staged a walkout to decry the company's lack of climate progress and inequitable return-to-office mandate.

By Ed Komenda/AP

America Looks at Poverty All Wrong

Americans need to stop thinking about poverty as an “Us vs. Them” problem, writes Mark R. Rank.

By Mark R. Rank

U.S. Births Refuse to Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

A little under 3.7 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, about 3,000 fewer than the year before.

By Mike Stobbe / AP

Amazon Fined $25 Million for Violating Child Privacy

Amazon is alleged to have violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by retaining kids' voice and location data.

By Associated Press

How Fans Got Tickets to Taylor Swift Concert

Taylor Swift played three shows at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey over Memorial Day weekend.

By Jeannie Kopstein

Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Gets One Step Closer to Parole

The youngest Manson follower was convicted in 1971 for the murders of a grocery-store-chain owner and his wife

By Olivia B. Waxman

Why Janet Yellen Doesn’t Lose Sleep Over U.S. Borrowing

Yellen embraces an alternative method for measuring the sustainability of the nation’s debt.

By Christopher Condon / Bloomberg

The Tree of Life Trial and the Necessity to Forget Mass Violence

Forgetting is our bodies’ response for survival. But it’s also shows the terrible times in which we live, writes Mark Oppenheimer.

By Mark Oppenheimer

Nevada's Republican Governor Approves Abortion Protections

Joe Lombardo is one of the only Republican governors to sign a law enshrining protections for abortion.

By Gabe Stern / AP
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