The Heritage Foundation has a plan to rewrite the rules of government under a second Trump term, and they’ve helpfully laid it all out for public viewing.

The Vice President becomes the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in a game-changing political moment.

A new ballot measure in California would reverse progress on reducing mass incarceration. Here's what our regular correspondent Dortell Williams has to say about it.

A Pennsylvania man is challenging mandatory life without parole sentencing for felony murders in a case that has national implications.

After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians are reclaiming their ancestral lands—and their traditional wildfire management practices.

The Tony Award-winning play, loosely based on Alicia Keys’ childhood, falls into the same trap much theatre does, failing to depict the nuances of Black trauma.

Schools are a powerful place to begin building an LGBTQ-affirming culture, as an antidote to fear and bigotry.

In the Netherlands, where most people are non-religious, a scientist is using neopaganism to shift the dialogue around climate adaptation.

A new statewide proposal is the latest development in a years-long saga over the voting rights of felons in the Sunshine State.

From vote-by-mail to making Election Day a national holiday, voting rights advocates are engaged in myriad efforts to increase voting access.

While Project 2025 would stymy climate data collection, a network of grassroots volunteers are braving hurricanes—including Milton and Helene—to collect and share local data that can ultimately save lives.

New citizens—whose votes may prove pivotal in swing states—are considering myriad issues as they cast their first ballots in a presidential election.

A growing number of U.S. municipalities are making it possible for minors to vote.

Appalachian Jews make the connection between climate disaster in Asheville, North Carolina, and U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza.

The FTC thinks Amazon hurts small businesses and consumers. Ron Knox of The Institute for Local Self-Reliance agrees.

Marjorie Kelly's new book critiques the U.S. economy's embrace of "wealth supremacy," and explores alternate models of democratic economies.

While the U.S. government refuses to use its considerable power as leverage for peace, ordinary Americans seem to know better.

The shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has a new report listing obscene CEO pay. Here's what the data reveals

As baby boomer business owners retire, their employees are taking ownership of their own futures.

A paradigm shift for our economy begins when we name and see the anti-democratic bias that lies at the heart of our capital-centric system.

A new DOJ lawsuit is challenging Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s monopoly power over artist performances, venues, and concert-goers.

Taxes on tipped wages have now become a campaign issue. But economic equality advocates say ending sub-minumum wages would help workers more.

In this excerpt, author Misty Pratt explores emerging research—and her own experience—that suggests remedies like park prescriptions may be as key to mental and physical health as diet, exercise, and sleep.

Sex education is often taboo in close-knit Druze communities, but a new generation is creating its own care networks.

AI is trained on data from our health care system as it exists, which means the data is contaminated by racial, economic, and regional disparities. But there are solutions.

Facing a health care system without sufficient translation services and a grueling economic landscape, Punjabi residents in Fresno, California, have created an organization to help meet their community’s unique needs.

In the months prior to Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination to the Democratic presidential ticket, I felt a lingering fear in my body about what it would mean for Black

Birth workers serving Black pregnant people maintain the holistic methods—and data privacy—that distinguish doula care from the medical-industrial complex.

Instead of gutting Medicare and Medicaid, as Project 2025 envisions, here's what a holistic, collective approach to health care would look like.

Restorative justice can be a challenging approach to domestic violence, but it can also be rewarding when the people involved are participating with genuine desire to find a path forward.

Often forced to become experts on their own treatment, rare-disease patients are modeling the collective care and mutual aid networks that can help ensure everyone's long-term survival.

The bond between people and their pets can be life-saving, especially amid the struggle for safe housing.

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Test your knowledge of AI by completing our US elections edition of the AI or Real quiz

Author Nazneen Ahmed Pathak tells Press Packers, Khadija and Jackson, how real history inspires her stories.

Eva has been swimming come rain or shine for 366 days.

Families have had to leave their homes and emergency services are helping people as they deal with the impact of the worst flooding in the country for many years.

It has been announced that Strictly Come Dancing Star Amy Dowden will not be returning to this year's series of Strictly.

Does it seem like there are more spiders around the house right now? And do the spiders you spot seem bigger than those you've seen in recent months? Spider expert, Dr Sara Goodacre, is here with some arachnid answers.

Research by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) charity suggests that the number of children reading has gone down to around one in three. We want to know about your reading habits.

Donald Trump has addressed his supporters as he claimed victory in the US presidential election.

Leaders around the world have started sending their congratulations to Trump.

Nope you're not seeing double! Take a look at the new wax figure of Mary Earps at Madame Tussauds.

After 25 years of presenting BBC Match of the Day, Gary Lineker will be stepping down as the host of the football show at the end of this season. Once a footballer, Gary Lineker has had a long career in the sport. Keep reading to find out more.

It's been an unusual season so far with teams that have previously struggled doing well, and champions Man City losing four in a row!

Researchers say the fossil is a distant relative of our modern-day spiders.