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Biden withdraws 'horrific' Trump rule attacking Social Security disability recipients

If finalized, the rule could have stripped disability insurance benefits from hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people.

Which of Trump’s Supreme Court choices might be the most reliably conservative?

There is a trend of conservative justices to become somewhat more liberal after some time on the Supreme Court. But an evaluation of the judges for whom this calculation is possible indicates that all but one of President Donald Trump's potential nominees will still be more conservative in 2030 than Chief Justice John Roberts is now.

As New York prepares cuts, NYC millionaires are telling the governor to tax them more

"There's plenty of money in this state to fund every single important government function, we just need a governor who is willing to tax the rich."

Pence's lead coronavirus task force aide just endorsed Joe Biden for president

"I truly believe we are at a time of constitutional crisis. At this point, it's country over party."

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Stop reducing Americans​​ to 'consumers' and 'human capital stock.' We are human beings first.

While there are legitimate debates to be had over how and when to get the economy moving during this pandemic, let's agree not to refer to human lives as merely cogs in the wheel of our economic system.

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“Rent a Husband” in Moscow

The city will begin offering “husband” services to its residents.

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Twitter Commemorates Roe v. Wade With #7in10forRoe

On the 42nd anniversary of the decision making abortion legal in the U.S., a social media push shows support for reproductive rights.

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Arizona Pushes for Civics Savvy Among American Youth

The American Civics Act mandates high school students can’t graduate until they pass the very same civics test given to candidates vying for U.S. citizenship.

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How Parenting My Father is One Step Towards Changemaking

When I found my father in 2011, 68 years old, hands shaking from Parkinson's, back hunched over, he was working in a storage unit in Massachusetts, behind a computer, checking one or two people in and out each day, like a gatekeeper. I had traveled to the town he had grown up in because I heard from his estranged sisters that they had seen him from time to time, wandering around the neighborhood on afternoon walks.

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The Year I Stopped Looking For a Script and Learned How to Improvise

Learning to improvise can be tough when the road to success seems like one big script.

Culture

9 Stories of Good Aid

There are many reasons governments give and receive international aid. Due to everything from natural disasters to civil strife, more than $5...