The US military faces challenges on the homefront as recruitment shortages continue

A queer nature photographer on the great outdoors and hiking in 6-inch heels

Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools

Washington NFL team retires racial slur from its name and logo

From Louisiana to Taiwan, environmental activists stand up to a major plastics company

Visa restrictions on Chinese students will disadvantage US, says Queens College president

Nantucket businesses struggle without seasonal summer workers 

Racial justice movement spurs a Texas city council to bar fracking expansion

Colleges brace for steep drop in international enrollment this fall

Author Mira Jacobs reflects on raising a brown boy in America today

Teen-run bakery brings healthy food and job training to Minneapolis

Black churches, powerful cultural forces, set their sights on food security

Five years ago, the Federal Election Commission’s top lawyer resigned. No permanent replacement has yet been named.

A New National Anthem

Russian bots seize on Parkland shooting to amplify messages

Gold medalist Dominique Moceanu warned us 10 years ago about abuse in USA Gymnastics

Actions, not words, tell Trump’s political money story

Trump administration decision could force 200,000 Salvadorans out of the US

‘He lost his mind’: Trump unloads on Steve Bannon over bombshell-filled book excerpt

Putin says US gripped by fabricated spymania, praises Trump

A 3-year-old held up by Canada’s no-fly list? His parents say it’s ‘ridiculous.’

The surprising history of the green card lottery

The road from prison to college is a hard one. Here’s how this new high school graduate made it.

California governor signs sanctuary bill into law. Supporters say it’s ‘probably not enough.’

Tensions remain high between protesters and police in St. Louis

Watch live: Trump speech in Reno calls for healing ‘wounds that have divided us’

Does a ‘green spot’ signal trouble for California’s massive Oroville Dam?

Steve Bannon has a shadow press office. It may violate federal law.

Cracking open a case of fortune cookie theft

The ‘Wild West on steroids’ cools off

Watch Live: Trump meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah

Convicted scammer creates federal PACs from prison

50 years ago, MLK spoke out against Vietnam. His words are just as relevant today.

President Trump, will housing secretary Ben Carson be in favor of cuts, or new ideas?

President Trump, with new coal jobs on the horizon, what will you do to keep miners safe?

American astronaut Peggy Whitson just broke a world record

Trump aide Jared Kushner set up meetings with world leaders. Now, he faces questions about his Russian contacts.

President Trump, will you preserve the Endangered Species Act?

President Trump, what’s your plan to preserve federal lands?

Child brides are a little-known, but very real, problem in America today

How the new health care bill could affect your Uber ride

President Trump, how does your administration plan to officially change the Every Student Succeeds Act?

Here’s exactly who benefits from the GOP’s new health care bill

One of the oldest bars in America is now the place to go for Thai visas

In wake of Trump’s immigration restrictions, scam artists prey on the undocumented

Billionaires and corporations helped fund Donald Trump’s transition

#32. @realDonaldTrump What are you going to do with DAPA and DACA? #100Days100Qs

How Trump’s rhetoric could cost colleges billions in lost tuition revenue

An Obama-era national security adviser argues for diversity as Trump appoints McMaster

Trump calls for repeal of law designed to prevent another financial crisis

Female inmate population skyrockets in the US

A Detroit watch company brings its message of the gritty underdog to Europe

US women’s team files wage discrimination act against US Soccer

This champion of bilingualism remembers her mother’s stories of being paddled in school for speaking Spanish

Yes, Paris could happen in the US

In Brooklyn, a big Muslim voice sounds out against terror

A community college that found a way not to charge these DREAMers extra for school

Resilience: This Boston Marathon bombing survivor could teach a course on it

How to bring high-speed trains to the US

How combat rations got into your kid’s lunchbox