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The U.S. Black immigrant population has more than doubled since 2000, reaching 5.6 million in 2024 and now making up 11.4% of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic's early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in ...

Burdette, the single largest household expense for her and her husband, Brandon Burdette, is $2,600 a month for child care.

COVID may have killed significantly more people in the U.S. in the first two years of the pandemic than official records ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center announced the launch of its 2026 Vote Your Voice grant cycle, opening applications for three funding opportunities.

Lawyers representing alleged Antifa members tried to discredit an anti-Antifa witness by citing the SPLC, which carries water ...

Why facts backfire in political debates, and what psychology says works to bridge divides and prevent radicalization.

As president Cyril Ramaphosa and members of parliament debated the state of the nation, various figures were shared to show ...

Poverty can affect babies' motor development as early as six months of age. This is the conclusion of the first Brazilian study to examine the quantity and quality of motor development month by month ...

MILAN — This wasn’t a miracle. It was a moment of magic. Forty-six years to the day after a bunch of unheralded amateurs stunned the heavily favored Soviet Union en route to winning Olympic gold, the ...