President Donald Trump’s plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from China, which has framed it as a renewed American push to “weaponize space.” This program, announced in an executive order signed in January 2025, echoes...

Federal officials, then-Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb, union leaders, company representatives, and dozens of guests assembled at Heidelberg Materials in Mitchell, Indiana, last year to celebrate a milestone for North America’s second-largest cement plant. ...

Lack of food literacy has contributed to startling rates of obesity, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, according to the 2023 study “Nutrition and Food Literacy: Framing the Challenges to Health Communication.” The study also linked nutritional illiteracy to food waste,...

The political fight over America’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) intensified in May 2025 with the passage of the House’s Reconciliation Bill. The program, rooted in a Depression-era initiative to help the poor access food, has long drawn both praise for easing hunger...

Donald Trump is not the first president to unleash the terror of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on immigrant communities across the United States. But he’s the most blatant in his use of a federal armed unit as a tool of terror, fulfilling multiple...

According to the independent news organization the Conversation, five publishing houses control about half the global academic publishing industry’s market share. Relx, the parent company of the “biggest player in this business,” Elsevier, reaped a profit margin of almost 40 percent in...

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC (TONYC) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of theater to address deep-rooted social issues such as racial inequality, economic injustice, and other forms of oppression. TONYC’s work is a vital reminder of how theater can bring people...

There is an incredible amount of scientific effort put toward understanding the past and bringing some of it back to life. Everyone agrees it’s nice to have some old structures around—like the pyramids at Giza and the Great Wall of China—but what about the living...

After serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992, Deborah “Arnie” Arnesen became the first major party female nominee for governor of New Hampshire. According to the Institute of Politics at Harvard University, she got...

Caregiving is a fundamental aspect of human history. Deeply rooted in the fabric of society, it crosses continents, countries, cultures, and religions. In simple terms, a caregiver is someone who meets the daily needs of another person who can’t care for themselves due to age,...