
What to know about state legislative seats that changed party control in 2024
Ballotpedia reports that the overall partisan composition across all 50 state legislatures changed by 0.7% in favor of Republicans.
Continue ReadingBallotpedia reports that the overall partisan composition across all 50 state legislatures changed by 0.7% in favor of Republicans.
Continue ReadingThe Hechinger Report reports on how a much-touted federal reform effort, and a tribal lawsuit, sought to improve outcomes for Bureau of Indian Education students, but now the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the government threaten what little progress the agency has made.
Continue ReadingThe Daily Yonder reports on the confusion over a federal spending freeze that is threatening large- and small-scale farmers who rely on USDA programs in areas that private investors won’t touch, according to a national farmers coalition.
Continue ReadingChalkbeat reports on the status of an initiative to block undocumented children from attending public school for free or inquire about students’ immigration status in ways that courts have held violate children’s educational rights.
Continue ReadingNorthwell Health partnered with Stacker to rank 15 U.S. metropolitan areas by the share of adults who reported feeling lonely.
Continue ReadingLA Post reveals insights from recent research about the cognitive benefits children with autism may experience from growing up in multilingual environments.
Continue ReadingRula shares information to help you learn more about your rights under the Mental Health Parity Act to use your health insurance to access mental healthcare.
Continue ReadingH-1B Employer Data used research from USCIS to find which companies and metropolitan areas have the highest rates of H-1B visa holders.
Continue ReadingVotebeat reports on Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ focus on fixing blame rather than helping counties plan next steps when it comes to fumbled voter citizenship rolls.
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Continue ReadingStacker looked at data from The American Presidency Project to see which of the United States tended to lean most toward Democratic values.
Continue ReadingThe Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Fast Company share the story of Cyrus Jaffery, a refugee-turned-CEO who pays it forward by helping job seekers facing adversity.
Continue ReadingThe Trace reports on how White House directives and pledges to cut public health funding are already causing chaos and uncertainty.
Continue ReadingEconomic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler cover the rocky history of drug use in America.
Continue ReadingThe Conversation spotlights Ada Lovelace, a female programming pioneer, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed, for Women’s History Month.
Continue ReadingThe 19th examines a policy change for female firefighters that came nearly three years after cancers typically impacting men got coverage.
Continue ReadingThe Daily Yonder reports on the deer venison donation programs providing meat for food-insecure Americans, and how and why it works so well.
Continue ReadingThe Markup and The Dating Apps Reporting Project spotlights Match Group, the company behind more than a dozen dating apps, and its troubling history with abusive users like Stephen Matthews.
Continue ReadingThe Hechinger Report covers the different ways U.S. states are loosening their child care rules to cut costs and how this could harm young children.
Continue ReadingCalMatters‘s investigation into emergency shelters, which are supposed to be safe havens, found that instead, they are often rife with abuse and scandal.
Continue ReadingWhat accounts for the U.S. dollar’s strength in 2025, and what lies in store? OANDA analyzed Federal Reserve data to find some clues.
Continue ReadingSpokeo shares a guide to current online and offline internet slang.
Continue ReadingRula details how to spot the early warning signs of an eating disorder in yourself or others.
Continue ReadingThe 74 shares findings from a new study by the Brookings Institution that says parents and children differ massively on how much learning actually happens in school.
Continue ReadingThe Trace produced a series that challenges what many people might think about gun violence in America. Here are the highlights.
Continue ReadingNext City examines how spending on affordable housing development and infrastructure improvements can help prevent renters from being priced out following a disaster.
Continue ReadingBallotpedia tracked recall efforts in 2024, comparing the efforts and circumstances to previous years.
Continue ReadingThe 19th reports on the state of abortion restrictions across the U.S. amid President Trump’s election.
Continue ReadingThe Daily Yonder reports on the state of Farm Bill nutrition programs that have played a major role in rural areas.
Continue ReadingThe Hechinger Report covers the reasons behind the initiative to have students take algebra in eighth grade, as well as its results, in Minnesota.
Continue ReadingSpokeo examined incident rates across 30 popular car brands using data from loan marketplace LendingTree from November 2022 to November 2023.
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