New Mexico did what no other state in the nation had done before: It offered free child care to families earning up to 400% ...

State of the Union address, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America,” which began ...

About 6% of Oregon workers are holding down multiple jobs, according to the latest state and federal data, about 1 in 16 ...

With one major exception, Arkansas lawmakers gave Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders almost everything she asked for in the 95th ...

Dozens of bills are headed to the governor’s desk for final sign-off, but even more have stalled — or appear to be dead ...

Missourians voted in favor of a constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid in August 2020. When state lawmakers refused to ...

Surveys reveal Black, Hispanic and Native Americans are significantly less likely than white citizens to have a home internet ...

U.S. food banks, which helped feed an estimated 50 million people in 2023, are staring down the barrel of SNAP benefit ...

All across the United States, people are rising up--refusing to be complicit in the slow-motion annihilation of democracy.

The ongoing efforts to vilify trans youth and those who compete for fun with their friends, for exercise and the joy of ...