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Head Start providers in Louisiana forced to get loans to stay open

Nationally, 134 Head Start providers serving more than 65,000 kids will run out of federal funds at the end of…

AI: Claude Went to Therapy and Became Introspective

WIRED published an article this year about Anthropic’s AI model, Claude Sonnet 4, in a therapy session with an older…

Child Care Can Be Free and Universal

In most of the country, child care is too expensive for families and pays too little for providers. New Mexico…

Farmers Feed Candy Waste to Animals, but There Are Better Solutions

When farmers feed candy waste to animals, it may encourage companies to keep producing more than we humans actually consume.…

Cruel, Short-sighted attack on low-income Communities by dismantling CDFI fund

The federal government has a powerful tool to spur investment in communities traditionally locked out of it. But Trump is…

Nearly half of American families with kids struggling

New Stanford data shows a record-high percentage of families with kids struggling. That could get worse with the ongoing shutdown.

10 Ways Billionaires are Screwing You

Many Americans don’t realize it, but the decisions of billionaires shape every aspect of our lives. Here are just a…

The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States

Studying Black cemeteries, “What struck me the most was that the different treatment of African Americans in death paralleled their…

Greg Abbott orders sweep of Austin homeless camps

Homelessness has been a perennial problem in Austin, but removing homeless encampments isn't a fix. It only causes harm and…

Opinion: When the Outside World Feeds Fear, Student Peer Support Becomes a Lifeline

Jones-McKinney: This moment demands we listen to students, not just because they are the most affected, but because they are…

New OK Superintendent, Lindel Fields ‘has no plans’ for Bibles in schools

Lindel Fields said he has no plans to require Bibles in public schools. In fact, he hopes to resolve a…

Pornography’s Dark Side: Racism, Power, and Trauma Exposed

Pornography reveals overt racism, male domination, and female subordination.