A Gallup survey released this year found that 71% of Americans oppose building artificial intelligence data centers in their own communities, including nearly half who strongly oppose them. Those surveyed most often pointed to concerns about electricity demand, water consumption, environmental impacts, and higher utility bills. Supporters cited economic growth, tax revenue, and employment opportunities.

The United States is on pace to eclipse last year’s surge in measles cases, and public health experts say the virus is becoming increasingly difficult to contain as outbreaks spread beyond isolated pockets of unvaccinated residents into broader communities.

In a 5-4 decision, the Court upheld Mississippi’s absentee ballot law, allowing election officials to count ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive up to five business days later. The ruling leaves intact similar laws in 18 states and territories, as well as separate grace periods many states provide for military and overseas voters.

AI is not neutral. It is shaped by the priorities, blind spots, and cultural defaults of its creators. ChatGPT recommended the death penalty more often when defendants sounded Black.

As borrowers weigh their options ahead of the changes, a new analysis from Credible points to growing interest in student loan refinancing, particularly among consumers with strong credit profiles who may qualify for lower interest rates than those attached to their current loans.

Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence’s assertion that “all men are created equal” while enslaving hundreds of people at Monticello. The Constitution established democratic principles while permitting slavery. After the Civil War, formerly enslaved Americans were promised 40 acres and a mule as part of an effort to build economic independence, only to see those commitments abandoned.

I thought about that recently while listening to speeches celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary, watching politicians wrap themselves in flags and founders, and hearing Michelle Obama stand before thousands at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center and describe it as "a living testament to the power of choice" and "an urgent call to go out there and do it again."

The losses have alarmed anti-hunger advocates because SNAP is often the doorway to other nutrition programs. When children lose food assistance, many families face additional obstacles obtaining free school meals, WIC benefits, and other support designed to keep hunger from disrupting a child’s health and education.

But for many Black Americans, the anniversary has become something else entirely. Rather than celebrating 250 years of freedom, they are asking whether the nation has fully delivered on promises made in 1776 while millions of Africans remained enslaved and generations of their descendants continued to fight for rights guaranteed to others.

A viral toy marketed as a stress-relief doll has drawn condemnation from Black advocates, mental health professionals, and historians after videos circulating on Chinese social media showed users stomping, stretching, slapping, and even boiling a Black baby doll for entertainment.

The estimated cost of President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom has surged to $600 million, with internal records showing taxpayers could be responsible for roughly half the price

The Academy announced this week that Floyd Norman will receive the award at the 17th Governors Awards on Nov. 15, alongside actress Glenn Close and filmmaker Ridley Scott. Producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

A coalition of Democratic senators are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a decision they say threatens the foundation of the modern federal workforce, warning that millions of government employees could lose long-standing protections against politically motivated firings.

Across the country, families continue to face rising costs that touch nearly every aspect of daily life. The increases are showing up at gas stations, in grocery stores, on utility bills, and in household budgets already stretched by years of inflation and economic uncertainty.

A federal judge’s order forcing the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has become more than a dispute over signage. It has evolved into a fight over presidential power, congressional authority, and the legacy of one of America’s most recognizable cultural institutions.

For generations of listeners, Bryson represented a rare kind of vocalist. At a time when R&B often shifted with changing trends, his rich tenor remained instantly recognizable.

The families of two Black infants who died nearly six decades ago have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the United States government of secretly using their children in dangerous RSV vaccine experiments without their parents’ knowledge or consent.

AmeriStarRail this week announced that former Amtrak President Paul Reistrup will chair the company’s newly formed advisory board as it advances a sweeping plan to modernize Northeast Corridor service between Washington, New York, and Boston through a public-private partnership structure backed by private capital instead of new congressional appropriations.

That is one of the clearest harms of cash bail. A person can be presumed innocent and still have their life disrupted immediately. A bond amount can decide whether someone waits for court at home or in a jail cell. That decision can affect employment, parenting, family stability, and the ability to participate in one’s own defense.