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The “median” justice tells us a lot about the Supreme Court, including how much it needs to be fixed.

It’s not just West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona: Teacher salaries have been stagnant or falling for years.


Have you ignored advice on using password managers? This cartoon is for you.


A visual of how it all fits together. They’re now shutting down.

How racism created two, divergent American neighborhoods


The West Virginia teacher strike highlighted a nationwide problem.

It’s not a meritocracy.


This is ultimately a disagreement over how we talk about school segregation.


How the Fox morning show evolved into Donald Trump’s posse.


How we got here, what the program did for recipients, and what’s on the line.



The GOP bill cuts taxes on “pass-through” businesses … like the Trump Organization.


Republicans are using vague words to sell their tax bill. This cartoon explains what it really does.


The payments are to lower costs for low-income people, but they increase costs for everyone else.




There’s some faulty logic here.

Anti-Muslim policies are built on a fear that is incongruent with the threat.

We’ve always tried to figure out who should, and shouldn’t, be in this country — and it hasn’t been pretty.

How parents are gerrymandering school borders and fencing out poor kids.


The new Senate Republican health care bill fundamentally changes the way insurers can treat sick people.


And who they benefit.


A concise way to think about who needs work in your city.

“Inequality brings out the worst in us.”


Trump’s tax plan is based in this philosophy.

This is how the IRS phone scam gets you to pay your “taxes” with iTunes gift cards.