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It is a scandal that happened gradually, inch by inch, often dwarfed by other stories. Until quite recently university fees in this country mirrored those in Europe, where students either attend free or for a relatively small charge. But in the past decades we have been lurching towards a system…

Sens. Durbin and Duckworth said John Lee and Nancy Maldonado will bring “demographic and professional diversity that will strengthen our federal bench.”

America’s housing market has grown increasingly frenzied, and prices are out of reach for many buyers, especially first-timers

It’s impossible to understand American politics without grappling in earnest with why Greene’s extremism is widely seen as justified on the right

America has wrongly abandoned thousands of Afghan allies who had been promised Special Immigrant Visas. Now, private citizens, veterans, and government personnel are trying to get them out.

Trump spreads the poisonous gospel of white supremacy week after week — and we keep pretending it's not happening

Early in the morning on April 4, Eric Boehlert — a veteran and unrelenting critic of the American news media — hit the button to publish the latest installment of his popular newsletter, Press Run. The piece — headlined “Why is the press rooting against Biden?” — stands out for…

Georgia was the site of America’s first gold rush in 1828 when miners flocked to the mountains near Dahlonega looking to strike it rich. Nearly 200 years later, a new wave of miners is descending on the state.

BERKELEY, Calif. — What if everyone in America had to vote?