Meg Dalton

The unemployment rate is steadily dropping, and stocks have been on the rise, as the country has ramped up its aggressive vaccination campaign.

The new Captain America is one of countless Black superheroes in movies, television shows, and comics books in recent years.  

The guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin came as a relief to many nationwide, but the number of people killed by police since his trial began underscores the broader issues that remain. 

In recent weeks, there's been a number of springtime surges of COVID-19 in states across the U.S., though new infections, and even hospitalizations, are starting to slow.   

While many breathed a sigh of relief following the verdict, the days since have been a reminder of just how rampant police violence is in the country. 

Between COVID-19, the election, and protests against police brutality, journalists have been caught in an endless cycle of traumatic news for the past year-plus. 

After just ten hours of deliberation, a jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges in the murder of George Floyd.

Last week, Illinois became the first state in the nation to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage. 

Citizen or community science involves people voluntarily collecting data out in the world, or in their own backyards, to help professional scientists. 

Sandy and Lonnie Phillips lost their daughter Jessica Redfield Ghawi during the 2012 mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. 

The actions against Russia represent one of the first major tests for the new administration on the international level. 

The decision would mark the end of the U.S.’s longest-ever war. 

Last week, lawmakers in New York state approved a historic $2.1 billion relief fund for undocumented workers and other workers with nontraditional jobs.  

Following last summer's protests against police brutality, calls for civilian oversight of police became widespread in cities across the U.S.

After a year of isolation, wearing masks, and staying six feet apart, our brains—like most everything else—have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Last week, President Joe Biden announced 11 nominees for the federal bench. 

High-income countries have purchased over half of the world’s supply of vaccines, even though they make up less than a fifth of the global population.  

The fight over whether or not to unionize at an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama has reenergized conversations around organized labor, particularly in the American South. 

Billions of cicadas have been living underground for the past 17 years as part of the so-called Great Eastern Brood, or Brood X.

The nearly 400-mile Line 3 pipeline expansion faces fierce opposition from Indigenous and climate activists in Minnesota.