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“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women.

Republican dominance is cracking as Trump struggles and Vance offends people, and as that dominance falls away, the many things it covered are starting to get attention—among them, stories of Republican corruption. And they’re doozies.  

The Democratic Party refused to allow a single Palestinian to speak on stage at the convention.

Split Supreme Court affirms Secretary of State’s claim that supporters didn’t submit right documents at the correct time.

The Harris-Walz ticket and every Democrat are promising big things. But the filibuster makes that agenda impossible. Will they finally remove that barrier?

"This effort has generated a wave of fiercely engaged Arkansas women," said one organizer. "We are outraged. We will not back down. And we will remember this in November."

In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, an mRNA-based vaccine trains the patient's immune system to hunt down and kill cancerous cells and then prevents the cancer's return.

A sit-in outside the convention in protest and support from numerous elected officials did not succeed.

At the DNC last night, Kamala Harris promised big change. But the only way to ensure her full agenda can be passed is by killing the filibuster.

Kamala Harris' campaign has rolled out its most ambitious economic policy proposal to date: a highly progressive set of tax reforms that would raise nearly $5 trillion over a decade. Here's who would pay and what it might buy.