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It’s not that the Universe is expanding faster or slower than we previously thought. Instead, the discrepancy in these measurements may ultimately reveal an entirely new aspect of the Universe that scientists are currently in the dark about.

America had a mind shaped by its Founders, but the country needed the poet to discover its spirit.

From spirituals about the trials of slavery to the fight for civil rights and the modern rhythms of swing music, Duke Ellington told a story about black life that was both beautiful and complex.

The Trump administration has, in keeping with GOP spending priorities over a number of years, consistently asked for Census Bureau budgets that don’t even begin to keep pace with the financial needs of the Bureau as Census 2020 approaches.

Raising the minimum wage helps low-paid workers without damaging the broader economy, the authors of two new research papers find.

Gentleman Jack depicts a bold, groundbreaking 19th-century lesbian. But its palatable tone falsely suggests that few obstacles were in her way.

Balentine is one of two Black workers who filed racial discrimination charges against Walmart this week, alleging that the company’s background check policies had a disparate impact on African Americans in the Elwood facility.

State legislatures are escalating their assault on women's right to choose — and on the women who attempt to exercise it.

The U.S. Department of Education has been scammed for hundreds of millions of dollars by fraudulent or mismanaged charter schools.

Packed in the 737 fiasco are all the economic problems we face: crony capitalism, regulatory capture, offshoring and man vs. machine.