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Tax credits, vouchers, charter schools, they’re all part of a right-wing program to chip away at public education and actually result in increased racial segregation.

Leaked report, citing concerns of retaliation over ‘perceptions of police brutality against African Americans’, prompts fears of crackdown on activists

The number of teachers and education staff fell dramatically during the Great Recession and has failed to get anywhere near its prerecession level,

The militarized Trump White House is pursuing plans for a trillion-dollar rebuild of the entire US nuclear weapons complex.

Early embryos may have come to depend on the tricks viruses use to manipulate them.

Interview. The director discusses Blade Runner 2049, his doubts and his inspirations for the sequel to the Ridley Scott classic.

President Trump’s agenda is disturbingly coherent, and it is based around militarism, austerity, social division, voter suppression, and right-wing authoritarianism.

It’s worth noting how much the five Republican appointees on the Court would have to put their thumbs on the scale to rule in favor of the employers.

Sound can cause discomfort and even serious harm, and researchers have explored the idea of sonic weaponry for years. But scientists doubt a hidden ultrasound weapon can explain what happened in Cuba.

Some critical prescription drugs are only made on the island, and Hurricane Maria halted production at dozens of pharmaceutical factories.