The COLA is intended to keep Social Security benefits aligned with inflation, though it may not fully reflect retirees’ costs.
The Christian right has shifted from defending liberty to seeking power, defunding aid groups that help the poor worldwide.
A 2-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle in Chelsea, Massachusetts on Wednesday night and later died from her injuries. The incident has drawn attention to the dangers children face in residential neighborhoods and prompted an active investigation by local and county authorities.
A young boy’s summer outing to a Nebraska state park turned into a moment that geologists and historians are still talking about — because what Leo Youngdahl pulled from the ground hadn’t been seen in the state for more than half a century.
This week’s gains in voting rights, household finances, and public safety each reflect years of organizing finally converting into enforceable results — a court ruling in Wisconsin, debt relief for 4,300 Pittsburgh families, and a homicide rate at its lowest in over a century.
A former employee at a Tempe, Arizona high school is now facing nearly 100 additional criminal charges after investigators uncovered far more victims than initially known in a voyeurism case tied to a school dance room.
With midterm elections just weeks away, a federal-state standoff over voter eligibility is raising urgent questions about how election officials handle allegations of noncitizen voting — and what happens when government databases conflict with state voter records.
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The push to return to offices post-pandemic has many longing for flexible work. Studies show job satisfaction hinges more on feeling valued and having strong manager relationships than on physical work location.
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A viral “Karen” incident unfolded when a new homeowner clashed with HBCU students over public street parking.
For many people leaving Wisconsin’s prisons, the end of incarceration does not mean the end of punishment. A little-understood rule in the state’s supervision system can erase years of law-abiding life on the outside — sending people back to square one as if their progress never happened.
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A former employee at a Tempe, Arizona high school is now facing nearly 100 additional criminal charges after investigators uncovered far more victims than initially known in a voyeurism case tied to a school dance room.
Civic Engagement
A Wisconsin governor’s race is getting personal. Republicans are raising questions about millions in public funds that flowed to a nonprofit employing Democratic candidate David Crowley’s wife — and Crowley’s campaign is pushing back hard, saying the attacks cross a line.
Election rules might seem fixed and final, but a recent court ruling in Wisconsin shows that even strict deadlines can have exceptions — and those exceptions could determine who wins a close race.
Civic Engagement
On a small island with no cars, no bridges, and a government unlike any other in Michigan, residents are preparing to cast votes that could reshape their community’s economic future. This November, Mackinac Island voters will decide a ballot measure that goes to the heart of a question democratic communities across America regularly face: who really holds power over the services that define daily life — elected local officials accountable to residents, or a distant private corporation?
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