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There are a few urban legends that poke up here and there that certain libraries — usually dusty, private, or academic ones which are not ea

By the time the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, did colonial Americans still sound like their British counterparts?

I used to think I was in control of my life. But I don’t believe that any more. Learning about hormones changed everything. The illusion of

A contract accepted under duress is typically considered voidable. My wife Helen is a lawyer, so she would understand this better than anyon

The administration’s cuts to the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments include sacred Indigenous lands and archaeologi

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Today, the DAG Foundation announced the winners of its second annual DAG Prizes, which award $20,000 each to a visual artist, a writer, and

Featuring Sigrid Nunez, Wilmington's white supremacist coup, Julie Buntin, and more

On July 6, two days before the publication of its report on the cultural boycott of Israel, PEN America made a subtle but important change t

Pride displays, programs, and events continue to disappear from libraries in the US, making them complicit in queer erasure.

Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widesp

Infections from the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora are surging, with 2026 already the nation's worst year for reported cases.

Why the right has overwhelmingly embraced terrible AI-generated imagery.