Those who stand to benefit from the changes in tax code include workers who earn tips, those receiving overtime pay, purchasers of US-made autos, and seniors.
US drug enforcement agents escort Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, on their way to face trafficking charges in a New York court, January 2026.
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The US now counts drug runners as terrorists, expanding the number of groups is it targeting.
The white bandana has become a symbol of the Mothers’ resistance.
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After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
The president loves exercising power in the United States and abroad. But he’s tanking in the polls – and the November mid-terms may clip his wings at home.
Medication abortions are increasingly common in states with abortion bans. Anti-abortion forces are pushing the courts and the White House to gut that access.
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Judges and federal regulators will make significant decisions over Americans’ reproductive rights.
Comedian Mark Critch, cast member of the CBC comedy show ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes,’ at a live taping of the show at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto in 2022.
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It’s important to consider how political satire helps defend democracy in ways that go beyond speaking truth to power.
A sign marks the outside of the Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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All children have the right to an adequate education. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services helps parents navigate their children’s educational needs.
Abortion rights protesters march against Trump’s deployment of federal troops to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2, 2025.
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Banning abortion instantly oppresses a huge swath of society. And enforcing abortion bans begets a police state − an upside for dictators from Mussolini to Ortega.
The impact of public education extends beyond teaching kids their ABCs and how to use a globe.
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Two legal scholars argue that public education helps the US maintain the nation’s fundamental values of equality and fairness – and recent attacks put them at risk.
While other presidential administrations have issued ‘Dear Colleague’ letters to schools, the Trump administration is the first to treat the letter like a law that mandates action.
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Trump’s February 2025 ‘Dear Colleague’ letter instructed all schools that receive federal funding to rid their programming and policies of all DEI ideology, or else risk losing money.
A marble statue of Nero on loan from the Louvre in Paris is seen at the Landesmuseum in Germany in 2016.
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Nero, Rome’s emperor from 54 to 68 C.E., rose to power at a young age and remained focused on himself, letting the needs of citizens fall to the wayside.
Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of the First Nations Summit at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025.
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Rather than continuing to retaliate with tariffs of its own, the Canadian government has begun to confess that such a tactic may be a losing battle against Donald Trump.
