More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits ...

I traveled around the Canadian peninsula by car, sailboat, kayak, and surfboard to learn the truth about its Black settlers, ...

Getty Images I look at a map dotted with historical Black settlements in Nova Scotia. I count 48—the first of which, ...

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Around two dozen states regularly elected both a Republican and a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in the 1970s and 1980s. Only ...

Thousands of US Postal Service jobs are at stake under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s modernization plan, which would close ...

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are battling to the wire in the 2024 US Presidential Election, making swing states more important than ever. But what are swing states, you ask? Well, the way voting ...

Buckle up: We’re about to take an etymological road trip across the country, tackling the origins of all 50 state names (and Washington ... Long story short, the best guess is Idaho is named ...

America's most popular baby names by stateAn analysis of nationwide phone book listings has revealed the most common last ...

The results reveal interesting patterns for the names that have grown in popularity over time. Drawing on this data, the map below ... with 22 states from New York to Alaska listing it as the ...

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