US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images The new food pyramid says it all. In January, the federal government released updated dietary ...

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Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered straight to your inbox. This article is a partnership between Reveal and 404 Media. Jesus Gutiérrez, 23, was walking home one ...

“I think right now, the Trump regime has decided it has enough of the levers of power that they don’t need to have public support anymore,” says Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works and a ...

The growth of crypto—decentralized digital currency that doesn’t rely on the backing of a bank or government—is one of the most transformative financial developments of the 21st century. And yet ...

This week, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will remove homeless encampments from Washington, DC. It came at a press conference in which he declared a public safety emergency ...

Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it was moving the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight, a symbolic hour signifying global catastrophe. The ...

Many police departments and sheriff’s offices resell or trade in their used guns for discounts on new equipment. Credit: Illustration by Brian Stauffer for The Trace Want more? Subscribe to our ...

President Donald Trump’s second term has swung a wrecking ball at diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and programs throughout the country. Few writers seem better suited to explain this unique ...

Student demonstrators in Katy, Texas, protest the school district’s transgender policy that allowed staff to ignore students’ requests to use specific pronouns. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle ...