'Sparks' tells of China's underground artists working to document the country's history

Chinese filmmakers and writers who challenge the Communist Party’s story about China do so at great personal risk.

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The cover of "The Museum of Failures." (Courtesy of Algonquin Books)

'The Museum of Failures' explores identity, immigration and keeping family secrets

The book centers around Remy, an Indian-American advertising executive, who returns to India to adopt a child and uncovers a wealth of family secrets.

09:3710 hours ago

Indictment accuses Sen. Menendez of helping Egypt in exchange for benefits

Menendez is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in a range of schemes and influencing an arms deal with Egypt and U.S. aid to that country.

05:5810 hours ago

Haiti's women's soccer team is trying to change culture of harassment, abuse

As Spain tries to reckon with the toxic culture within its women's soccer league, Haiti is dealing with a scandal of its own.

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Nashville theater company puts on 'Beauty and the Beast' featuring 50 disabled adults

A Nashville nonprofit called Backlight Productions is a theater company for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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The 'Mastermind' behind an English course about Taylor Swift's songwriting

At the University of Texas at Austin, students are learning about the great authors of English literature, from Shakespeare to Sylvia Plath. But their course also connects the songwriting of...

09:4310 hours ago

UAW union members picket on the street in front of a Stellantis distribution center. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

As UAW strike continues in Michigan, Biden lends unprecedented support to auto workers on strike

Never before has a sitting U.S. President participated in an ongoing strike.

04:3410 hours ago

The momentum of hot strike summer continues

The strikes have largely been fruitful in securing better contracts and wages for union members from pilots to delivery drivers, to Hollywood writers.

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People gather to protest against HB1041, a bill to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports that match their gender identity, during a rally at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Michael Conroy/AP)

Why a group of physicians says excluding trans kids from sports poses a risk to their health

23 states ban transgender kids from playing school sports on a team that’s consistent with their gender identity.

03:4110 hours ago

Members with ISAIAH’s childcare initiative Kids Count On Us lead a press conference at Playschool Childcare, in Maplewood, MN during a Childcare Week of Action (Photos courtesy of ISAIAH)

Faith-based organizer shares lessons from Minnesota’s progressive year

After winning back the majority last year, Democrats in Minnesota now control both state legislative chambers and the governor’s office.

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Biden heads to Michigan to walk UAW picket line

It's the first time a sitting president has ever walked a picket line.

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Baton Rouge Police Department under fire for misconduct in 'brave cave' warehouse

Several lawsuits filed against the department accuse officers of interrogating, strip searching and even torturing detainees inside this warehouse.

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Meet 7 high school seniors from across the country — our Class of 2024

The Class of 2024 spent all of their high school years under some form of the pandemic, saw the culture wars play out in their schools, and watched an economy...

06:12Sep 25, 2023

Colorado preschool standards set low bar

Experts say Colorado's universal preschool program falls short on a number of benchmarks and could hurt kids.

05:51Sep 25, 2023

In writing 'Idlewild,' author James Frankie Thomas discovered his own trans nature

The novel centers around the friendship of two teens in a Quaker high school in the early 2000s.

09:36Sep 25, 2023

St. Paul, MN, housing program aims to reverse economic damage

A housing program in St. Paul, Minnesota, aims to reverse the economic damage caused by the construction of a highway that ran through and decimated a Black neighborhood.

03:42Sep 25, 2023

Meet the Class of 2024

This year’s seniors have had a high school experience like no other. Throughout the year, we’ll catch up with them during milestone moments and hear their thoughts on issues shaping...

In this handout provided by NASA, The sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission landed at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. (Keegan Barber/NASA via Getty Images)

Asteroid sample could reveal more about the solar system's origins

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission capsule contains an 8.8-ounce asteroid sample that could help scientists worldwide learn more about the solar system's origins.

05:51Sep 25, 2023

What do auto workers make in pay and why it matters in contract talks?

Members of the United Auto Workers earn up to $32 per hour while temporary workers earn about $17/hour.

05:48Sep 25, 2023

Sen. Bob Menendez indicted on federal corruption charges

He is accused of accepting bribes and influencing an arms deal with Egypt, among other things.

04:35Sep 25, 2023