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  • With Roe on the precipice, Americans are having more abortions

    New data from the Guttmacher Institute shows Illinois saw a 25% increase in abortions between 2017 and 2020.

    June 15 read more
  • Why The Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard To Close

    A new study shows the simple math of why — absent radical measures — America’s racial wealth gap won’t be closing anytime soon.

    June 14 read more
  • The Jan. 6 panel says the Trump campaign misled donors using election lies

    A counsel for the panel said in a video that the Trump campaign misled donors in its fundraising after the 2020 election, perpetuating false claims of voter fraud in order to raise funds.

    June 13 read more
  • What to expect from the second Jan. 6 committee hearing

    Five witnesses will testify Monday, including Bill Stepien, former President Donald Trump’s campaign manager, and Ben Ginsberg, a GOP election lawyer and outspoken critic of Trump’s election lies.

    June 13 read more
  • The Tony Awards 2022: Why Jennifer Hudson has just made history

    A Tony award was the final piece of the puzzle for Hudson, who reached EGOT status — or winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

    June 13 read more
  • New revelations and 3 other takeaways from the first Jan. 6 committee hearing

    The committee transported the audience back to Jan. 6 with video of what happened that day. It also made a strong case that former President Trump was responsible for what happened.

    June 10 read more
  • The Jan. 6 committee is holding hearings on its investigation of the Capitol riot

    The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is holding about a half a dozen public hearings this month on what it has learned so far. The first is on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET.

    June 9 read more
  • Key questions the Jan. 6 committee will tackle in its hearings

    It’s been nearly a year of gathering information — via depositions, subpoenas, hearings, document dumps and court challenges — for the House select committee investigating the siege of the Capitol.

    June 9 read more
  • Wilco releases an out-and-out country music double album with ‘Cruel Country’

    NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche about their new album Cruel Country, and about writing songs with uncomfortable truths.

    June 6 read more
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  • Traveling this summer? Here are book picks for all 50 states (and then some).

    Poets laureate and other literary luminaries from all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live.

    June 5 read more
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