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Last year, more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses. Advocates and family members marked the tragic toll with cardboard grave markers on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23.

States are getting $50 billion in opioid cash. And it's an issue in governor's races

Some candidates for governor are sparring over bragging rights for their state's share of opioid settlement funds. Some are attorneys general who pursued the lawsuits that produced the payouts.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is a co-founder of The Ida B. Wells Society. She's pictured above in New York in December 2021.

Ida B. Wells Society internships mired by funding issues, says Nikole Hannah-Jones

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says administrative delays have made it impossible to carry on with several academic projects intended to foster the careers of young Black investigative journalists.

'There is no trust now': Student loan borrowers respond to Supreme Court decision

In the wake of Friday's Supreme Court decision striking down Biden's relief plan, borrowers lament the path forward.

A group of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, DACA recipients and allies march through Border Field State Park, Feb. 7, 2018.

A federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal. Issue likely to be decided by US Supreme Court

A federal judge has declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

Economy Minister and presidential hopeful Sergio Massa arrives to a polling station during general elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sunday.

Argentine economy minister upsets populist as they head to presidential runoff

Sergio Massa surprised Sunday night by finishing on top in the first round of Argentina's presidential election, reflecting voters' wariness about handing the presidency to a right-wing populist.

Nutrition labels like these, seen in a store in 2014, have helped consumers better understand the contents of the food they buy.

Next time you read a food nutrition label, pour one out for Burkey Belser

"When design works, it looks like it's always been there," the graphic designer behind the ubiquitous panel on food packaging said.

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 5.

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions

The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, S.C., on Saturday.

The U.S. has downed a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina

The suspected Chinese spy balloon was noticed in Montana and slowly crossed the U.S. China expressed its "strong dissatisfaction and protest" over the downing.

A crowd of mostly Evangelical Christians waves U.S. and Israeli flags during the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) "Night to Honor Israel" event during the CUFI Summit 2023 on July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Va.

This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel

The GOP hasn't always been so focused on Israel, but evangelicals, partisan sorting and neoconservatism all helped change that. Those ties take center stage now as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on immigration

Immigration has become one of the cornerstone issues of the 2024 campaign as GOP presidential hopefuls try to stand out as the toughest on both illegal and legal immigration.

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