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WHAT’S GOING ON? The Trump administration is expected to release its new budget plan this month and vital organizations are bracing for drastic cuts or even elimination. Among the agencies… More

The social networking website Twitter has put new measures in place to try to stop users from being harassed or from seeing things that offend them. Some free-speech activists are worried… More

Comedian-commentator Samantha Bee and author-activist Masha Gessen will be speaking in May about "gender and power" during the age of President Donald Trump. PEN America announced Thursday that Gessen and… More

There was a time when all the stars of American literature seemed to be straight white guys named John. If you need a sign of how far we’ve progressed from… More

In his joint address to Congress, President Donald Trump began to elaborate his vision of an "America First" foreign policy. Some of his foreign policy pronouncements were familiar and… More

The phone calls and emails began coming in a few weeks ago to the Nebraska congressional delegation — all Republicans, and all potentially crucial to an expected fight over… More

Former NASA mathematician gets her Oscars moment  She said only "thank you," but it was one of the more moving moments of Sunday's Oscars ceremony. Katherine Johnson, 98, the former NASA… More

When Pauline Frommer recently contacted a New Zealand lodge to book a room, the innkeeper didn’t ask about her arrival dates or number of guests. Instead, she asked the… More

The Trump administration should “act as a champion of press freedom”, a senior member of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Saturday, rather than prosecute a war with mainstream… More

When Pauline Frommer recently contacted a New Zealand lodge to book a room, the innkeeper didn’t ask about her arrival dates or number of guests. Instead, she asked the… More