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Child tax credit payments are going out. Here’s how to get yours.

By Gregory Svirnovskiy and Gabby Birenbaum

The richest colleges didn’t need to cut their budgets in the pandemic — but they did

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

Paid leave is incredibly popular — even with Republicans

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

How Biden could expand paid family leave to more Americans

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

The Senate just took a step toward actually lowering US greenhouse gas emissions

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

Watch: Biden’s first address to Congress

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

9 ideas to solve the broken institution of policing

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

Half of US adults will soon be fully vaccinated. Convincing everyone else will be more difficult.

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

The economy is improving — but the pandemic isn’t over yet

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

A bill on studying reparations is getting a House vote 30 years in the making

By Gregory Svirnovskiy