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Next City provides a breakdown of what it knows, what’s possible and what cities should prepare for based on statements from President Donald Trump and his new HUD Secretary Scott Turner.

The 19th reports on the future of Medicaid, the popular public health care program for low-income Americans that covers nearly half of all births in America and almost half of the nation’s children.

The Marshall Project reports on the future of police accountability, which remains uncertain as misconduct persists and focus shifts from reforms.

Heimdal analyzed resources from the Federal Trade Commission and credit bureaus to compile tips on securing your identity to protect against fraud.

The Trace analyzes the state of gun purchases and ownership in America after the pandemic pushed demand for firearms to record levels.

The Daily Yonder reports that in the northwest corner of Washington State, activists organize to assist local immigrant communities with legal protections against ICE trying to meet the Trump administration’s deportation goals.

The Marshall Project reports on how the Trump administration’s efforts—from mass deportation to harsher punishments for some crimes—rely on access to more prison and jail cells.

The Hechinger Report reports that the University of Arizona, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the Georgia Institute of Technology are among a small group of universities taking steps to change the conversation about the humanities, drawing a connection between the humanities and good high-paying jobs.

Votebeat reports on a survey by the Elections & Voting Information Center, which shows that most election administrators would not recommend the job to their own child.

LA Post shares findings from a new UCLA study about the complexity of trust, including experiment-based examples.

Ballotpedia reports that the overall partisan composition across all 50 state legislatures changed by 0.7% in favor of Republicans.

The Hechinger Report reports on how a much-touted federal reform effort, and a tribal lawsuit, sought to improve outcomes for Bureau of Indian Education students, but now the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the government threaten what little progress the agency has made.

The Daily Yonder reports on the confusion over a federal spending freeze that is threatening large- and small-scale farmers who rely on USDA programs in areas that private investors won’t touch, according to a national farmers coalition.

Chalkbeat reports on the status of an initiative to block undocumented children from attending public school for free or inquire about students’ immigration status in ways that courts have held violate children’s educational rights.

Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to rank 15 U.S. metropolitan areas by the share of adults who reported feeling lonely.

LA Post reveals insights from recent research about the cognitive benefits children with autism may experience from growing up in multilingual environments.

Rula shares information to help you learn more about your rights under the Mental Health Parity Act to use your health insurance to access mental healthcare.

H-1B Employer Data used research from USCIS to find which companies and metropolitan areas have the highest rates of H-1B visa holders.

Votebeat reports on Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ focus on fixing blame rather than helping counties plan next steps when it comes to fumbled voter citizenship rolls.

Stacker looked at data from The American Presidency Project to see which of the United States tended to lean most toward Democratic values.

The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Fast Company share the story of Cyrus Jaffery, a refugee-turned-CEO who pays it forward by helping job seekers facing adversity.

The Trace reports on how White House directives and pledges to cut public health funding are already causing chaos and uncertainty.

Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler cover the rocky history of drug use in America.

The Conversation spotlights Ada Lovelace, a female programming pioneer, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed, for Women’s History Month.

The 19th examines a policy change for female firefighters that came nearly three years after cancers typically impacting men got coverage.

The Daily Yonder reports on the deer venison donation programs providing meat for food-insecure Americans, and how and why it works so well.

The Markup and The Dating Apps Reporting Project spotlights Match Group, the company behind more than a dozen dating apps, and its troubling history with abusive users like Stephen Matthews.

The Hechinger Report covers the different ways U.S. states are loosening their child care rules to cut costs and how this could harm young children.

CalMatters‘s investigation into emergency shelters, which are supposed to be safe havens, found that instead, they are often rife with abuse and scandal.

What accounts for the U.S. dollar’s strength in 2025, and what lies in store? OANDA analyzed Federal Reserve data to find some clues.