Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right,” is based on seven years of work in eastern Kentucky, one of the poorest and whitest areas in the country.

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Massachusetts is preparing for a massive outreach effort to help hundreds of thousands of residents who qualify for Medicaid ...

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At first a response to extreme weather, the 2010 Telework Enhancement Act prepared agencies for a different type of disaster years later: the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Supreme Court lifted a lower court’s ruling that had blocked mass layoffs in the federal work force.

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