The EPA hasn’t seen cuts this deep since the 1970s. The agency is headed to having 1 in 3 staffers gone by the end of 2025 — slashing its ability to protect clean air, water and public health.

The Conversation

Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

Careful research into public information and in-depth interviews has shown the scale of personnel cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency.

A Texas A&M professor was fired after a lesson on gender identity went viral, and now the university’s president has resigned. It’s a clash over classroom speech that feels eerily familiar — echoing McCarthy-era battles over who decides what is ok to teach.

The Conversation

McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity

The McCarthy era in the 1950s was another politically contentious time that raised questions about how politics influences what gets taught in the ...