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February 22, 2026
Faith leaders accuse White House Faith Office of stonewalling them
Some faith leaders say they're being shut out by the White House Faith Office, alleging the administration provides access only to those in political lockstep while ignoring the impact of ICE raids...
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February 20, 2026
Overdoses are dropping, but poly-drug mixes are rewriting the U.S. drug crisis
Overdose deaths are falling, but America's illicit drug supply is re-engineering itself into lethal cocktails: fentanyl plus stimulants, sedatives, and novel synthetics that hide in party powders a...
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February 18, 2026
Survey: Americans aren't as racially divided as we think
Data: Gallup/Brookings Institution's Center for Community Uplift; Chart: Axios VisualsMost Americans say race doesn't drive their daily decisions, even as the country feels more divided than ever, ...
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February 18, 2026
Where Christian nationalism is most dominant in U.S. states
Data: PRRI; Note: Map shows the share who were classified as "adherents" or "sympathizers" based on their responses to five questions; Map: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsChristian nationalism is now deep...
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February 17, 2026
In photos: Jesse Jackson's life, activism and politics
The Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday after a career in activism and politics during a national transformation in civil rights and inequality, where he worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. an...
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February 14, 2026
Fragmenting Latino vote now a wildcard in elections
Latino voters aren't realigning — they're fragmenting.Consultants and pollsters tell Axios that after moving toward Donald Trump in 2024, the nation's fastest-growing electorate is splintering into...
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February 11, 2026
Crime plunges in major cities despite Trump's crackdown rhetoric
CopyData: Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA); Chart: Axios VisualsViolent crime dropped sharply across America's biggest cities in 2025, according to new data reviewed by Axios.Why it matters: ...
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February 10, 2026
Texas Democratic Senate primary shows how identity politics could haunt Democrats in 2028
The Texas Democratic Senate primary between Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico has turned ugly over race and credibility, becoming a skirmish that could foreshadow tensions for Dem...
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February 6, 2026
Trump revives racist imagery once seen as disqualifying
President Trump's post of a racist video of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama underscores how imagery long recognized as among the most explicit racist tropes in U....
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February 6, 2026
Trump officials push citizenship question in test survey for 2030 census
The Trump administration is moving forward with a field test of a citizenship question as part of early 2030 U.S. Census planning, raising fresh alarm that the question could make a comeback after ...
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February 5, 2026
Political violence and low pay are pushing young state lawmakers toward the exit
Political violence, stagnant pay and family-unfriendly legislatures are pushing Gen Z and Millennial state lawmakers to consider leaving office — even as many say they still believe in public servi...
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February 2, 2026
AI is coming for rodeo, the last major U.S. sport untouched by analytics
Eight seconds on a bull has always been about instinct, not data. That's starting to change, as artificial intelligence moves into rodeo arenas and brings analytics to one of America's most traditi...
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February 1, 2026
As Trump-era cuts hollow out preservation, Black philanthropists step in to save history
Private nonprofits and Black philanthropists are stepping in to save endangered Black history touchstones as the Trump administration orders agencies to scrub or rewrite "equity-related" public his...
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January 31, 2026
Brown Berets and Black Panther imagery resurface amid stepped-up ICE enforcement
Groups using the names and imagery of 1970s-era militant movements are reappearing in public protests tied to immigration enforcement, underscoring how intensely ICE raids are reshaping activism in...
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January 29, 2026
The 3 groups lagging most in America's post-COVID rebound
In a stunning warning for the rapidly-aging U.S., poverty rose for seniors in more than 800 counties over the past five years, according to new Census Bureau estimates.Why it matters: America's pos...
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January 24, 2026
AI is reshaping police detective work, starting with cold cases
Police departments are using artificial intelligence to sift massive evidence troves, and it's jump-starting cold cases, missing-person investigations and trial preparation.Why it matters: The bigg...
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January 24, 2026
Fewer than 200,000 Holocaust survivors remain as antisemitism rises globally
The number of living Holocaust survivors has dropped below 200,000 for the first time, a new demographic study has found.Why it matters: The stark milestone comes as antisemitism rises globally and...
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January 22, 2026
From barbed wire to data: How AI is changing ranching in the American West
Cowboys in the American West are increasingly managing cattle not just from horseback, but from smartphones and with artificial intelligence.Why it matters: AI won't be the end of cowboys. But AI-a...
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January 19, 2026
The Civil Rights era is losing its grip on young Americans
The Civil Rights era is no longer the central reference point for how many young Americans understand race, justice and power — a generational shift reshaping politics, education and activism in th...
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January 15, 2026
Scoop: ACLU sues Trump at record pace in year one
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched its fastest-ever legal campaign against President Trump in his first year, filing challenges at a pace that could double those in his first te...
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January 13, 2026
Oglala Sioux Tribe says ICE illegally holding tribal members from Minneapolis raids
The Oglala Sioux Tribe, one of the largest Indigenous tribal nations in the U.S., is accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of illegally holding four tribal members picked up during Min...
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January 13, 2026
Why ICE agents face far less accountability than police
The investigation into the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good would likely be going very differently if a local police officer, instead of an ICE agent, had pulled the trigger last week in Mi...
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January 10, 2026
"Pink cocaine" is spreading in U.S. — and users don't know what's in it
A drug marketed as "pink cocaine" is turning up more often in U.S. nightclubs and busts, alarming health officials because it's usually not cocaine at all. And no two batches are the same.Why it ma...
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January 6, 2026
Immigrants seek divine protection in ICE raids era
Immigrants are turning to traditional Catholic and unofficial folk saints for protection and courage in a political climate of mass deportations where they often feel hopeless.Why it matters: The s...
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January 2, 2026
What AI means for the future of policing
Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping who police stop, how reports are written, where officers patrol and how evidence is analyzed.Why it matters: The tech promises speed and efficiency. ...
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December 26, 2025
The great unchurching of America
The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.Why it matters: The great un...
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December 20, 2025
Synthetic soul: AI-generated gospel "Mississippi" singer Solomon Ray tops Christian chart
An artificial intelligence-generated soul singer named Solomon Ray has climbed Christian music charts, igniting a national debate over authenticity, race, faith and the future of music.Why it matte...
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December 19, 2025
Churches turn Nativity scenes into protests as immigration crackdowns intensify
Some U.S. churches are reimagining Nativity scenes — surrounding the Holy Family with ICE agents or separating Jesus from Mary and Joseph — to protest the Trump administration's intensifying immigr...
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December 16, 2025
China on track for massive population decline
Data: U.S. Census; Chart: Jacque Schrag/AxiosPeople in the year 2100 will be younger in Africa, and dramatically older in East Asia and Europe, as power tilts sharply toward the global South, per t...
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December 14, 2025
It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas
Churches across the U.S. and abroad are quietly experimenting with AI-generated Christmas content, from Nativity visuals and kids' lessons to full Christmas Eve sermons.Why it matters: Christmas se...
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