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Abortion in America: How access and attitudes have changed through the centuries

Women in a demonstration with ‘Safe Legal Abortions for all Women’ Sign

The most common complaints filed to your local government

Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument.

Inflation is significantly stressing 75% of Americans—here's how they're making ends meet

People waiting for packages of food at a food bank.

News

Coldest city in every state

Person walking in cold snowy weather.

A timeline of WWII, one of the most devastating conflicts in world history

Government

The most common complaints filed to your local government

Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument.

Richest current Democratic politicians in Congress

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) leaves the Senate floor after voting yes on a procedural vote on federal legislation protecting same-sex marriages, at the U.S. Capitol on November 16, 2022

Richest current Republican politicians in Congress

Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing aviator sunglasses.

Gun control legislation that passed and failed over the last 20 years

Closeup of judge's gavel and gun with bullets

25 terms you should know to understand the gun control debate

History

From Stonewall to today: 50+ years of modern LGBTQ+ history

Maura Healey of Massachusetts and Tina Kotek of Oregon became the first and second openly lesbian governors respectively in 2022.

History of vaccine mandates in the US

Can you guess which US city this 'Jeopardy!' clue is about?

Aerial view of Buffalo, New York

Nobel Prize history from the year you were born

A timeline of WWII, one of the most devastating conflicts in world history

Military

Military medals and what they mean

Closeup of military medals

105 years of military history

Combat helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division fly over an RTO and his commander on an isolated landing zone during Operation Pershing during the Vietnam War.

25 pictures of abandoned military installations and their stories

Eastern Island on the Midway Atoll in Hawaii

What 25 historic battlefields look like today

A revolutionary cannon on the Saratoga Battlefield at the Saratoga National Historical park near Stillwater, New York.

A history of US military ships—from the Revolutionary War to today

Sailors on the USS Texas in various positions on the big guns in 1915.

Politics

States with the highest and lowest Biden approval ratings

Biden standing next to an American flag smiling and cheering against a blue background.

Political cartoons from the last 111 years

"Disinformation" political cartoon suggests that Russia is feeding Estonia's human rights into a grinder with snakes coming out of the other side. The grinder itself.

States with the most conservatives

Supporters and fans of Donald Trump wave signs at a campaign event in 2016.

States with the most liberals

Then-democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in campaign rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds on October 29, 2020 in Tampa, Florida.

Zip codes donating the most money to Donald Trump

Donald Trump speaks during a "Save America" rally

Society

Inflation is significantly stressing 75% of Americans—here's how they're making ends meet

People waiting for packages of food at a food bank.

How 'monkeypox' and other disease names have caused controversy

A patient awaits a vaccination by a doctor

A decade of semitruck accident data

Row of trucks driving on highway

How seat belt use has changed since the 1990s

Close-up of woman in car fastening seat belt

10 cities where bike commuting is growing fastest in the US

Row of bikes in front of D.C.'s Washington Monument

World

Vladimir Putin's history of conflict with former Soviet nations: the timeline and human cost

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a meeting.

When women got the right to vote in 50 countries

Former world leaders who were prosecuted after leaving office

Donald Trump speaks during a retreat with Republican lawmakers at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, January 6, 2018.

How the world changed during Queen Elizabeth's reign

Indicators that the Russian people may not wholly support the war with Ukraine

Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting army service in Saint Petersburg.

The most common complaints filed to your local government

Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument.

Inflation is significantly stressing 75% of Americans—here's how they're making ends meet

People waiting for packages of food at a food bank.

News

Coldest city in every state

Person walking in cold snowy weather.

A timeline of WWII, one of the most devastating conflicts in world history

How 'monkeypox' and other disease names have caused controversy

A patient awaits a vaccination by a doctor

News

Countries with the highest rates of public-sector corruption

The Port of Bossaso in Somalia

News

15 things AI can (and can't) do

View of steering wheel that the driver is not holding because they're in a self-driving car.

News

US metro areas with the worst air pollution

Dark gray smoke billows out of factory stacks as the sun sets.

Zip codes donating the most money to Donald Trump

Donald Trump speaks during a "Save America" rally

Richest current Democratic politicians in Congress

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) leaves the Senate floor after voting yes on a procedural vote on federal legislation protecting same-sex marriages, at the U.S. Capitol on November 16, 2022