The Report: Addition Without Representation

Plus: China and the Taliban, facing eco-anxiety and the back-to-school muddle

August 13, 2021

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FILE  - In this Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, people cheer as democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally in Sioux City, Iowa.  On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, when the nation's political microscope turns to inspect the small state's DNA, people start to complain about this quirk of American presidential politics. Why Iowa? It doesn't look like America, they note. It certainly doesn't look like the Democratic Party, in terms of racial diversity. (AP Photo/John Locher)

On paper, newly released census numbers should result in increased minority representation and a Democratic advantage in Congress. But that's not how it's shaping up.

Big business is doing what the government will not, or cannot, do when it comes to the coronavirus.

The move comes at the expense of the U.S., which has held up the Taliban's international legitimacy as its remaining source of leverage while the militant group storms across Afghanistan.

Republicans are intertwining immigration and coronavirus policy in an effort to hit Biden. For the president, each issue is complicating his agenda on the other.

The alarming surge in the delta variant scuttled superintendents' well-laid reopening plans and turned what's typically a joyful time into a political maelstrom.

Lawsuits filed by youth and young adults in the U.S. and Canada reflect growing anxiety over global climate change.

In white evangelical church congregations, the problem of vaccine hesitancy is real.

U.S. News photo editors curate this month's most compelling images from at home and abroad.

Where you live can have enormous effects on your health and well-being. Learn how hospitals and other organizations can invest in housing programs and partnerships for the good of their communities.

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