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Dolores Huerta, pioneering labor activist, dies at 96

Socialist civil war engulfs Los Angeles mayor race

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Expectations on DEI defy the political narrative

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A heat table that shows expectations for workplace DEI efforts by generation in an October 2026 survey of 2,202 U.S. private-sector workers. Gen Z is most likely to expect more effort, at 50%, versus 14% less. Baby Boomers are lowest at 18% more and highest at 31% less.

Expectations for workplace DEI efforts, by generation

Data: Morning Consult for MB/A; Note: Figures combine "much" and "somewhat" more or less responses, compared with four years ago; Table: Simon Hernandez-Arthur/Axios

Campaigns drag grieving families into midterm attack ads

Where breast cancer death rates are highest in the U.S.

Female breast cancer death rates

Data: CDC; Note: Age-adjusted rates account for differences in population age. Map: Brad Jennings/Axios

America's deep religious divide over empathy

A bar chart that shows the share of U.S. adults by religious affiliation who say empathy is foundational. Percent agreeing ranges from 42% among White evangelical Protestants to 83% among religiously unaffiliated Americans. Other non-Christian religions are at 80%, and Jewish Americans at 77%.

Americans by religious affiliation who see empathy as foundational

Data: PRRI, 2026 American Values Survey; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios

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Runnin' down a dream in Pine Ridge

The overlooked geography of American poverty

A map of the U.S. showing the percentage point difference between the official and supplemental poverty measures, 2023-2025. In 37 states and D.C., the supplemental measure is higher than the official. The largest differences are in California, where the supplemental measure is 7.1 percentage points than the official, and Florida, where it is 5.1 percentage points higher.

Percentage point difference between the official and supplemental poverty measures, 2023-2025

Black voters test the socialist left's ceiling

Congress' youth wave faces a brutal reality

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2024 will be an election year like no other, as President Biden seeks re-election amid economic uncertainty, two wars and questions about his age. His likely foe, former President Trump, faces felony charges and vows revenge on his political enemies. Meanwhile, Americans generally are dissatisfied with those choices and are divided over immigration, race, education and more.

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