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Wildfire smoke worsened by the climate crisis caused 15,000 deaths from 2006 to 2020.
Carla Hayden is the first woman and first African American to lead the largest national library in the world.
The US wastes over one-third of its food supply, which contributes considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions.
As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines.
“Tabkha: Recipes From Under the Rubble” reimagines traditional Palestinian cuisine amid genocide.
Legislation would embolden corporations and powerful individuals to use retaliatory lawsuits to silence their critics.
One sponsor of the bill called Uber’s threat a “cynical and disheartening move by a multi-billion dollar company.”
A new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows that major cuts to Medicaid proposed by Republicans would remove...
A federal judge has placed a hold on the U.S. government’s plans to deport a number of immigrants to Libya, following allegations from immigrants,...
Under Trump’s direction, the US government is going to war against its own population.
Trump administration officials have reportedly been pressuring countries facing U.S. tariffs to approve satellite internet services offered by Elon...
As the Israeli military kills two more Palestinian journalists in Gaza, a new documentary by Zeteo has uncovered critical details about Israel’s...
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Trump claimed that companies were only saying costs will go up in order to “negotiate deals” with him.
At stake is whether some deported to El Salvador could be brought back to the US to receive due process denied to them.
The legislation would make it harder to file legal challenges against controversial mines and pipelines.
Dozens of people have been killed in the worst fighting between India and Pakistan in more than two decades. India attacked nine locations in...
Last week, Trump administration officials blasted Germany after a 1,100-page report from that country’s intelligence agency found that the...
The Trump administration has reportedly terminated members of a health committee that provides guidance on limiting the spread of diseases to...
A conservative state judge in North Carolina who attempted to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in order to win a state Supreme Court race...
Over the past weekend, several candidates in suburban Texas school districts who opposed book bans won their elections, defeating conservative...
On Tuesday, Colorado lawmakers passed a landmark bill aimed at strengthening protections for transgender people in the state. After the Senate...
President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service’s leadership have reportedly agreed to appoint a FedEx board member to succeed Louis DeJoy as...
To mark the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a press release on April 30 titled...
Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really...
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A top Israeli minister has vowed that Israel’s military will “conquer” Gaza and flatten everything that’s left, regardless of whether or not...
A group of House Democrats launched an effort Tuesday to force a vote on a measure that would prevent Republicans from slashing Medicaid and...
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed a slew of bills this week aimed at limiting the rights of LGBTQ people, including one targeting transgender...
In an abrupt announcement on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. is stopping its bombings in Yemen “effective immediately” after...
In yet another escalation of its anti-immigrant agenda, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Friday against...
Donald Trump has raised nearly a billion dollars from his various cryptocurrency schemes, says researcher Molly White. “He is really allowing for...
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Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, abortion bans have spread widely across the South and Midwest. Abortion is totally or near-totally...
A federal judge has ordered an end to efforts by a conservative candidate for the North Carolina State Supreme Court to invalidate thousands of...
The Republican Party’s strategy for winning the 2026 midterm elections — and thus, potentially retaining control of Congress — is reportedly set to...
New York City event organizers have cancelled a Pride month concert by R&B artist Kehlani after pressure from Mayor Eric Adams’s office against the...
Florida Decides Healthcare, a political committee and nonprofit that is fighting for expanded Medicaid eligibility in the Sunshine State, on Sunday...
It would have been easy to miss. Buried deep within Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual letter to company shareholders — a glowing, energetic 5,000-word...
Since March 2, Israel has blocked all food, medicine, fuel, and other relief from entering the besieged Gaza Strip, home to 2.1 million Palestinian...
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that his administration is implementing a 100 percent tariff on all films produced in foreign countries,...
An Israeli app used by then-U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to archive chats on Signal was easily hacked and his messages accessed by a...
The Trump administration on Monday announced what it called “historic travel assistance and stipend for voluntary self-deportation,” prompting one...
An alliance between the far right and Silicon Valley oligarchs has given rise to a form of “end times fascism,” says journalist Naomi Klein, who...
This article was originally published at The 19th . Columbia, Missouri — Celeste Athon had played softball from the day she was old enough to sign...
In recent months, people trying to reach the Social Security Administration (SSA) have encountered website crashes, automatic hang-ups and...
Inside a dingy conference room in the North Dakota state house, Texas attorney Bradley Pierce coolly made the case that the 14th Amendment and...
This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focused on education. After a five-year pause, the Trump...