The quality (or inequality) of life
Poverty in history’s richest nation.
3 creative solutions to protect water, wildlife, and a warming city
In the heat zone of Louisville, Kentucky, 170 residents have been trained as “citizen foresters.”
Global inequality is 25% higher than it would have been in a climate-stable world
As is becoming increasingly clear, there are no quick fixes or easy solutions to climate change or inequality.
A jubilee moment in pandemic America?
The poetry of a movement to change this country...
How the police killing of a Black Brazilian teen sparked a movement
The police killing of João Pedro Mattos Pinto, a 14-year-old Black Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro, unmasked the scope of police brutality amid a pandemic and led to an unprecedented court decision.
Trump’s FCC has paved the way for a giant, local Fox News
Relaxed media consolidation rules have allowed Sinclair Broadcasting to buy Tribune Media, creating a local news behemoth with a conservative bent.
VICTORY: Trump inauguration protesters acquitted in key felony trial
This could be good news for the other hundreds of marchers facing guilt-by-association felonies.
The Guardian criticized for misrepresenting truth in Nicaragua
A group of advocates for Nicaragua wrote the publication to correct the record, but the Guardian refuses to publish their letter to the editor.
The first guaranteed basic income program designed for single black moms
The Magnolia Mothers Trust is the first of its kind that specifically targets single Black mothers.
How climate change will affect real lives — now and in the future
To better understand future climate projections, let’s look at how they may play out in the life of someone born in 2000.