Are Candidates Exploiting the Families of Black Victims for Votes? Sandra Bland’s Mom Says...
Black votes matter, but some question whether Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton’s endorsements from relatives of police brutality victims are appropriate.
Tropical cyclone causes miles-long oil slick
Oil spills have become an "unfortunate byproduct" of building large oil rigs in hurricane-prone areas.
Trump fires FBI director James Comey
The U.S. has been in an uproar over this action since it occurred.
Police under investigation after fatally shooting unarmed teen in back
According to Raye’s mother, Karonisha Ramsey, her son had called her a few hours before his death to tell her that he would be home for Thanksgiving dinner.
Overpopulation, food waste and climate change
The house, our house is literally burning, and, despite millions of people screaming for change, the behavior, and ways of living that ignited the fire continue unabated.
World told act now or face 136 years of hunger, report warns
The report blames the combined crises of conflict, climate change, high food prices and mounting debt, all of which are denying billions of people the right to adequate food.
Medicare Advantage overbills taxpayers by $140 billion a year—enough to wipe out Medicare premiums
"Medicare Advantage is just another example of the endless greed of the insurance industry poisoning American healthcare," says a new report from Physicians for a National Health Program.
Mitch McConnell’s plan to sabotage Social Security from within
Andrew Biggs seems to think everyone has a cushy, billionaire-funded desk job like his, and would be happy to work until they die.
Meet the industry lobbyists fighting efforts to solve the biodiversity crisis
"This research sheds new light on an area of lobbying that has largely been able to slip under the radar and should act as a wake-up call to policymakers ahead of the U.N.'s upcoming biodiversity conference," said InfluenceMap's program manager.
18 dead, more than 900 rescued as Florence floods the Carolinas
"The storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now."