US sets record for billion-dollar disasters in a single year, with almost four months...
“If we want to reduce the damages from severe weather, we need to accelerate progress on both stopping climate change and building resilience.”
Violence Against Women Act at risk of lapsing
“Republicans’ decision to include only a short-term VAWA re-authorization in the must-pass minibus spending bill is nothing short of an abdication of our responsibilities to women in our country."
Judge denies bail to alleged NSA leaker Reality Winner, citing her admiration for Snowden...
Federal Judge Brian Epps of Augusta, Georgia, said his decision to deny bail was based in part on comments by Winner that she “admires Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.”
Largest fossil fuel plant in New York City could become nation’s first to convert...
“The repowering of Ravenswood with offshore wind is a community-driven approach to invest in a disadvantaged community and support New York in meeting its clean energy and economic goals.”
Police determine officer was driving at ‘unsafe speed’ when striking teen
"Our training is designed to prevent this sort of thing from happening. We are going to make sure our training – and the officer’s adherence to that training – is as solid as it can be.”
Citing ‘deluge of new evidence,’ House Jan. 6 committee delays hearings
Chair Bennie Thompson said hearings into the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump would resume sometime in July.
U.S. consumers exposed to BPA at levels 5,000x above EU recommendations
U.S. consumers are exposed to more than 5,000 times more bisphenol-A (BPA) than the EU considers safe, and that has prompted environmental...
Former MMA fighter pleads guilty to punching police officer during Capitol riots
Scott Fairlamb is one of the first defendants convicted of assault against the police during the Capitol riots.
Federal judge rules in favor of women on birth control
“This is just the first step, but today is a critical victory for millions of women and families and for the rule of law.”
Martin Luther King’s multiple lanes to multiracial democracy
King understood that no single approach would be sufficient to combat the interconnected evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism.