On World Children’s Day, human rights group calls on Trump administration to release detained...
"All children deserve to be safe and protected, to live with their parents and their families, and to have their voices heard."
#BlackFridays walkouts turn rage into action and community
This initiative, connected by the Twitter hashtag #BlackFridays, has resulted in a number of symbolic walkouts across the country led by a network of women of color.
Planet of war
Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the U.S. military prepares for global combat.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s ‘asylum ban,’ saying President can’t rewrite immigration laws
A federal judge in California has temporarily halted Trump’s asylum ban, which attempted to deny asylum to anyone entering the country from outside of a legal port of entry.
‘Solving our climate crisis:’ Bernie Sanders to host a national town hall on climate...
"We need millions of people all over this country to stand up and demand fundamental changes in our energy policy in order to protect our kids and our grandchildren and the planet."
Florida beaches closed due to fecal bacteria in water
Exposure to enterococci could specifically lead to urinary tract infections, diverticulitis, or meningitis.
HAPPENING TODAY: Youth climate leaders to flood congressional offices to demand Green New Deal
The movement calls for the creation of "climate plan in line with what science and justice demand."
Pick your poison: The fracking industry’s wastewater injection well problem
The fracking industry is producing record amounts of oil, gas, and wastewater, meaning this problem of wastewater disposal isn't going away soon and disposal wells are likely to be part of the long-term solution.
Meet the prisoners being paid $1 an hour to battle the deadly climate-fueled fires...
California saves up to $100 million a year by using prison labor to fight its biggest environmental problem.
The case against WikiLeaks is a crisis for the First Amendment
The Trump administration once celebrated WikiLeaks. Now it wants to prosecute Julian Assange simply for publishing things it doesn't like. That's a threat to all journalists.