Sunday, July 26, 2026

Reconsidering criminal punishment

We know that the prison system is expensive to maintain and not particularly effective. So what are other solutions to crime?

Climate activists demand more from state lawmakers in wake of Supreme Court EPA ruling

With the federal government’s ability to tackle climate change curtailed by the Supreme Court, activists are pressing climate-friendly state lawmakers to step up.

Labor Day 2017: Working families move closer to paid parental leave

For the nation’s poor working parents, the absence of paid leave is only the visible top of an iceberg of workplace challenges.

5 Endangered Species Dependent on Public Lands for Survival

These are only five of the thousands of threatened and endangered species reliant on our nation's public lands.

Kristi Noem fast-tracked millions in disaster aid to Florida tourist attraction after campaign donor...

Records obtained by ProPublica show how one locality found a way to get FEMA aid more quickly: It asked one of Noem’s political donors for help.

Three years after the first global school strike, signs of the youth climate movement’s...

Instead of succumbing to the challenges of the past few years, young climate activists are learning to adapt and build on their past actions.

Google announces plans to run entirely on renewable energy

Google has put its money where its mouth is on renewable energy over the past six years, repeatedly showing that renewables are not only good for the climate, but good for business.

In California’s Imperial Valley, residents aren’t waiting for government to track pollution

For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.

‘Power to the Polls’ — Women’s March anniversary event kicks off in Las Vegas

To celebrate the anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March, the event returns to Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday where women will rally together once.

Happy 2016! These CEOs Have Already Banked An Average Worker’s Salary

Country's 100 top-paid executives took home an average of $8.96 million in 2014