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Report: Housing Deregulation in NC Likely Made Devastation From Helene Worse
At least 227 deaths have been recorded so far as a result of Hurricane Helene.
A Single Day of Genocide Would Be Too Much. What Then When It Lasts a Year?
Israel and the US have spent 365 days trying normalize civilian slaughter. We must fight for another future.
Ethics Experts Sound Alarm on North Dakota Governor Candidate’s Oil and Gas Ties
Kelly Armstrong would chair regulatory bodies that impact companies in which he has significant ties if elected.
Abortion Advocates Say GOP Candidates Are Tempering Rhetoric as Electoral Ploy
Reproductive health care policies that Republicans say they back or oppose now are undercut by records and past stances.
Overdose Deaths May Be Decreasing Overall — But Not for Oppressed Communities
The US is still losing more than 100,000 people to drug overdoses every year, with stark racial disparities.
City in New York State Faces a Water Crisis That Rivals Flint’s
Years of inaction and poor policy have caused dangerous levels of lead in Troy, New York, drinking water.
New Rule May Let Pro-Trump Election Boards Toss Votes, Tipping Scales in Georgia
Officials in just a few counties may be able to exclude enough votes to affect the result of the 2024 presidential race.
Locals and Experts Fear Toxic Exposure From Contaminated Helene Floodwaters
“All of these rivers should be treated as hazmat sites,” a local official in western North Carolina said.
Campuses Are Pulling Out All the Stops to Crush Palestine Solidarity This Fall
Students are fighting back against administrations’ efforts to challenge their right to organize.
View From Gaza: This War Has Broken Me in Ways I Didn’t Think Possible
I’ve lost 60 family members in the last year, and I struggle to process how quickly everything has changed.