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As Seas Around Mar-a-Lago Rise, Trump’s Cuts Could Damage Local Climate Work
The president's budget calls for ending an environmental program that had supported climate efforts in his and several Cabinet members' backyards.
El Salvador Becomes First Country to Ban Metals Mining
The move follows on the heels of similar bans enacted regionally in El Salvador.
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Workers, Black Lives Activists Join Forces to Continue Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign
The Fight For $15 and Movement for Black Lives will continue the long struggle against racism and classism with a day of action.
This Invention Lets Rural Hondurans Clean Their Water — and Own the Treatment Plants
What's at stake in a world where science is marginalized? Programs like AguaClara, which offer sustainable, low-cost solutions to communities in need.
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The Big Lie Behind Trump’s Education Budget
Trump's education budget cuts are aimed principally at federal programs that serve poor kids.
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The Aging City: In a Migrant Metropolis, When New Arrivals Grow Old, Where Do They Go?
New York's low-income immigrant seniors are at increased risk of hunger under Trump's massive social spending cuts.
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Quebec’s Vacant Church Buildings Resurrected as Community Spaces
With the support of municipal governments, residents and religious leaders, centuries-old churches are in the process of being transformed.
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Bellwether Behavioral Health Is Controversial Group Home Operator AdvoServ — With a New Name
After two deaths of teenage residents, AdvoServ has taken a new name, making it harder to follow the media coverage.
Indigenous and Environmental Groups Sue to Block Trump’s Keystone XL Permit
Opponents of fossil fuels are digging in for a long fight against Trump.
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With Nighttime Raids, Police Wage War on Black and Brown Families in New York
The specter of gang membership is used to justify massive state violence against young men of color and their families.