An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been reconstructed in its entirety at a museum near Detroit
4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona
A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people
Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation’s history
Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era
Justice Department releases new list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions
The Justice Department has identified some three dozen states, cities and counties as so-called sanctuary jurisdictions
US stocks slip following the latest discouraging signal on the economy
U.S. stock indexes slipped following the latest discouraging signal on the U.S. economy
Purdue University student freed from ICE detention after outcry from faith leaders
A Purdue University student from South Korea has been freed from federal detention following days of protests by faith leaders in New York and abroad
A new report shows how local climate activism leads to ‘remarkable’ gains
What do an offshore wind farm in New York, a campaign to install 275,000 heat pumps in Maine, and the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline have in common? They were all the result of “community-based strategies” with involvement or leadership from local grassroots groups. Advocates say this is a...
Here’s what to watch for at this month’s global plastics treaty talks
Negotiators from more than 170 countries are arriving in Geneva, Switzerland, this week to resume discussions over the United Nations plastics treaty, eight months after they missed their original deadline for finalizing the pact. Many delegates, advocacy groups, and U.N. officials are hopeful that the 10-day session, which kicks off...
Following the USDA’s food and farm funding
In the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food. Thousands of government staffers were terminated; entire programs have been stripped down; and a grant freeze has immobilized state, regional,...
The Breakdown | The Lions will endure … but who can we expect in the squad for 2029?
Ben Earl’s unambiguous backing shows how the tourists’ future could work even in a new world of rebel leagues The average worker bee, in the busiest months of the year, generally lives for up to seven weeks. Talk about a short and sweet existence. It is not dissimilar with British...