A prominent Colorado immigration and labor activist has been released after spending nine months in immigration detention
Student loan borrowers in default may see wages garnished in 2026
The Trump administration says it will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default early next year
California farmer arrested on suspicion of murder in wife’s death in Arizona
Authorities say a prominent California farmer has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife
Trump critic George Conway takes steps to run for New York City congressional seat
George Conway has filed paperwork to run for a congressional seat in New York City
US drops plan to deport Chinese national who exposed Xinjiang abuses, activists say
The Department of Homeland Security has dropped its plan to deport a Chinese national who entered the country illegally after his plight raised public concerns that the man, if deported, would be punished by Beijing for helping expose human rights abus...
Report: Climate is central to truth and reconciliation for the Sámi in Finland
Earlier this month, the Finnish government released its Truth and Reconciliation report, which documents years of harm done to the country’s Indigenous Sámi people. Truth and Reconciliation Commissions have been emerging since the 1970s, with varying degrees of impact. South Africa’s 1998 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report, commissioned to address...
The Bad River Band is suing to protect its wild rice from an oil pipeline
Around August of each year, when temperatures swell in the Great Lakes region, wild rice — or manoomin in the Ojibwe language — begins to flower. Rice stalks can grow as high as 10 feet in the shallow waters, and to harvest, sticks and poles are used to knock seeds...
This Netflix holiday rom-com is secretly an environmentalist fantasy
At first glance, A Merry Little Ex-Mas looks like yet another holiday rom-com — a comforting, predictable love story done up in a tidy bow. Only in this case, that festive wrapper is made of green ribbon. Any environmentally minded viewers will quickly clock Ex-Mas as not just a corny...
The country’s largest magnesium supplier shut down. Now what?
Only a few years ago, if you popped open a can of soda anywhere in the United States, the container you held more likely than not contained bits of magnesium harvested from the Great Salt Lake. Now, the country’s supply of the critical mineral looks uncertain. The largest producer, US...
What happens when disaster recovery becomes a luxury good
Every year at the Oscars, attendees leave with gift bags so elaborate they have to be reported as income to the IRS. Luxury skincare, personal training sessions, designer apples that never brown, and extravagant trips are standard issue. But in 2025, Academy Award guests also received a grimmer gift: a...