More than 40 million Americans in major cities live under conditions where temperatures are far higher than nearby rural environments, according to a new analysis. Marquise Francis July 26, 2023 Read the full article...
Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. Kara Deniz July 25, 2023 Read the full article...
Cities are pouring money into the nonprofit to manage encampments and patrol the streets where unhoused residents congregate. Not everyone is happy about it. Paige Oamek and Rohan Montgomery July 19, 2023 Read the full article...
As cinephiles gear up for Friday’s release of “Oppenheimer” the blockbuster biopic about the “father of the atomic bomb,” some residents in southern New Mexico where the bomb was first tested say they’ve been...
An Illinois law set to go into effect at the beginning of 2024 will ban landlords from discriminating against potential tenants on the basis of their immigration status. Michael Lee July 13, 2023 Read the full...
Conservative politicians are obsessed with the idea that government aid is making Americans lazy, which is why they keep trying to impose work requirements on programs such as Medicaid and food stamps despite overwhelming...
Fifteen years ago Los Angeles passed a law to preserve residential hotels as housing of last resort. Now, amid the homelessness crisis, Capital & Main and ProPublica found some hotels may be violating that...
22 Chicago police stations are housing hundreds of recently arrived people. One officer is accused of impregnating a teenage immigrant by rape. Caitlin Cruz July 7, 2023 Read the full article here Jezebel
Student activists led the fight for affirmative action decades ago. Let’s continue their struggle for racial equity. Kwolanne Felix July 7, 2023 Read the full article here Truthout
It has been one year since Roderick Brooks was killed by a deputy in Texas, but his family still has no answers. Phillip Jackson July 7, 2023 Read the full article here Huff Post