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Our modern world is full of unholy alliances. Evangelicals and President Donald Trump, Sprint and T-Mobile, pickles and trash beer (actually, that last one sounds awesome). But there are few relationships as toxic as one uncovered in a new report from accountability watchdog LittleSis. Researchers dug into how the fossil fuel industry is … Read the rest
In March of 2015, protests broke out at the University of Cape Town in South Africa over the campus statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes, a mining magnate who had gifted the land on which the university was built, had committed genocide against Africans and laid the foundations for apartheid. Under the rallying banner
Google’s search website has been updated in honor of Jackie Ormes, a Black cartoonist and activist who challenged the disparaging portrayals of Black characters in media in the 1940s.
If you go to Google.com, you’ll see an interactive cartoon in place of Google’s traditional logo above the search bar. Clicking on the “Doodle” will send … Read the rest
Wildfires with the hidden men and women on the front lines of the state’s ever-growing fire season: prisoner firefighters. Of the 13,000 firefighters battling blazes across the state, more than 2,500 are prisoners. While salaried firefighters earn an annual mean wage of $74,000 a year plus benefits, prisoners earn $1 per hour when fighting active … Read the rest
In California, hundreds of wildfires triggered by lightning strikes have exploded in size, fanned by gusty winds and record-high temperatures driven by the climate crisis. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a statewide emergency and mobilized the National Guard.
… Read the restGov. Gavin Newsom: “We are experiencing fires, the likes of which we haven’t seen in many,
If you’ve ever attended a climate strike or seen one on TV, chances are you’ve seen climate-conscious demonstrators protesting fracking. Fracking is a hugely controversial oil extraction process that takes a major toll on the environment, which explains why Brooklyn is aggressively protesting against National Grid installing a fracking pipeline through the Northern part of … Read the rest
There have been many Haitians, both past and present, who have dedicated their lives to philanthropy for the benefit of their fellow Haitians and given Haiti a great name in surrounding countries. They’ve lived both in Haiti and abroad, spreading their goodwill and representing their country in a positive light on a global stage. Here … Read the rest
Many people throughout history have fought for the eradication of slavery. We’ve heard of and studied many of these brave men and women in our history classes. Maybe you
grew up having dinner conversations about those who sought to end slavery. Maybe you are having those exact conversations with your children now, because you … Read the rest
The number of felony marijuana arrests in California continued to decline in 2019 in the age of legalization, but another trend remained unchanged: those arrests fell disproportionately on Hispanics and Blacks, state data showed.
The California Department of Justice, in an annual snapshot of crime rates in the nation’s most populous state released earlier this
John Lewis grew up in an era of racial segregation. Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., he joined the burgeoning civil rights movement