As deadly floods ravaged Texas, FEMA’s response was stalled by political interference, bureaucratic delays, and personal oversight from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—leading to the ...

Sometimes, when the electricity goes out in a city, everyone works together to maintain order, help the most vulnerable residents, and find ways of coping with the temporary disruption. Every so often ...

If the Three-Fifths Compromise in U.S. history fraction the worth of persons of color, then the one-tenth and greater illegal disparities in generational wealth, which violate legally enforceable ...

This obligation, the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) said on July 23, is grounded in existing environmental and human rights treaties. It also said states that fail to prevent climate harm ...

Six U.S. firefighters who asked to remain anonymous due to being barred from speaking publicly said staffing shortages had made it harder for firefighters to suppress large wildfires and have ...

“Tens of millions of people across the country are currently at risk of drinking hazardous levels of toxic PFAS-contaminated water, and that risk may only increase for many years to come if the EPA ...

The Israeli military has destroyed most of the cropland in Gaza and won’t let Palestinians fish. There isn’t enough food in the Strip, and Israeli authorities are actively preventing the massive food ...

New analysis finds the Trump White House routinely ignores federal court rulings, triggering growing concern over constitutional crises and erosion of judicial power.

Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra had applied for asylum and worked at Chicago’s Wrigley Field before he was detained in November. He was deported to El Salvador in March, where he remains imprisoned.

The situation is likely to worsen owing to climate change. “Coffee plants will grow less productive as the earth’s temperature continues to rise, and practices like deforestation will continue to ...

Melissa Sanchez reports on immigration and labor, and I am based in Chicago. Perla Trevizo is a reporter with the ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigative unit and focus on border a ...

Until the slaughter.” The slaughter was Israel’s razing of Gaza following Hamas’s rampage into Israel on October 7, 2023. The Israeli assault escalated to include massive bombardment, enforced hunger, ...