Payday arrives, and for most Americans, the relief lasts about two days. A new survey of 2,000 employed Americans conducted by Talker Research on behalf of EarnIn found that the average person spends more than […]
The Flint water crisis is one of the most significant public health and environmental disasters in modern American history. It began on April 25, 2014, when officials in Flint, Michigan, decided to switch the city’s […]
The countries with the largest armies in 2026 The assumption has always been that military power lives where the money is. The United States spends nearly a trillion dollars a year on defense. China has […]
Washington state’s last remaining coal-fired power plant hasn’t generated meaningful electricity since January. The Centralia power plant, in Centralia, Washington, has produced power for no one, despite a Department of Energy order claiming a looming […]
As snowstorms barreled across the northern half of the country, early March delivered a balmy 77 degree afternoon to Eunice, Louisiana, where Michael Frugé was planting rice. “I always say, if you want to live in […]
Editor’s Note: This is part of a continuing series mapping the crisis in local news, navigating newspapers in distress, those finding a way to sustain and highlighting bright spots in the new digital organizations that are emerging. CHICAGO […]
This month’s good climate news Fighting for the planet isn’t easy. These wins prove it’s worth it. New crown for the monarch The monarch butterfly population in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared to last year. The […]
Jayne Black spent years paying for ER visits, doctors’ bills and expensive medication for her kids — not to mention paying the toll of sleepless nights and constant worry. Her son, Sam, has been battling […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was there. So was Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian cricket superstar, and Bollywood actress/UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador Dia Mirza. Titans of industry, corporate executives, state and national government officials and […]
In 2017, Wendy Hartley lost her 21-year-old son, Kevin, to methylene chloride exposure when he was overcome by fumes while refinishing a bathtub at work. After seven years of meeting with lawmakers and telling her […]