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 […]
From collapse to comeback In Mexico, the Gulf of California was once home to a massive shrimping industry. But overfishing, warming waters and other issues pushed it into crisis. Forced to fish in deeper, colder […]
Born in 1907, Patrick made a major scientific breakthrough at a time when female scientists were often overlooked and underestimated. Charlie Hodge had no idea his mom was a famous scientist until he started 9th […]
Huey German-Wilson is a longtime resident of Houston’s flood-prone northeast side. Over her 30 years there, she has lived through dozens of disasters and major floods. “We always just reacted in the moment,” German-Wilson says. […]
La Paz County, Arizona, is one of the drier places in a pretty dry state. With just a scant few inches of rain a year, a shrinking supply of water from the Colorado River, and […]
Superintendent Ruth B. Turner welcomed the Montclair Pod to her office on Valley Road for a candid conversation about the current state of Montclair’s school district. The town finds itself at a pivotal moment as […]
If you’ve been feeling the squeeze — property taxes, groceries, the basic cost of keeping a household running in Essex County — Senator Cory Booker has a proposal he wants you to hear about. It’s […]
On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. The U.S.S.R. did not accept Lithuania’s independence and imposed an economic blockade and deployed troops against Lithuania. […]
If you’ve been feeling the squeeze — property taxes, groceries, the basic cost of keeping a household running in Essex County — Senator Cory Booker has a proposal he wants you to hear about. It’s […]
Inside the Trump administration, many of America’s top regulators have deep ties to heavily polluting industries, raising concerns about the influence of major polluters on rules meant to protect public health. For example, several leaders […]