Los Angeles Teachers Explain Why They’re on Strike for Their Students
Teachers picketed and rallied Friday as a strike against the giant Los Angeles Unified School District entered its fifth day with a new round of contract negotiations underway. Damian Dovarganes/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Tens of thousands of teachers in Los Angeles have been on strike for the past…
Kamala Harris’ Presidential Run Will Force Democrats to Decide Where They Really Stand on Criminal Justice
Tom Williams/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s finally official: Kamala Harris is running for president. She made the announcement on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, meaning that the biracial junior senator from California is only the third black woman (after Shirley Chisholm and Carol Moseley-Braun) and second Indian-American (after…
WhatsApp Moves to Rein in Your Crazy Uncle
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I know this is serious, but I can’t help laughing about it: WhatsApp users will be blocked from forwarding messages to more than five individuals or groups under new rules the messaging service is rolling out worldwide to fight the spread of misinformation….The five-recipient limit…
A Bold Departure for Sharon Van Etten
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sharon Van EttenRemind Me TomorrowJagjaguwar Somber anguish has long been a hallmark of Sharon Van Etten’s beautifully austere folk-pop, which probes the inner workings of relationships with unsparing directness. The startling “Remind Me Tomorrow” marks a dramatic sonic change, expanding her palette to include such…
For 20 Years, US Carbon Emissions Have Been Dropping. Last Year, They Spiked.
Brown coal power plant emission.Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. The signals are blaring: Dramatic changes to our climate are well upon us. These changes — we know thanks to a steady drumbeat of alarming official reports over the past 12 months —…
Climate Change Is Even Worse for Our Health Than We Thought
This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate change could take a greater toll on global health than previously estimated. That’s according to a new report published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The article, along with an editorial published in the same issue, calls on health professionals to lead…