Communities in the Southwest Have Changed Their July 4 Celebrations
Joel Angel Juarez via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Around the country, Americans are cooking up hamburgers and bratwursts on their barbecues, embarking on backcountry camping trips, and preparing fireworks displays to celebrate…
These Americans Wanted To Show Migrant Kids They Weren’t Alone
They came by the hundreds, rushing to the airport where little kids were being flown in from Texas. Supporters in New York headed to LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night to tell these kids that even though they were separated from their parents by other Americans, they were not alone—and they were loved. Mother Jones’ Mark…
Understaffed Federal Prison Is Taking in 1,000 Noncriminal Immigrants, and Even the Guards Are Protesting
Homeland Security buses enter the federal correctional complex in Victorville, California.James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, as the first busloads of immigrants rolled up to the federal prison complex in Victorville, California, the facilities there went on lockdown. The Victorville complex, in an…
San Francisco’s First Black Female Mayor Defies the Liberal Litmus Test
Lorin Eleni Gill/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. London Breed officially became San Francisco’s first black female mayor Wednesday, surviving a bruising election and over a week of uncertainty after the polls closed, when Mark Leno conceded the race. The victory makes Breed the latest in what can seem like a…
Californians Will Vote on a Silicon Valley Investor’s Plan to Split Up Their State
Californias, here we comeCal 3 Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Californians head to the polls this fall, they’ll get to vote on whether or not America’s largest and arguably most important state should be broken into three. On Tuesday, a voter initiative known as Cal 3 qualified to be…
California’s Fossil Fuel Industry Had It Relatively Easy Under Jerry Brown. That’s Going to Change After November.
Jeff ChiuAP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In California’s primary election Tuesday, voters all but picked statewide politicians and decided who would face off in the races that might flip the House of Representatives. But the…