Why West Virginia’s Teachers Aren’t Backing Down
Hundreds of teachers wait to enter West Virginia’s capitol on Monday.Tyler Evert/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Early on Monday morning, just as schools would usually be opening across West Virginia, the Ohio County Board of Education gathered in a auditorium in Wheeling Park High School to hear comments from…
Black Unemployment Is at a Historic Low—But Don’t Thank Trump
Nicholas Aikens waits to talk to employers at a career fair in Memphis, TennesseeKyle Kurlick/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs reports usually don’t make much of a splash, but the latest one, released last Friday, contained a quiet surprise. While the overall jobs…
Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection
/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Shortly before 5 a.m. on a recent November night, a garbage truck with a New York Yankees decal on the side sped through a red light on an empty street in the Bronx. The two workers aboard…
A Lot of “Ethical Consumers” Are Going to Make Really Unethical Shopping Choices
Patrick Semansky/Associated Press As a person living in the 21st century, it’s almost inevitable that you’ve had the seamless, fast, and hassle-free experience of shopping online: a few clicks and you’re done without ever needing to interact with anyone, and then your items can show up at your door in as little as a day. But as the holiday season ramps up,…
This Is Just How Badly Scott Walker Has Decimated Public Schools in Wisconsin
An anti-Act 10 rally outside the Wisconsin capitol in 2011John Hart/AP In the six years since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed the union-busting Act 10, which curtailed collective bargaining rights for public employees, the state’s labor movement has been decimated. Wisconsin was once a leader in organized labor, but its share of workers belonging to unions…
Chicken Farms Fueled a Massive Public Health Crisis—While the Government Turned a Blind Eye
shutterstock This story was originally published by Food and Environment Reporting Network. Antibiotic-resistant infections—everything from gastrointestinal illnesses to recurring urinary tract infections and staph—are among the most menacing issues in public health today, sickening 2 million people a year and killing at least 23,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So perhaps it’s…