A Federal Judge Just Ruled Against the LAPD and Delivered a Big Win for Civil Rights
May 24, 2016 – CA, USA – San Diego, CA. May 24, 2016 | I.C.E. agents release the handcuffs on a man being deported to Mexico, as the Mexican official waits at the junction of the two gates opening between Mexico and the U.S. Several times a week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement takes individuals…
Lead Kills Way More Americans Than We Ever Imagined
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The impacts of lead exposure on children’s health and development are widely known, but new research suggests the poison could be more harmful to adults than previously thought. According to a new study in the public health journal The Lancet, lead exposure accounts for more than…
A New Report Has Some Grim News About Black Babies
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For decades, the number of American babies born too small was on the decline. But new data suggests the rate may be ticking up again—especially among African Americans. The World Health Organization defines an underweight newborn as weighing less than 5 pounds, 8 ounces. In…
Trump is Reshaping the Census to Reflect His Vision of America
liveslow/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump is threatening the 2020 census from every direction: Cutting its budget, scaring immigrants away from answering its questions, and prohibiting the Census Bureau from hiring the best people for the job. While we have to defend this invaluable source of…
Steve Bannon to French Far-Right: “Let Them Call You Racist…Wear It as a Badge of Honor”
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former White House strategist and Trump whisperer Steve Bannon has a message for members of France’s far-right, xenophobic National Front party. “Let them call you racist,” he told the crowd at the party’s congress in Lille on Saturday. “Let them…
Elizabeth Warren Calls Betsy DeVos “The Worst Secretary Of Education This Country Has Ever Seen”
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In her first year overseeing the Education Department, Secretary Betsy DeVos has been “a boon for for-profit colleges, student loan companies, and advocates of school privatization,” while harming public school students of all ages, according to a report released Thursday by two Massachusetts Democrats,…