Behind the Scenes of “Ear Hustle”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a shabby, low-slung bungalow on the grounds of California’s San Quentin State Prison, Adnan Khan sits nervously in front of a microphone. A slender 33-year-old with dark, slicked-back hair and skin the color of cinnamon, he’s clad in typical prison fashion—jeans, powder-blue button-down over…
“I Want Four Years Where I’m Not Judged by the Color of My Skin”
Graduates at commencement at Howard University in 2014.Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Historically black colleges and universities made headlines during Trump’s first year, as students pushed back against what they perceived as a racist administration. Last May, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was booed during her commencement speech…
The Green Movement Is Lily White. That’s a Problem.
sanjeri/Getty 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. It’s been 20 years since Esteban González Burchard took a trip to Chicago that changed his life. The asthma researcher had been to the Windy City before, so tourism wasn’t on…
It’s Awful How Many American Women Die Giving Birth—and Inexcusable That Most Deaths Are Preventable
ljubaphoto/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world and is the only country where the rate of deaths from childbirth is increasing. And the majority of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are preventable, according to a report released this month by Review to Action,…
Florida Sheriff: No Known White Supremacist Connection in School Shooting
Students released from a lockdown embrace following following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.John McCall/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update 5:16 pm ET: The Leon County Sheriff’s Office told the Tallahassee Democrat on Thursday that they knew of no information linking Cruz…
Elizabeth Warren Tackles Trump’s “Pocahontas” Slur Head On
Alex Edelman/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) surprised members of the National Congress of American Indians on Wednesday with a stirring speech pledging to fight for the rights of Native Americans—a group President Donald Trump has a long record of disrespecting, both verbally and in policy. The…