Trump toured the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and delivered brief remarks, paying tribute to African Americans who fought institutionalized racism, including Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist who was murdered outside his home in Jackson in 1963.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, known as RGGI, may be growing. New Jersey’s new Democratic Governor has vowed to bring his state back into the compact and Virginia is the first coal-producing state to take steps to join.
The 2018 US midterm elections ushered in a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives — along with new Democratic governors — who pledge to act on climate change. It also ushered out some climate-denying Republicans. Yet overall, the elections had mixed results for the environment.
This year marks 400 years since the first Africans were taken from Africa and sold as slaves in the English colonies. It was the largest migration in history: 12 million or more Africans forcibly moved to places across the Atlantic Ocean to be slaves. Today, all of those places are still dealing with the fallout.
As Virginia marks 400 years since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the English colonies, it confronts the problem of silenced voices in history.
Under a 1996 law, US citizens who try to sponsor their undocumented spouses would require the spouses to endure a minimum 10-year exile from the United States. With kids in tow, US citizens are visiting Congress to plead for help.
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Conflict
Poland's right-wing nationalist government objects to visit by US white supremacist Richard Spencer
Agence France-Presse
October 26, 2017
Poland's foreign ministry has objected to a planned visit by US white supremacist Richard Spencer.
Global Politics
Trump attends opening of Mississippi civil rights museum, but African American leaders stay away in protest
Reuters
December 10, 2017
Trump toured the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and delivered brief remarks, paying tribute to African Americans who fought institutionalized racism, including Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist who was murdered outside his home in Jackson in 1963.
Environment
More states join the fight to reduce global warming
Living on Earth
February 24, 2018
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, known as RGGI, may be growing. New Jersey’s new Democratic Governor has vowed to bring his state back into the compact and Virginia is the first coal-producing state to take steps to join.
Justice
New York officials join the investigation into a veterans 'charity' that spends all that it raises on itself
The Center for Public Integrity
April 18, 2018
New disclosures show embattled group’s leader continues to draw a large salary.
Arts
Is Ryan Kelly’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph an American ‘Guernica’?
The Conversation
April 18, 2018
There are uncanny echoes of Picasso’s “Guernica” in Kelly’s photograph.
Environment
The UK’s move away from coal means they’re burning wood from the US
The World
June 20, 2018
Europe and the US say wood pellets are a carbon neutral alternative to coal. Many experts say otherwise.
Politics
The US midterms 'blue wave' has mixed results for the environment
Living on Earth
November 20, 2018
The 2018 US midterm elections ushered in a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives — along with new Democratic governors — who pledge to act on climate change. It also ushered out some climate-denying Republicans. Yet overall, the elections had mixed results for the environment.
Pirates brought enslaved Africans to Virginia’s shores. Where, exactly, is debatable.
The World
January 16, 2019
This year marks 400 years since the first Africans were taken from Africa and sold as slaves in the English colonies. It was the largest migration in history: 12 million or more Africans forcibly moved to places across the Atlantic Ocean to be slaves. Today, all of those places are still dealing with the fallout.
Amid 1619 anniversary, Virginia grapples with history of slavery in America
The World
January 17, 2019
As Virginia marks 400 years since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the English colonies, it confronts the problem of silenced voices in history.
Americans’ immigration emergency: Their spouses could be deported or exiled if they seek green cards
The Center for Public Integrity
February 19, 2019
Under a 1996 law, US citizens who try to sponsor their undocumented spouses would require the spouses to endure a minimum 10-year exile from the United States. With kids in tow, US citizens are visiting Congress to plead for help.