After mass protests, officials in Pakistan’s capitol of Islamabad have postponed plans to evict nearly 80,000 people from unrecognized settlements there. Many of the residents are ethnic Pashtuns from the region bordering Afghanistan. Some...
The 300,000 residents of West Virginia whose water was contaminated by a January 9 leak of MCHM, a chemical used in coal processing, finally got some information from a source they can trust. A...
This week marked the 25th anniversary of the Exxon-Valdez disaster, the second largest oil spill ever in U.S. waters. The effects of the spill can still be seen today on the Alaska coastline and...
Death Row Record In a trial that may be unprecedented anywhere in the world, an Egyptian military court recently returned 528 death sentences to many supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. In what is seen...
In an update to a story we’ve been following, immigrants detained at two different facilities operated by the GEO Group continue their hunger strikes. The action in the Tacoma, Washington facility has attracted the...
Students and activists from across the country went to Capitol Hill this week to demand lawmakers set education policy that encourages students instead of criminalizing them. New data from the Department of Education shows...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in a case that will likely decide if secular, for-profit companies can opt out of parts of the Affordable Care Act – also known as...
Access to emergency contraception, also known as “the morning after pill,” was at the heart of today’s arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court. Two for-profit companies, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, are challenging...
In Chile, organizations and citizens are coming together to demand a new constitution. They say the country’s current constitution is illegitimate because it was written by former dictator, Augusto Pinochet. To replace it, they’re...
The debt relief organization Jubilee USA Network and 75 other religious and development groups filed an Amicus brief with the US Supreme Court today in a case that pits Argentina against NML Capital. The...
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