Twin babies Lenny and Moishe were born via surrogate in Ukraine, just as Russia invaded the country. Their parents live in Chicago and had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new …
Bipartisan members who serve on state and county boards of canvassers in Michigan have an important job: certifying the results of elections, making them official. In 2020, Former President Trump …
The right to an abortion in the United States appears closer than ever to being eliminated, after a draft of a majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked. Should it stand, the …
Cases of COVID-19 have been surging throughout China. The country has implemented a stringent “zero-COVID” strategy that includes mass testing, limited travel and large-scale lockdowns. In Shanghai, …
Communities of color are the most harshly affected by climate change in the United States. While the importance of environmental justice is becoming more mainstream, too often people in this …
Over the past two years, about 200 journalists across the country have been detained or arrested while on the job. Many were covering the social and racial justice protests that began after the …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask mandate on planes, trains and buses ended earlier this month, and it came down, in part, to a judge’s interpretation of the word “sanitation.” …
One Palestinian man’s struggle to get life-saving medical care while living in the Gaza Strip highlights many lesser-seen victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Since the militant group Hamas …
Stephanie is one of nearly one million Americans who have died of COVID-19. Her family says Stephanie’s death was avoidable, but in recent years, she had been drawn into conspiracy theories.She …
Between the 1990s and late 2000s, people in Chechnya described Russia’s wars there as a nightmare. Its former leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, resisted Russian forces. But today, the Muslim-majority Chechen …
