Val Thomason, Democratic candidate in Assembly District 10 (Photo courtesy of Val Thomason) Policy, politics and progressive commentary A coalition of business organizations are behind an attack mailer attempting to…
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed into law a bill requiring police officers be trained on exactly when they can and cannot pause their body-worn cameras. Under existing law,…
MAY 21, 1892 Photo of Ida B. Wells, circa 1893 Credit: Courtesy of National Park Service Crusading journalist Ida B. Wells published a column exposing the lynchings of African-American men…
Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Pike Road, sits on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on April 25, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) A…
Soybeans are loaded from a grain bin onto a truck on June 13, 2018, in Dwight, Illinois. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding $300 million in grants to expand…
Aedes aegypti are spreading in New Mexico because of more hospitable conditions due to climate change. (Photo by Apurba Biswas via Wikimedia Commons / CC) Climate change is having an…
ormer President Donald Trump appears in court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024, in New York City. Trump…
The PACT Act added 23 illnesses to the list of toxic-exposure-related ailments presumed to be connected to military service. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is…
Soybeans being loaded from a grain bin onto a truck on June 13, 2018 in Dwight, Illinois. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding $300 million in grants to expand…
The PACT Act added 23 illnesses to the list of toxic-exposure-related ailments presumed to be connected to military service. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to…