The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.

Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track. ” Customers soon learned the hard way that this wasn’t true.

California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Punish Administrators Who Fail to Vet Teachers for Misconduct

The legislation resulted from a KQED-ProPublica investigation that found at least 14 educators were hired by new schools after their former employers determined they had sexually harassed students or committed other sexual misconduct.

He Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?

23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent in Louisiana’s Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free.

Could green molecules fuel European industries?

Make the most polluting companies pay for their CO2 emissions and use the revenues to pay for new green buses in Hungary or flood risk management in Estonia.

Manhattan’s flood walls are almost done. What will Mamdani do next?

The new mayor wants to invest in coastal resilience, but he will have to decide which areas of the city to protect.