In coal country, black lung surges as federal protections stall

While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust.

Puerto Rico Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Alleged Drugs-for-Votes Scheme After ProPublica Report

One said the territory’s House has “an inescapable duty to investigate” after the ProPublica report revealed how federal prosecutors had been told to stop looking into whether the scheme was linked to the island's newly elected governor.

Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back

Those who cheered ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, are now making unsubstantiated claims about its use against hantavirus.

Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court

Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and Vanguard are tamping down on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s donations, acting as the government’s de facto censors.

Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow

With the Supreme Court blessing racial gerrymandering, Tennessee’s GOP rushed to eliminate the state’s only majority-Black congressional district.

Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking

The Justice Department is now treating evading a records request as a crime, a stunning act of hypocrisy from the Trump administration.

The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It

Journalist Ari Berman and Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson on the right’s “power grab” in the South.

The Surprisingly Normal Streets of Tehran

U. S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have led regular people to rally around the flag—for now.