Attack on climate action under Trump? It happened in Canada.
Donald Trump won’t be the first person to lead a Western democracy after a campaign dismissive of climate change. Canada and Australia have been there before.
Read moreFor native Americans, pipeline sparks climate awakening
Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline has unified tribes from across America. Some here believe this protest is becoming something bigger – a turning point for both native Americans and the climate movement.
Read moreBehind Dakota pipeline protest: Native American religious revival
The protests are about water, fossil fuels, and questions of tribal sovereignty. But beneath all that, tribes from across the US say they’re unifying around revitalized Indian traditions and religion.
Read moreWhat happens when cops become hallway monitors
The number of police in schools has skyrocketed in recent decades. But as students head back to school, the big question is: How effective are they?
Read moreWhy free lawyers shouldn’t come cheap
The US criminal justice system tilts against public defenders. But some states are trying to fix the imbalance.
Read moreAthlete as moral crusader: Is the Muhammad Ali model lost?
The champion boxer if anything had an even larger impact outside the ring than in it, becoming a symbol of black pride and war opposition in an era of upheaval.
Read moreAmerica’s newest export: criminal justice reform
From prisoner education to ‘problem-solving courts,’ the US and Britain are teaching each other how to reduce incarceration and recidivism. The efforts are driven by both budgetary and moral urgency.
Read moreWhy many black voters don’t blame Hillary for tough-on-crime laws
Long-time residents in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood say they remember the high crime of the 1990s. How they’ve changed since points to broader shifts within the black community.
Read moreWhy embattled public defenders ‘welcome’ lawsuits against them
Public defense offices are being sued more frequently, and, ironically, it could help them do their jobs.
Read moreWhen a prison closes, what happens to the prison town?
Amid a bipartisan push to reduce mass incarceration, rural towns that have been economically reliant on prisons are learning – quickly – how to adapt when the facilities close.
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