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This Dreamy Alaskan Rainforest is a Buffer Against Climate Change
The Tongass National Forest is threatened by a rule change that would allow new clear-cut logging. We’re fighting to defend it.
The Plantain Endorses Daniella Levine Cava For Everything
The Plantain brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from Miami's finest news source.
Bloomberg Funds Last-Minute Advertising Blitz for Biden in Texas and Ohio
The billionaire former New York City mayor has concentrated largely on Florida in the general election. But his private polling found President Trump vulnerable in two of the country’s biggest red states.
A Long-Lost Manuscript Contains a Searing Eyewitness Account of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
An Oklahoma lawyer details the attack by hundreds of whites on the thriving black neighborhood where hundreds died 95 years ago
In Miami-Dade County, Younger Cuban Voters Offer Opening for Trump
Newer Cuban immigrants who previously had little engagement in American politics have started to identify as Trump Republicans. It could give the president a boost in a critical swing state.
Future-Proofing Media Freedom: Misinformation Matters
How can media organizations respond to the disinformation crisis?
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Join representatives from Vote By Design, Civics Unplugged and the American Exchange Project - as well as youth who participate in those programs - for a rich discussion on preserving democracy, the importance of voting (and, conversely, the impact...
These Indigenous educators are bringing Western and Native science together in the classroom
Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.
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"By meshing laboratory science with Traditional Ecological Knowledge, college professors aim to cultivate better environmental decision makers — and decisions."
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For women, running is still an act of defiance
Female runners have long fought for the recognition and status of male ones. Rachel Hewitt asks why running doesn’t offer women the freedom it should
DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors to Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections, Weakening Long-standing Policy
In an internal announcement, the Justice Department created an exception to a decadeslong policy meant to prevent prosecutors from taking overt investigative steps that might affect the outcome of the vote.
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DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors to Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections, Weakening Long-standing Policy
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IRS: Sorry, but It’s Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor — ProPublica
Congress asked the IRS to report on why it audits the poor more than the affluent. Its response is that it doesn’t have enough money and people to audit the wealthy properly. So it’s not going to.
How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Search for Separated Families | KQED
The search for parents separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border is still ongoing. But because of the spread of the pandemic, the effort was put on hold for months.
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"When the administration started separating families at the southern U.S. border ... there was no plan to track the families or even reunite them, even though their own experts warned these separations were causing harm"
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Donald Trump’s best path to victory hinges on Florida, Pennsylvania
Florida is arguably the most crucial state for Trump.
Eula Battle, wife of Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, has died
Battle announced the death of his wife and best friend, Eula Catherine Sammons Battle, in a statement Tuesday.
Designing Democracy
The Designing Democracy Studio Program intent is to Mobilize, Organize, Register and Educate 140M+ poor and low-income people to safely vote in the 2020 election. The Design Corps, TruthBot Brigade, 100M Mask Mayday & Designing Democracy Studio...
Anthony Weiner Talks Political Past and Future
Anthony Weiner is turning a new leaf and jumping back into professional life. Andrew Siff shares an exclusive interview with the former congressman.
New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin for Zoom Dick Incident
In a statement to VICE, Jeffrey Toobin apologized for the "embarrassingly stupid mistake."
Early Voting Wait Times - Miami-Dade County
Early voting wait times for the General Election.