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Education Department Layoffs Hit Special Ed And Civil Rights Offices AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/2025

Education Department Layoffs Hit Special Ed And Civil Rights Offices

The layoffs would cut the agency’s workforce by nearly a fifth and leave it reduced to less than half its size when Trump took office

Republicans Try To Weaken Law Protecting Whales, Seals And Polar Bears AP Photo/Denis Poroy/2024

Republicans Try To Weaken Law Protecting Whales, Seals And Polar Bears

A bill in the works has support from Maine fishermen and lobbyists for big-money species such as tuna in Hawaiʻi and crab in Alaska, among others.

Jane Fonda Helps Revive Committee For The First Amendment Wikimedia Commons

Jane Fonda Helps Revive Committee For The First Amendment

The actress and other stars are rebooting a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood.

New Zealand Pays Samoa $3.6M As Compensation For Navy Ship Wreck AP

New Zealand Pays Samoa $3.6M As Compensation For Navy Ship Wreck

The payout comes a year after the ship ran aground on a reef. Officials from both countries are working on plans for the ship’s future.

Kids Who Sued America Over Climate Change Aren’t Done Yet AP Photo/Elaine Thompson/2018

Kids Who Sued America Over Climate Change Aren’t Done Yet

They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.

Trump Administration Is On Track To Cut 1 In 3 EPA Staffers By Year’s End Getty Images/iStockphoto

Trump Administration Is On Track To Cut 1 In 3 EPA Staffers By Year’s End

The move will slash the agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water.

The Oceans Just Hit An Ominous Milestone Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

The Oceans Just Hit An Ominous Milestone

Acidification of the seas has crossed into dangerous territory, threatening all manner of marine life. 

Man Found Guilty Of Trying To Assassinate Trump At Florida Golf Course Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP/2024

Man Found Guilty Of Trying To Assassinate Trump At Florida Golf Course

Ryan Routh, who had moved to Hawaiʻi in recent years, faces life in prison when he is sentenced later this year.

New Mexico Will Be The 1st State To Make Child Care Free Courtesy of Maui County

New Mexico Will Be The 1st State To Make Child Care Free

The initiative is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually.

Some North Carolina Students Never Returned To School After Hurricane Helene AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough/2024

Some North Carolina Students Never Returned To School After Hurricane Helene

The hurricane hit North Carolina a year ago, and the homeless student population surged, doubling in some places and even increasing fourfold in one county.