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Drought Is Quietly Pushing American Cities Toward A Fiscal Cliff Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Drought Is Quietly Pushing American Cities Toward A Fiscal Cliff

Drought isn’t the only climate-driven disaster hitting cities. But it may be the most insidious of the natural threats straining local budgets.

Trump’s Targeting Of ‘Enemies’ Echoes FBI’s Dark History Under J. Edgar Hoover Screenshot/Retro Report/New York Times/2014

Trump’s Targeting Of ‘Enemies’ Echoes FBI’s Dark History Under J. Edgar Hoover

Hoover, director until his death in 1972, operated a secret FBI within the FBI that he used to destroy people and organizations whose political opinions he opposed.

When Government Websites Become Campaign Tools Flickr via KAZVorpal

When Government Websites Become Campaign Tools

Blaming the federal shutdown on Democrats has legal and political risks, including running afoul of the Hatch Act.

Advice To Feed Babies Peanuts Early Often Helped Kids Avoid Allergies Getty Images via iStockphotos

Advice To Feed Babies Peanuts Early Often Helped Kids Avoid Allergies

A study that upended medical practice by recommending feeding babies peanut products early to prevent allergies has had a big effect in the real world.

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.