Digital Editor Kit O’Connellintroduces Jesse Freidin’s photo project “Are You OK,” which features the strength and bravery of trans youth and their families. Freidin says, “I want to make a portrait that’s solely about strength and power and joy and, you know, the authenticity and self-knowledge of these kids—because they know who they are,”
On October 14, 1976, Frank J. Robinson was found dead in his garage. Although the evidence showed that he was murdered, it was ruled a suicide 46 years after all evidence of the crime has disappeared. Contributor David Martin Daviesexplores Robinson’s story and legacy.
A Texas workers' rights advocacy organization is filing complaints with the U.S. Department of Labor against Tesla, complaints that include allegations of wage theft and falsified safety training. Senior Writer Gus Bovareports.
The U.S. Department of Transportation plans to allow four offshore oil terminals to expan, but environmentalists agree it goes against Biden’s climate goals. Contributor Dylan Baddourreports on activists who were arrested staging a sit-in, and the environmental consequences of these expansions.
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment.
"Partisan polarization may still reign in American politics, but the red and blue demarcations are not so clear-cut anymore,” writes constitutional scholar John Simpkins.
Evidence suggests excessive heat killed hundreds of incarcerated Texans over the past two decades. Contributor Alleen Brownreports on the lack of air-conditioning in Texas prisons, and the reform bills that keep dying in the legislature.
