Multiple rolls of hundred dollar bills

February 19, 2023

NYC Starts $75 million Loan Fund for Small Businesses

The fund is designed for businesses rebuilding after the pandemic and new and growing businesses with a focus on those in low- and moderate-income communities.

February 1, 2023

Opinion: Can Journalists Use Illegally Hacked Data?

(BE’ER SHEVA, Israel) — Logging onto the website Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDOS), my eyes were drawn to the only […]

Inglewood Oil Field

December 19, 2022

Los Angeles City Council To Phase Out Oil Drilling

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to ban the drilling of new oil and gas wells and will eventually shut down production of the drills currently in use. This ban comes after county residents in marginalized communities surrounding the area voiced concerns about the effects of oil drilling on their health. Activist groups and advocates for a healthier environment like Stand-LA, an acronym for Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling, and Black Women for Wellness, a Stand-LA coalition member, have led the charge.

December 13, 2022

The Queen Mary, A Historic Landmark Barely Holds On

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — Docked in the port of Long Beach, the historic RMS Queen Mary floats like a ghost […]

December 8, 2022

First New York Afro-Latina-Owned Independent Cinema Announces Expansion

In the neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, sits a single-theater cinema founded by film producer Emelyn Stewart. After going […]

 
 

May 8, 2023

Here’s Why Minnesota Schools Get Free Meals

Minnesota became the fourth state to sign the Universal School Meals bill into law on March 17. The bill will provide children with free school meals regardless of financial limitations placed by a federal program.

Mother with child in a backpack, smiling

March 29, 2023

A Nurse’s Tale of Compassion

Dusty Mason had never cared for elderly or sick people nor been around death before she followed a friend's call to work as a nurse's aide in the early 1970s. But 50 years later, with a long career as a registered nurse behind her, Mason is rich in stories from the high-pressure frontline of caregiving.

Gavel sitting on medical textbook in courtroom

March 21, 2023

Future of Abortion Pill May Hinge on West Virginia Lawsuit

A West Virginia lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the state’s abortion ban. It’s the latest in a wave of litigation over abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

March 4, 2023

TikTok Feeds Teen Collaboration and ‘Whole Health’ Initiative

Teens "see the nexus between mental health, social determinants, adverse childhood experiences, and pressures created by social media and world events that lead to self-medication or misuse of substances."

January 24, 2023

Life Expectancy Between Two Chicago Neighborhoods Reveals Years of Systemic Racism

But the pride isn’t perfect, and neither is Chicago. Two neighborhoods, just nine miles apart, have vastly different tones. Englewood, a predominantly Black, impoverished neighborhood, and the Gold Coast, a mostly white, wealthy neighborhood, are separated not only by the towering steel skyscrapers of the Loop but also by a startling 30-year gap in life expectancy.

 
 

April 18, 2023

Santiago Mayer: Mobilizing The Political Power of Gen Z

Santiago Mayer is a 21-year-old political activist who immigrated to the United States from Mexico in 2017. Inspired by global politics and the Muslim Ban, Mayer began speaking out on Twitter and has become a prominent figure in the world of Gen Z activism. He founded Voters of Tomorrow, an organization aimed at educating and engaging young people and ensuring that they are politically represented. Despite facing challenges and criticism for his age, Mayer remains committed to his cause and the next generation of youth activists. But what drives the passion of this young leader to make a difference in politics today?

January 6, 2023

The Problem With a Crypto King’s Mega Donations

(PHOENIX) — Millennial crypto billionaire Samuel Bankman-Fried caught people’s attention when he donated more than $10 million to an unknown […]

I voted sticker on window

December 5, 2022

Indiana Resident Sues Officials in 19 States Over Write-in Ballots

Indiana resident sued 26 government officials from 19 states in October over having to write in third-party and independent candidates whose names have not been pre-printed on ballots. 

November 18, 2022

Karen Bass Wins LA Mayoral Race, Vows to Focus on Homelessness

(LOS ANGELES)  — Democratic Rep. Karen Bass has beat real estate developer Rick Caruso and is posed to become the […]

A gavel in the process of being slammed.

November 18, 2022

‘They Wanted Me to Give Up My Child’: One Woman’s Journey Through Foster Care and Pregnancy

One woman's experiences in the foster care system illustrate the potential impacts of a post-Roe v. Wade world