The impact of “super” El Niño on California
According to NOAA, a “Super” El Niño now has a 95% chance of developing this year, which scientists warn could be one of the largest weather...
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How BP oil execs shaped a Princeton climate study
An investigation by ProPublica and Drilled has found that fossil fuel companies have been funding climate research at elite U.S. universitie...
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'We Are Jane Doe' exposes abuse at Central California Women’s Facility
In the new three-part series, 'We Are Jane Doe,' host Madi Bolaños follows Aliksandria Prout’s fight for justice after being sexually assaul...
Flyaway's latest piece about women in prison debuts at SF libraries
Flyaway Production’s new dance-based performance art project explores the intersection of libraries and prisons as opposite ends of the rout...
'CloseAI: No Killer Robots for ICE, War and Fascism' rally in SF
Protesters gathered at OpenAI’s Dev Day event in San Francisco today to demand that Sam Altman and OpenAI stop contracting with the military...
The Authoritarian Playbook: How big tech is fueling the future of war
In her book, national security journalist Sharon Weinberger says we are in the midst of an era in which tech oligarchs are shaping how – and...
Immigrants caught in the fight over lucrative ICE contracts
Mother Jones reports that Salus, CSI, and GEO, which are profiting from Trump's immigration crackdown, are fighting over portions of the Tru...
The human cost of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
The UN’s World Food Programme reports that one in three Afghans is facing acute food insecurity with millions of lacking access to basic nee...
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The US at 250: A Native Perspective on boarding school remembrance day
September 30 marks the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools, which honors the children who survived or lost their lives t...
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The Texas ‘ghost’ tribe that got millions in climate funding
A recent investigation by Grist reveals how unverified claims of Indigenous identity can have serious consequences for Indigenous peoples an...
Why California lawmakers have failed to regulate Flock cameras
CalMatters reports that amid a growing nationwide backlash against license-plate cameras, California, for the fifth year running, failed to...
ProPublica investigation reveals the rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths
New reporting from ProPublica reveals the alarming rise in deaths from ectopic pregnancies in the US. The numbers are worse in states with a...
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Rowdy Girl: Confessions of a Vegan Cattle Rancher
Renee King-Sonnen traces her journey from the wife of a cattle rancher to an internationally-known animal rights activist who saved their he...
SF Chronicle exposes ICE’s inhumane treatment of detainees in CA
SF Chronicle investigations expose how ISFO is now a immigration detention center, and medical failures at ICE detention centers that put de...
The US at 250: A Native Perspective on "Our Knives Will Save Us"
In his new book, White Mountain Apache chef Nephi Craig reveals how, after years of substance abuse issues, he discovered the power of food...
How big oil manufactured the myth of "clean" natural gas
A new report reveals that oil and gas companies knew by the mid-1970s that methane fueled climate change while peddling the myth of "clean"...
Big tech spends big to fight California data center regulations
CalMatters reports that companies backing data center construction are flooding Sacramento with cash, hoping to stop or defang bills that wo...
Nepal glacier disaster intensifies calls for climate justice
Journalist Jonathan Mingle writes that this is a sign of a new, disorienting danger in cold mountain zones. The hidden hand behind this is c...