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After Years of Sparring, Gov. Shapiro Abandons Pennsylvania’s Landmark Climate Initiative  

Environmentalists see decision as ‘shocking reversal’ on fighting global warming; fossil fuel industry claims it would have led to higher utility bills.

by Audrey Carleton

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Future of Special Education at Risk, Teachers Say, as Trump Moves to Cut Staff and Programs

By Crystal Villarreal

Special education teachers fear the Trump administration’s funding cuts and layoffs will unravel progress for millions of students with disabilities.

In South L.A., Black and Latino Neighbors Unite Against ICE as Systems Fail

By Adam Mahoney, Capital B

As Trump-era immigration enforcement arrests hit 540 weekly and cuts to SNAP threaten families, neighbors are launching mutual aid hubs to keep each other safe.

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Can an Imperiled Frog Stop Oil Drilling Near Denver Suburbs? Residents Hope So.

By Jennifer Oldham

Threatened northern leopard frogs found near site of what would be one of state’s largest fossil fuel operations.

Barring a Sharp Shift, Health Insurance Costs Will Skyrocket

By Mark Kreidler

Many of the 24 million working and middle-class Americans insured through the Affordable Care Act may forgo insurance if their bills multiply.

Known for Its Oil, Texas Became a Renewable Energy Leader. Now It’s Being Unplugged.

By Elena Bruess

The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back.

Photos, Video, Protests — Homeland Security Tightens Rule on Anti-ICE Activities

By Kate Morrissey

Activists fear the Trump administration will use the rule to cover up misconduct by immigration officials.

Once More, With Feeling

By Erin Aubry Kaplan

The growing “No Kings” street protests aren’t a new phenomenon. They’re the nation’s social conscience, picking up where George Floyd left off.

U.S. Deports Asylum Seekers to Southern Mexico Without Their Phones

By Kate Morrissey

The Trump administration’s deportation flights to the Mexican southern border towns of Tapachula and Villahermosa leave people stranded with few resources.