Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, provides a window into OSHA’s performance during the pandemic.
East Coast residents have ‘false sense of security’ about threats from invading saltwater
Around the country, scientists are sounding the alarm about saltwater intrusion. But the responses on the ground are sometimes inadequate and may not be sustainable because they run up against economic pressures from development, farming or tourism.
Coastal farmers being driven off their land as salt poisons the soil
With seas rising, farmers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts increasingly suffer from one of the initial impacts of climate change: saltwater intrusion. Often, the damage is compounded by farming methods ingrained over the years.
As saltwater resculpts the East Coast, researchers say it can’t be stopped but we can adapt
From the mid-Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico, salt is killing groves of trees from the roots up. Advancing water is pressing landowners and farmers into wrenching decisions and is challenging conservationists to find corridors for marshes to survive.
Driven by rising seas, the threats to drinking water, crops from saltwater are growing in U.S.
The cascading consequences of saltwater intrusion were starkly revealed in interviews with more than 100 researchers, planners and coastal residents, along with soil testing and analyses of well-sample data conducted by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism.
Police cameras disproportionately surveil nonwhite areas of DC and Baltimore, CNS finds
In parks, near grocery stores and schools, lining streets and at intersections, police-owned surveillance cameras in the District of Columbia and Baltimore disproportionately monitor majority nonwhite areas, most of which are predominantly Black, a Capital News Service analysis has found.…
Biden readies sweeping policy shifts on COVID, economy, immigration and more
President-elect Joe Biden established himself on the campaign trail as the antonym to President Donald Trump when it came to key policy stances, promising strong responses to the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, criminal justice, immigration and health care.
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., is elected 46th president of the United States
After more than three days of uncertainty in a closely-contested race, former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States.
In an anxiety-ridden year, turnout breaks 120-year record
Fear, peer influence, more voting options to accommodate the pandemic, and either a love or hate for President Donald Trump were all among reasons for 2020’s high turnout.
Voters say they worry about the future, the pandemic, health care and socialism
Voters on both sides of the political aisle voiced concern about the COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans tended to worry about a rise in socialism, while Democrats were more likely to bring up social issues, such as racial disparities.