The Indian Ocean’s Great Disappearing Garbage Patch
Garbage patches in the ocean are sobering reminders of humanity’s collective plastic pollution problem. Measuring up to thousands of kilometers across, the patches have been confirmed to exist in the Pacific...
Close the Camps: Plattsburgh protest calls for end of migrant detention facilities
Michelle Tolosky held an American flag in one hand and a red and white megaphone in the other. She stood in front the government center in downtown Plattsburgh.
“We are here today...
How Enough Floating Plastic Could Change the Sea
Some damage caused by plastic waste is dramatic and well known: every year, plastic is an accomplice in the deaths of millions of marine birds, mammals, turtles, and fish. But as new...
The Hidden Light Show Below
As I descend into dark waters, my blue flashlights reveal a spectacular display of fluorescent colors shining out from some of the corals and marine creatures below. Normally hard to detect...
Border Agents Caught Posting Racist, Sexist Messages About Migrants & AOC in Secret Facebook...
Customs and Border Protection has opened an investigation into the posting of racist and xenophobic messages by current and former Border Patrol agents on a private Facebook group. More than 9,500...
Real Story Behind Cypress Hill Smoking Weed On ‘SNL’
In 1993 the California hip-hop group Cypress Hill had 2 platinum albums under their belt. The group had insane hits with “Insane in the Brain” and “Hits From the Bong” circling...
100’s shut down San Francisco streets to protest migrant camps
Several hundred people shut down a busy intersection Tuesday in San Francisco, calling on the Trump administration to close detention facilities along the southern border where hundreds of children are being...
Why Prince Harry Didn’t Go To University Like His Brother
We’ve heard so much over the years about Kate and William’s relationship at university — how they met, dated, broke up, dated again, broke up a second time, got back together...
Ta-Nehisi Coates: “Joe Biden Shouldn’t Be President”
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden is under fire for fondly reminiscing about his “civil” relationship with segregationist senators in the 1970s and 1980s. Speaking at a fundraiser at the Carlyle Hotel...
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft &...
On the heels of Wednesday’s historic hearing on reparations, we speak with renowned writer Ta-Nehisi Coates on the lasting legacy of American slavery, how the national dialogue about reparations has progressed...