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In January 2025, the Eaton and Palisades fires burned through Los Angeles and Ventura counties in California. Those who lived in or near affected areas suffered environmental consequences including tap water contaminated by carcinogens, which can increase the risk of cancer. Communities that are predominantly people of color (POC) and impoverished tend to live in the U.S.’s most polluted environments. This issue is recognized as environmental racism.
It’s been a year since President Trump imposed his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs, promising to generate factory jobs and hundreds of billions of dollars. Since then, nearly 90% of the economic burden has fallen on U.S. companies and consumers. American households are on track to pay $2,500 in tariff costs this year, a 43% increase from 2025.
Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in over 30 years, but that may change soon. Democratic nominee James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, has gained support from voters of color and young voters on issues such as public education, economic equity, and denouncing Christian nationalism. He currently holds a narrow lead in early polls over his Republican opponents.
When Gavin Newsom ran for California governor in 2018, his support for a state-run single-payer healthcare system was considered a risky move and earned him hefty labor endorsements. Today, leading Democrats in the wide-open race to succeed Newsom have embraced single-payer as a political necessity, an answer to voters fed up with rising premiums and other spiraling healthcare costs.
The U.S. and Israel launched an aerial bombardment of Iran on February 28, 2026. The war has claimed thousands of lives across the Middle East and disrupted one of the world’s most important energy corridors. Economists believe disruptions to the global oil market will continue long after the war is over.
When she transitioned to working part-time last year, Rosa María Carranza counted on getting Medicare and Social Security checks. But Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrants will soon be cut out of Medicare. The GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed last July by President Donald Trump, barred certain categories of lawfully present immigrants from Medicare.