Missouri voters just blocked the right-to-work law Republicans passed to weaken labor unions
It’s the first time voters have overturned right-to-work laws through a ballot referendum in recent years.
It’s the first time voters have overturned right-to-work laws through a ballot referendum in recent years.
A record number of women have won major party nominations for governor and Congressional representatives this year — a full month before primary season is officially over.
Record numbers of women nominated for governor, U.S. Congress Read more
Eventually, bioengineered lungs could replace donor ones altogether. And that could make the transplant waiting list a thing of the past.
Research successfully transplant lab-grown lungs in pigs Read more
More than 400 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender candidates running for office in the United States this year.
2018 U.S. elections include record number of LGBT candidates Read more
“We are letting people know it is about true wrap-around support, true family integration and true compassion.”
LeBron James opens first-of-its-kind “I Promise” public school in Akron Read more
A group of African-American fast-food workers from Birmingham, Alabama, just won the latest round in a legal fight over the minimum wage that has national implications.
Fast-food workers notch win in Alabama minimum wage fight Read more
San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously to ban restaurants, bars and retailers from selling or using on Tuesday, becoming the largest city to block establishments from giving out plastic straws
San Francisco bans plastic straws Read more
In a major win for California’s fight against global warming, the state appears to have hit its first target for cutting greenhouse gases, and it reached the goal early.
California slashes emissions, hits major greenhouse gas goal years early Read more
The World Heritage Committee credited Belize’s safeguarding measures as the cause for the historic conservational victory.
Starbucks says it will eliminate plastic straws from its stores globally by 2020. The company becomes the largest food and beverage company to do so as calls to cut waste globally grow louder.
Starbucks says it will stop offering plastic straws by 2020 Read more