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Maybe you’ve noticed it: There’s been a Groundhog Day vibe in the news about media. Every day, it seems, Punxsutawney Phil pokes his head aboveground to find more newsrooms shutting down or laying journalists off. BuzzFeed News—the digital outlet that…

On Thursday, Butte, Montana became the first documented place to legally cancel an event because the speaker is trans.  As NBC Montana reported, a lawyer with Butte-Silver Bow County informed the local library that its LGBTQ history event with transgender…

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Rising temperatures could transform plankton and other tiny aquatic organisms into a huge source of carbon emissions, a little-known—and…

A federal judge in Florida told politicians and backers of a new law rolling back gender-affirming care in the state to “put up” facts or “shut up.” In a preliminary injunction filed from Tallahassee on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert…

Donald Trump has a reason to gloat. “GREAT NEWS FROM LIV GOLF,” he crowed on his Truth Social platform, referring to the Saudi-backed golf league that will be merging with the PGA Tour. A BIG, BEAUTIFUL, AND GLAMOROUS DEAL FOR THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF GOLF.…

“I’m begging and pleading that you stand with the people of Atlanta.”  “The wrong direction is Cop City and you can’t whitewash it away.” “We need to spend our money on public funds and not our destruction. Stop Cop City.” After more than…

This November, Mississippians will elect the next or reelect the current governor, but new restrictions on absentee ballots may restrict some disabled people from being able to vote.  On March 22, incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, approved Senate Bill…

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Reversing its own Trump-era proposal, the US Environmental Protection Agency has spurned a lobbying effort by the chemical industry…

This story is published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative reporting newsroom. Hundreds of anti-transgender bills proposed in state legislatures are sold as measures to protect minors—such as Idaho’s Vulnerable…

Nikki Haley is once again trying to have it both ways. In response to a question asking her to define “woke” during a CNN town hall on Sunday, the Republican presidential candidate suggested that transgender girls in sports can be blamed for a rise in…