Supreme Court’s day of culture war surprises
The Supreme Court may, like America itself, be more partisan than ever. But Thursday offered two big cases that did not break along predictable ideological lines.
Read moreTexas pediatrician on border crisis: ‘Kids don’t go in cages’
Over a 13-year career as a pediatrician in Texas, Dr. Marsha Griffin has visited every government facility that could hold newly arrived migrant children in the Rio Grande Valley. She sat down with the Monitor in early July to discuss what she has been seeing and how she thinks the government could be taking better care of the migrant children in its custody.
Read moreHow Congress’s inaction has left children’s health program on life support
Last week, Colorado became the first state to send letters to CHIP families warning them that support might end in January. Texas has asked the federal government for $90 million to keep its program running through February.
Read moreAs rivers get cleanups, can city residents still afford to live nearby?
The Los Angeles River and Washington’s Anacostia River could become tests of how well communities can balance new development with opportunities for longstanding residents.
Read moreNew Health Threats Come with Ice Melt in the Arctic
Scientists are relying on anecdotal evidence from self-reported incidents to piece together ways that climate change is threatening the health of already-vulnerable northern communities
Read moreHow Global Warming Is Spreading Toxic Dust
Pollution problems from the past rise to the surface, thanks to climate change
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