The U.S. is experiencing a crisis of white folks who are fearful of democracy because they’re fearful of people of color. When given a choice between whiteness and democracy, far too many still choose whiteness.
As public spaces for women continue to diminish each day, some Afghan women have transformed a corner of their own homes into a battleground to resist the Taliban’s oppressive rule.
A person commits a crime, a prosecutor or grand jury determines probable cause to bring charges, an indictment or arrest follows, and then comes a trial. That’s the procedure. That the suspect is a former president is beside the point.
Although the genre is recent, the bleakness of post-climate-change stories is nothing new in science fiction. Climate science fiction, or “cli-fi,” is having a renaissance.
Authors Alan Jenkins and Gan Golan have crafted a new graphic novel series offering a stark warning about how close the U.S. came to a fascist coup on Jan. 6, 2021.
New federal programs allocate billions of dollars to improving transportation infrastructure. Some states are using funds to reconnect communities divided by highways.