Civil rights leaders predict inequities and systemic racism within the criminal-justice system will remain the norm – even after the Arbery verdicts.
Author: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY
‘Stretched too thin’: With staff ‘exhausted,’ schools cancel class or return to remote learning
Experts worry many students will suffer if they miss classes, but say exhausted teachers need a break after helping families through the pandemic.
Hospitals face staffing shortages, employee clashes as COVID-19 vaccine mandate looms
Experts across the country worry that forcing the nation’s already-stressed hospitals to implement vaccine mandates may push needed workers to quit.
As Biden vaccine mandates loom, protests for personal freedoms swell. What happens next?
Experts say getting people vaccinated against COVID-19 should be a top priority. Is the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate the right way to do it?
As climate change deepens, Lake Mead and Lake Powell continue drying up
Experts say climate change is exacerbating Western drought, raising concerns about food prices, hydroelectric generation and mega wildfires.
Poor health choices are killing rural Americans, and COVID-19 makes it worse
What you eat, whether you smoke and how far you live from a hospital help determine whether you’re more likely to die of illnesses such as cancer and diabetes.
Rising seas, sinking land: Life on this Hurricane Ida-battered Louisiana barrier island may never be the same
Experts say the choices faced by residents and leaders of Grand Isle after Hurricane Ida mirror what other communities will deal with as oceans rise.
‘It ain’t easy right now’: Hurricane Ida strands residents, wipes away landmarks on Louisiana island
In Barataria, Louisiana, a group of volunteers is ensuring neighbors have food to eat and water to drink after Hurricane Ida blocked mainland access.
‘Nothing you can do but wait’: In New Orleans, frustrations rise over Hurricane Ida outages
Hurricane Ida damaged or destroyed 30,679 poles, 36,469 spans of wire and 5,959 transformers, says Entergy, the power provider for New Orleans.
‘I can’t believe the numbers’: Mass shootings, homicide rates, gun sales hit highest levels since 1990s
Fatal shootings, mass shootings and homicide rates have skyrocketed this year amid economic woes and the pandemic.