Alvin Chang

New research shows American students are losing huge chunks of learning to heat. Here’s how your district fares

By using a narrow definition of heat-related injuries federal and state agencies miss thousands of others

This is why many politicians see redistricting as a way to rig the system in their favor

New polling data shows two-thirds of Republicans do not want to hold oil and gas companies accountable for the climate crisis

Companies and regulators have been accused of treating workers as cogs in a machine that feeds America’s meat obsession. Covid-19 only exposed the human cost

Bayeté Ross Smith’s project on the Red Summer of 1919 reveals ‘uncanny’ likeness to today’s political violence

The idea that the American way of life is under threat from a variety of ‘others’ is wildly overblown but widely believed

Employers are trying desperately to ignore that we’ve become fundamentally different humans

If, as a leaked draft decision suggests, the supreme court ends the federal right to abortion, women will face much longer journeys for treatment

The country experiences a mass shooting nearly every day while federal gun control legislation remains a distant dream