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The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department says there have been 17 in-custody deaths this year, but advocates say that number is wrong and are demanding accountability. Emergency COVID-19 tenant protections are set to end Friday in the city of San Diego. Plus, a local tech giant brought the world of science and engineering to Hoover High School.

/PRNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Thursday, September 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. ET, The United State of Women (USOW), in partnership with Live Nation Women, will host the...

/PRNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Thursday, September 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. ET, The United State of Women (USOW), in partnership with Live Nation Women, will host the...

In partnership with Live Nation Women, the State of Women Forum will feature activists in conversations about the issues motivating women and peop...

Families in San Diego gathered at Colina Del Sol Park to rally for tenant rights.

Today, the New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning (NYCCELP), a coalition of advocates, doctors, lawyers, and the Lead Roundtable, which is convened by the coalition, released the “2022 Lead Agenda: A Roadmap to Eliminating Lead Poisoning in New York City.” Our city’s children continue to needlessly suffer permanent neurological damage from exposure to lead in old paint, dust, and drinking water in their homes.

Dr. Alex Ampaabeng, Fiscal Policy Specialist at OXFAM, has stated that Ghana requires a sustainable domestic income plan that will avoid resorting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance. "If there is investment in tax infrastructure, things that have to be taxed would be well captured and well…

METUCHEN – Governor Phil Murphy today signed a sweeping series of gun safety reforms to continue the fight against gun violence in New Jersey. Since taking office in 2018, Governor Murphy has been a champion of bold, commonsense gun reform, and signed significant gun safety packages in June 2018 and July 2019. Today, the Governor reaffirmed his commitment to redu

The idea behind the webinar is to demystify the notion that an education, or careers in the animal protection space are non-rewarding, or as a lot of students in India may believe, are non-existent.

A new modeling study headed by scientists at Duke University has found that increasing sea levels make marshes shift inland in six mid-Atlantic states, and the coastal zone will not remain to act as a carbon sink but liberate more carbon into the air.