Jan 02 Watch 7:49 Millennials are leaving organized religion. Here's where some are finding community By Cat Wise, Kira Wakeam The American religious landscape has changed dramatically over the past several decades. While regular church, synagogue and mosque attendance has been on the decline since the late 1970s, a Pew Research Center study this year has found that the biggest… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 7:49 What's in the $1.4 trillion federal spending bill Before leaving town for the holidays, lawmakers came together to pass a huge federal spending bill that illuminates the government’s policy priorities for 2020. The deal allocates a total of $1.4 trillion to the military, education, a barrier along the… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 3:54 Jean Berko Gleason's Brief But Spectacular take on language Psycholinguist Jean Berko Gleason is a professor emerita at Boston University and a pioneer in the field of children’s language. Even as a child, Berko Gleason loved and connected with language. It also made a big impression on her how… Continue watching
Jan 02 U.S. starts sending asylum-seekers back across Arizona border By Astrid Galvan, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait out their immigration court hearings in Mexico. Continue reading
Jan 02 Backlog of toxic Superfund clean-ups grows under Trump By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Brown, Ed White, Associated Press The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-up projects in at least 15 years, nearly triple the number that were stalled for lack of money in the Obama era, according to 2019 figures quietly… Continue reading
Jan 02 Employees clash with Amazon over climate change By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press Amazon has an enormous carbon footprint. And Amazon workers have been vocal in criticizing some of the company's practices. Continue reading
Jan 02 Duke Energy agrees to remove coal ash in North Carolina By Associated Press The Department of Environmental Quality said in a press release that it will be the largest coal ash cleanup in the nation’s history. Continue reading
Jan 02 2020 brings higher labor costs for small businesses By Joyce M. Rosenberg, Associated Press A look at a handful of the 2020 changes in federal, state and local laws and regulations from minimum wage to plastic bag bans. Continue reading
Jan 02 3 ways that the U.S. population will change over the next decade By Dudley L. Poston, Jr., The Conversation What does the U.S. population look like today, and what will it look like 10 years from now, in 2030?… Continue reading
Jan 02 Larsen, who threw the only no-hitter World Series game, dies at 90 By Associated Press Don Larsen threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history. Continue reading