Eric McDaniel

The world’s most prominent Christian leaders issued a rare joint statement calling for government climate action. What that will look like in the U.S. is unclear.

There has been a fivefold increase in the number of documented weather-related disasters in the last 50 years, driven in large part by climate change, a U.N. agency says.

Outdoor workers in the United States could face four times as many days with hazardous heat by mid-century if action isn't taken to reduce greenhouse

National Gun Violence Awareness Day is Friday, June 4. Advocates of reducing gun violence in America are taking part in a campaign called Wear Orange

Medina Spirit, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has failed a drug test. It is the latest of a long line of drug test failures by

Rick Spinrad previously served as the agency’s top scientist. His nomination comes at a difficult period for NOAA, which spent the Trump administration mired in scandal and without a permanent leader.

The weapons used in Thursday’s mass shooting at a FedEx facility were purchased legally by the suspect in July and September of 2020, police said. A shotgun was seized from him earlier.

After a big surge in gun deaths in 2020, high-profile mass shootings this spring are a reminder that America’s epidemic of gun violence persists.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning about the Peloton Tread+ after reports of children being injured. Peloton insists the machine is safe when used as directed.

As the impeachment trial begins in the Senate on Tuesday, the Capitol complex remains on high alert — protected by National Guard troops and walled-off

The landmark report commissioned by the British government calls on countries to quantify the cost of environmental degradation. It frames nature as a financial asset that benefits humanity.

For the eighty million Americans who didn’t vote in November, government can feel distant. Non-voters tend to believe that things will go on just as they did before regardless of an election’s outcome.READPoll: Despite Record Turnout, 80 Million Americans Didn’t Vote. Here’s WhyThis episode: congres…

Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race became clear on Nov. 7th, 2020, the day the contest was called by the Associated Press. On Tuesday, thirty eight days later, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged that win for the first time.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Da…

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that just one quarter of Republicans believe the election was legitimate; ot was. And: could old-school pork barrel spending be the solution to Washington gridlock?This episode: correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and senior p…

The RNC wasn’t just a celebration of Trump — it was a religious revival meant to harken back to a lost golden age

Kelsey Snell  KAWC

The battles over the dominant religious ideology are being waged within and across faith traditions.