The plastic pellets called "nurdles", used as the base for molding plastic products, may be toxic to animals when they spill in the sea. There is a push to upgrade the standards for shipping them to make it less likely they will get loose if a container falls in the water.

Black and Asian-American job applicants face discrimination in simply getting a job interview. The proof is in a study that found they were twice as likely to get an interview if their resumes avoided disclosing their race.

The EPA has delayed 20 years in developing regulations for DINP, an endocrine disruptor and carcinogen.

Global protests have been rising for 10 years. Most of them support progressive causes; a minority are far-right-wing.

DeSantis wants to authorize parents to sue schools that teach "critical race theory".

Critical race theory is historical study of the development of racism and its role in the history of the US. That is a legitimate and important part of US history. But when right-wingers use that term, it means all sorts of different things. We can't tell what sorts of teaching that law will actually try to do away with.