In 1962, the Environmental Protection Agency did not yet exist, there was little public awareness about environmental issues, and corporate polluters practiced unfettered use of pesticides with little regulation.

Elsie Robinson was once the most famous American newspaper writer, but she, along with many other notable women, has been all but forgotten.

After some very promising campaign pledges, activists are giving the administration mixed reviews on immigration.

Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than are white women. The new documentary Aftershock tells the stories of some of those women, and how their families are channeling grief into action.