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A farmworker died. Another became disabled by a heat stroke. Their employer keeps sending people out to the fields.

Tina Vásquez
A farmworker died. Another became disabled by a heat stroke. Their employer keeps sending people out to the fields.

Costa Farms urged to adopt protections for plant nursery workers in the South

Alexandra Martinez
Costa Farms urged to adopt protections for plant nursery workers in the South

A historic El Niño set to pummel an unprepared US.

ray levy uyeda
A historic El Niño set to pummel an unprepared US.

How many are dying from heat in Chicago? The city stopped counting and hasn’t shared the tool that could help

NaBeela Washington
How many are dying from heat in Chicago? The city stopped counting and hasn’t shared the tool that could help

As climate change worsens, evidence links extreme heat and mental illness

Pragathi Ravi
As climate change worsens, evidence links extreme heat and mental illness

Israel cracks down on Palestinians entering the sea, stealing the last place for refuge in Gaza

Ahmad Abushawish
Israel cracks down on Palestinians entering the sea, stealing the last place for refuge in Gaza

Worker safety activists secure major victory in Miami’s largest redevelopment deal

Alexandra Martinez
Worker safety activists secure major victory in Miami’s largest redevelopment deal

Are heat days the new snow days?

Nneka Ewulonu Elisabeth Bialosky
Two boys sit on a soccer field, one watching the other drink water from a water bottle.

U.S. legislators push mandates for cooling regulations in rental housing

Jill Webb
Children stick their hands out of a window next to an air conditioning unit in a brick condo building.

Weeks after Hurricane Beryl, Black Houston neighborhoods are still recovering

Uyiosa Elegon
color photograph of a Black woman sitting on a wooden porch outside looking down at a small bag of food in her lap.

Decarceration is the best way prisons can adapt to climate change

Christopher Blackwell Sarah Sax
color photograph of a small handheld sign with the outline of the state of texas and the text "texas is burning them alive"

Workers across Southern states demand relief from record-breaking heat

Alexandra Martinez
color photograph of an outdoor protest in front of a Popeyes. people hold signs reading "our jobs are cooking workers alive"