Louisiana plans to ban soda from SNAP benefits as part of a broad nutrition bill that also targets school food, seed oils, ...

"As someone who taught high school students in Louisiana and who has worked for years trying to safely reduce incarceration rates and prevent violence, I’m particularly alarmed by Amendment 3," writes ...

(This is Sen. Shawn Gumataotao’s full reaction to Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero’s 2025 State of the Island Address.) The State of the Island Address is meant to complement efforts to share with the ...

Earlier this month, recent graduate, activist, soon-to-be father, and legal permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested and detained in direct retaliation for his advocacy for Palestinian rights ...

Mendocino County continues to make progress on the development of its Drought Resilience Plan (DRP) to enhance our community’s preparedness for future water shortages. This effort, initiated in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Elon Musk’s net worth is about $330 billion. The CEO of Hunger Free America estimates it would cost $25 billion to end hunger in the U.S. Despite this, Musk prioritizes his own interests over ...

Just another day in the Upside Down, an alternate yet much worse dimension that exists alongside the human world that we used to inhabit. The Upside Down, a dark and chaotic place, is continuously ...

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday with Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the court’s three liberal justices in ...

Pope Francis said that his illness had also helped make some things clearer to him, including the "absurdity of war." Pope Francis said in a letter published on Tuesday that his lengthy illness ...

Pope Francis has said in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has helped make “more lucid” to him the absurdity of war and the power of words to shape the truth and facts ...