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President Trump has declared multiple national emergencies since taking office. That's helping him act quickly. There are few checks and balances on the emergency powers he's claiming.

Moss Appreciation Week is packed with events both scientific... and also silly. Moss walks, moss talks, moss movies, crafting moss-themed Valentines, and a "gastropod derby" with snails and slugs (for whom moss is a nice moist microclimate).

Hustling to keep yourself afloat is hard enough. Hustling for your whole family is another story. A Connecticut dancer and painter share how they’ve learned to keep solving an ever-shifting puzzle of schedules and needs.

“Unemployment benefits being available to striking workers will ensure financial hardship will not impede workers’ ability to get a fair contract when a company has not bargained in good faith,” one union member said.

A Connecticut community has taken another step toward reckoning with its past history of slavery. For the first time ever, the town has named a street after a person who was enslaved there and walked that path each day.

As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC and 1,500 at NIH are losing their jobs. Many fear for the future of public health and scientific research.

The website deleted all mentions of "transgender" and "queer" in its history of the Stonewall riots, and only referred to the riots' impact on lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

Trump administration officials say the move was necessary "to build a culture of child safety and accountability." But advocates say they fear the administration will use it for immigration enforcement.

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

This hour, we explore issues around equity, race and the environment. We talk to Leah Penniman, whose new book is 'Black Earth Wisdom,' and Dr. Dorceta Taylor of the Yale School of the Environment.