News in Brief Comey to Testify Trump Asked Him to ‘Let This Go’ on Russia A statement from former FBI Director James Comey appeared on the Senate Intelligence Committee's website Wednesday. Nick Hagar
News in Brief Trump Keeps the National Institutes of Health’s Director Francis Collins will continue to lead America's top biomedical research agency, he announced today. Francie Diep
Social Justice Trump’s Withdrawal From the Paris Agreement Is Just One of Many Hurdles There were going to be setbacks no matter which option Trump chose, and it will take years for the consequences of his decision to play out. Andrew Revkin
Economics It’s Not Just Trump’s Paris Decision That’s Bad for Pittsburgh The rest of the president's economic platform isn't great for the city either. Dwyer Gunn
Social Justice Thousands of Registered Voters Potentially Disenfranchised in Pennsylvania A new report finds as many as 26,000 Pennsylvania residents who had submitted voter registration applications on time may have been unable to vote or may have seen their ballot discounted. Kate Wheeling
Environment Four Stories for World Environment Day Environmental awareness is more important now than ever. Nick Hagar
Social Justice The End of Gay Rights How a Trump Supreme Court will erode LGBT rights. Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
Social Justice If Impeachment Stalls, Will Liberals Be Willing to Stop Trump? Centrists scream "impeachment" and turn to the FBI—but they're too afraid to turn to the people. Malcolm Harris
Social Justice Trump Petitions Supreme Court on Travel Ban Courts in Hawaii and Maryland have blocked the ban. Last month, an appeals court in Virginia upheld the Maryland decision. Nick Hagar
Environment Trump’s Paris Decision Is a Challenge to Global Governance In his Rose Garden remarks, the president's emphasis on victimhood and economic primacy shocked Europe—and even echoed early Nazi themes. Bob Berwyn