abortion Roe v. Wade ‘Is In Peril as We Understand It' With the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments about Mississippi’s abortion law and another in Texas, “there is pretty much no question that abortion rights will be cut back. The question is to what extent,” says University of Miami professor Caroline Mala Corbin.
travel Meet a Woman Who Risked It All to Buy an 1880s-Era Ghost Town in Montana Gunslinger Gulch is an 1880s-era mining town that was salvaged from demolition and moved to Anaconda, Montana. Today this old ghost town serves as a bed and breakfast to travelers who want a taste of the Old West. NBCLX contributor Greg Bledsoe brings his Family Geography Project to Montana to meet Karen Broussard, who moved her family from Seattle to...
pop music Why 2021 Was the Year of Nostalgia for Heartbreak Heartbreak is terrible. Why do Taylor Swift, Adele, Olivia Rodrigo and others make us yearn to relive it?
christmas Be Less Wasteful By Replanting Your Christmas Tree Forget buying a heavily trimmed, dry old evergreen that you’ll throw out come the new year – more farms are now offering rentable Christmas trees that stay planted in a pot. Then, after the holiday, the tree goes back to the farm where it can stay healthy for next Christmas. When trees get big enough, they get planted in a...
abortion Why Abortion Bans Will Hurt Low-Income Women and Women of Color More “If you have access to money to take a plane or take a train or go somewhere where abortion is safe and legal, you’ll do that,” says Kim Wehle, professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She says if the Supreme Court guts Roe v. Wade, “you just might not have any option but to carry a child...
health We Can Save Lives by Changing How We Talk About HIV/AIDS “So much of what prevents people from talking about HIV/AIDS is actually not having the language,” said David Johns of the National Black Justice Coalition. We need to move away from stigmatizing terms like “full blown AIDS” and create a more welcoming environment where people can be open about their HIV status, Johns says.
Cancer Fun Moments From Movember Will Remind You to Care About Men's Health All Year Men die on average 5 years earlier than women, largely due to preventable causes. So charitable efforts like Movember want to spread awareness of two of the most common causes: testicular cancer and prostate cancer.
Supreme Court Who Is Scott Stewart, the Mississippi Lawyer Who Argued to Overturn Roe v. Wade? Prior to Wednesday's oral arguments, Scott Stewart wasn't a big name in the anti-abortion movement.
holiday season Alessia Cara Calls Fans ‘Joy of My Life' as She Preps for Holiday Performance Singer Alessia Cara has never performed at the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting before, but she’s been watching it since childhood. “I’m very excited, rightfully so, because it’s so beautiful during the holiday,” she says. And she’s grateful for all the fans and listeners who have found meaning in her music. Cara and many other stars will take part...
air travel Making Air Travel Carbon Neutral Means Rethinking the Way We Fly Airlines emit the same amount of carbon as the German and Dutch economies combined. But it will take more than just making the world’s airline fleets more fuel efficient to reverse the industry’s impact on climate change. NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker takes a look at how industry innovators are hoping to make air travel greener and more efficient — and...
