Back in the 1970s, Exxon’s own scientists stood in a wood-paneled boardroom and laid out the future with startling clarity. They told the company’s top executives that burning fossil fuels was altering the climate, that carbon dioxide was building up in the atmosphere, and that the consequences would be severe and potentially irreversible. The board listened. They understood the science. And then they did absolutely nothing worthy of the moment. They could have gone public, warned the world, and used their enormous wealth to lead a transition to cleaner energy. Instead, they made a cold, capitalistic calculation: keep the information…

In the quiet aftermath of a Sunday evening, the city of Newark was shaken by a tragedy that has left a family shattered and a community searching for answers. A 17-year-old girl, her life just beginning, was tragically killed in a collision at the intersection of Bloomfield and Mount Prospect Avenues around 9 p.m. The news, delivered by Mayor Ras Baraka, confirmed that a suspect has been taken into custody, yet the details surrounding the incident remain shrouded in official silence. This young woman, whose name has been withheld due to her age, has become the center of a complex…