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Julie Cart

Julie Cart is a projects reporter for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner. She focuses on wildfires and natural resources

Anti-coup protesters are shown running around their makeshift barricade on March 28, 2021, as they make a defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021.

U.S. officially says Myanmar's violence against Rohingya was genocide

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the determination at an event at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Poetry collection 'Customs' is rooted in un-rootedness

In her highly anticipated second collection, Solmaz Sharif examines the language of rules — exploring conformity and naming losses. Migration, borders, and displacement are constants in these poems.

In an interview with NPR, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine are "not designed to be permanent," and that they could "go away" if Russia should change its behavior.

Blinken sets a standard for lifting sanctions: an 'irreversible' Russian withdrawal

In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat, warns of the further devastation of Ukrainian cities.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is pictured during his renomination hearing with the Senate Banking Committee in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11. The Fed raised interest rates on Wednesday for the first time since 2018.

The Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2018

The central bank raises its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point in an effort to tamp down inflation. Additional rate hikes are likely in the months to come.

A pump jack operating in an oil field in Midland, Texas, July 29, 2020. A Texas law aims to punish investment firms that divest from fossil fuels.

Texas and other states want to punish fossil fuel divestment

A Texas model law was written by the head of a group that opposes climate action and takes money from fossil fuel interests. It could shift billions away from major investment firms.

Passengers arrive at Auckland's International Airport, in Auckland, New Zealand, on Wednesday.

New Zealand will open its borders to some tourists much earlier than expected

The move is meant to speed up the recovery of the island nation's pandemic-battered economy, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday.

An elderly woman is helped by policemen after she was rescued by firefighters from inside her apartment after bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Russia steps up assaults as Ukraine appeals for more help

The fighting across the country continues as Ukraine's president prepares to speak to the U.S. Congress.

Greg Walden Won't Seek Re-election

Republican Greg Walden has repesented Oregon's 2nd Congressional Distrct in the US House of Representatives since 1999. His seat has been considered one…

On Tuesday, members of of the U.S. National Women's Soccer team, pictured at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, marked Equity Pay Day in a panel discussion with Vice President Kamala Harris.

On Equal Pay Day, women are trying to make a dollar out of 83 cents

It took women working year round full-time jobs 74 extra days to earn what men did in 2021. And the data is worse for women of color, who are disproportionately employed in low-wage jobs.

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