For the first time, scientists have measured the microplastic pollution falling on the Sierra Nevada during snowstorms. They found significant amounts even in locations inaccessible by car or by foot.

Growing up in Mississippi, graphic novelist John Jennings was deeply impacted by the horrific death of 14-year-old Emmett Till from an early age. Jennings, a UC Riverside professor of media and cultural studies, is helping to bring that story to a new medium with “Framing Emmett Till: Exposing Dark Fear,”...