Indigo Ag Wants Better Farming to Help Fight Global Warming
The Washington Post reports today on the Terraton Initiative from Indigo Ag, a supplier of seed treatments and agricultural logistics. The idea is simple and appealing: we need to do more than simply reduce carbon emissions if we want to avoid the worst effects of global warming. We need to remove carbon from the atmosphere.…
Kraft Invents New Way to Trick Your Kids Into Eating Kraft Products
Kraft is providing parents with a new ploy to trick their kids into eating salads: The food company is disguising its ranch dressing and relabeling it as salad “frosting,” packaging it in a slim white tube with flecks of vibrant color that resembles a confetti cake. The deception that parents can wield to get their…
Republicans Bet “Medicare for All” Hearings Would Divide Democrats. They Were Wrong.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.Andrew Harnik/AP Republican lawmakers had bet that hearings for the House’s “Medicare for All” bill would surface deep disagreements among Democrats over their vision for the country’s health care system. But on Wednesday the bill was debated…
Democratic Candidates Seem Pretty Confused About Medicare for All
Cory Booker speaks at a 2017 news conference in supporter of Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All bill.Andrew Harnik/AP The lead author of the House of Representatives’ Medicare for All bill has been reaching out to Democratic presidential campaigns in an effort to remedy what she views as misrepresentations of the legislation by some of the…
A Twisted Timeline of US-Russian Relations in Syria
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in Vietnam in November 2017Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty The United States and Russia are on opposite sides of the Syrian conflict. Except when they’re not. While Washington backed anti-government rebels, Moscow rode to the rescue of Bashar al-Assad. But they’ve also worked together to push…
A Superhero’s Instincts Win the Day for a 9-Year-Old in Critical Need
Jennifer Whelchel and Ralph at Universal OrlandoCourtesy Lenore Koppelman Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. It was a supreme meltdown—almost involuntary. A worker at Universal Orlando Resort, Jennifer Whelchel, didn’t scold, belittle, or dither. She knew just what to do when…