It Doesn’t Matter What Happens on Groundhog Day, Winters Are Getting Shorter
Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s maybe no secret that the shadow of a large squirrel isn’t an effective tool to determine the length of a season. Factor in climate change, and…
Two Years Ago, the Trump Administration Limited Abortion Access Worldwide. These Powerful Images Reveal the Impact.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When we met M, still dressed in her fast-food uniform tightly fitted around her pregnant belly, she looked lost. She shyly approached us in Gandhi Square, a main thoroughfare in Johannesburg, South Africa, and asked if we knew the location of a “women’s clinic.” My…
Big Farmers Use Climate-Resistant Seeds. Most Small Farmers Can’t Get Them.
Zhou Haijun/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Half of all humans owe their lives to small farmers, because that’s who grows most of the food in Africa and Asia. But it turns out that small farmers…
Investigators Are Zeroing in on Top NRA Leaders’ Russia Ties—and Challenging the Gun Group’s Story
David Keene, Maria Butina, and then-NRA President James Porter at the 2014 NRA annual conferenceVK Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After remaining all but mum for the past two years about news reports detailing its ties to Russia, the National Rifle Association finally spoke up this week. The gun group…
Need Some Ear Candy? Then Listen to The Marías.
Payton Bednasek Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: All of The Marías. Why were into it: Blending together the best bits of indie and Spanish pop, the unique and psychedelic sound is delectable, satisfying the senses in many different ways. This week we aren’t jamming to a track or an album,…
New Book Reveals the Obamacare Cowardice of Chief Justice John Roberts
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Joan Biskupic has written a biography of Chief Justice John Roberts that confirms some of the horsetrading that produced the final Obamacare opinion in NFIB vs. Sebelius. Michael O’Donnell provides the details: Biskupic reports in detail for the first time on the machinations of the…