Skyscrapers Full of Lettuce Promise an Eco-Friendly Alternative to Outdoor Farming. There’s Just One Problem.
Jun Cen Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For growing food, the sun is yesterday’s technology. Soil? As quaint as an iPod. Such are the promises of vertical farms—indoor towers stacked high with crops. Waterborne nutrients feed the plants, and led lights drive their photosynthesis. The idea emerged back in 2000, when Columbia…
High Court Kicks Silicon Valley Investor’s Plan to Split Up California Off Ballot
Venture capitalist Tim Draper points to a computer screen at his offices in San Mateo, Calif., showing that an initiative to split California into three states qualified for the ballot.Haven Daley/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California voters will no longer have the option to vote on splitting the largest state in…
California’s Most Powerful Latino Politician is Trying to Unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday, the leadership of California’s Democratic Party endorsed state Sen. Kevin de León in his campaign to oust Sen. Dianne Feinstein. It was an upset—not least because Feinstein has been in office since 1992. She won 44 percent of the vote in California’s primary election…
It’s Barely July and This Wildfire Season Already Looks Terrifying
Paul Kitagaki Jr/TNS via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just in case you’ve been living in an (air-conditioned) underground cave, summer is in full swing. The heat is breaking temperature records coast-to-coast, drought covers half of the country, and—sure…
Communities in the Southwest Have Changed Their July 4 Celebrations
Joel Angel Juarez via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Around the country, Americans are cooking up hamburgers and bratwursts on their barbecues, embarking on backcountry camping trips, and preparing fireworks displays to celebrate…
These Americans Wanted To Show Migrant Kids They Weren’t Alone
They came by the hundreds, rushing to the airport where little kids were being flown in from Texas. Supporters in New York headed to LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night to tell these kids that even though they were separated from their parents by other Americans, they were not alone—and they were loved. Mother Jones’ Mark…