Obamacare More Popular Than Republican Tax Cuts According to Fox News
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70 Years Ago, America Restored Democracy to Germany. Now Germany Wants to Return the Favor.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, in MunichSebastian Widmann/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump pulls two Starburst candies out of his suit jacket pocket and throws them on the table in the direction of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “Here, Angela,” he says, “don’t say I never give you…
Along with Monsanto, Chemical Giant Bayer Inherits Its Pests
Outside of Bayer’s annual shareholder May 2018 meeting in Bonn, activists protested the German company’s acquisition of Monsanto. AP Photo/Martin Meissner Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Seed and pesticide titan Monsanto continues its slow shuffle off the global stage and into the maw of Bayer, its new parent company. This week,…
Farmworkers Are Dying from Extreme Heat
Ed Reinke/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On June 16, Miguel Angel Guzman Chavez arrived in Georgia from Mexico. He was 24 years old and went right to work picking tomatoes. The Georgia heat was consistently more than 90 degrees, and on June 21, the temperature soared to 95 degrees. That day, Chavez collapsed…
What It’s Like to Eat Dinner at Home With David Sedaris, Lorrie Moore, and Terry Tempest Williams
MichellePatrickPhotographyLLC/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Deep into his middle age, after his marriage dissolved and his grown kids moved out, author Rick Bass was feeling restless. He decided to embark on a new project: He would tour the country and make dinner for the literary giants who inspired him…
Hawaiians Are Using Lessons From Maria to Prepare for “Dangerous” Hurricane Lane
“We are expecting large amounts of rain, flooding and high winds,” Ige said. “There will be significant impacts even if the hurricane doesn’t hit us directly.” Hurricane Lane caused some panic as it moved closer to the islands and strengthened into a Category 5 storm late Tuesday night before weakening to Category 4 on Wednesday…