Chicken Farms Fueled a Massive Public Health Crisis—While the Government Turned a Blind Eye
shutterstock This story was originally published by Food and Environment Reporting Network. Antibiotic-resistant infections—everything from gastrointestinal illnesses to recurring urinary tract infections and staph—are among the most menacing issues in public health today, sickening 2 million people a year and killing at least 23,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So perhaps it’s…
A Brief History of Witch Hunts, Real and Imagined
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In 16th- and 17th-century Europe, tens of thousands of women were rounded up and slaughtered for being outcasts in some of society’s earliest witch hunts. But fast-forward to 2017, and suddenly it’s rich white guys who are co-opting the term. After numerous allegations of sexual harassment surfaced about film executive Harvey Weinstein, his pal Woody…
CNN Just Published a Story Claiming Mueller Has Filed Charges in the Russia Probe
CNN: The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are. A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment.
Humans Used to Live Here. Then Sandy Happened. Now It Is Being Reclaimed by Nature.
Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy—a monstrous post-tropical cyclone with hurricane force winds—struck New York, bringing record-breaking wind gusts and deadly flooding. In New York City, 53 people died—nearly half of them were from Staten Island. The Ocean Breeze, Midland Beach, and Dongan Hills communities were especially hard hit, with 11 fatalities. A few months after the storm, WNYC reporter Matthew Schuerman…
Humans Used to Live Here. Then Sandy Happened. Now it Is Being Reclaimed by Nature.
Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy—a monstrous post-tropical cyclone with hurricane force winds—struck New York, bringing record breaking wind gusts and deadly flooding. In New York City, 53 people died—nearly half of them were from Staten Island. The Ocean Breeze, Midland Beach, and Dongan Hills communities were especially hard hit, with eleven fatalities. A few months after the storm, WNYC reporter Matthew Schuerman…
Quote of the Day: My What Big Hands You Have, Mr. President
Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA From Michael Grimm, recently out of jail and now trying to revive his political career by sucking up to Donald Trump: I remember saying to myself, I never realized what a large man — I mean stature-wise, he’s a big man, with massive hands. I don’t have small hands, but when…