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Climate protesters in England glued themselves to a copy of ‘The Last Supper’
Activists from the same group have glued themselves to other paintings at U.K. art galleries in recent days, calling on the government to end all…
Struggling for change in Congo after decades of conflict
This story originally appeared in the Review of African Political Economy on June 28, 2022. It is shared here with permission from the publisher. The…
Climate change: Extreme weather events slam globe from Italy to Australia
A deadly glacial avalanche in Italy, the fourth major flood in Sydney since March, record Alaskan wildfires and another U.S. heat wave — extreme weather…
AIPAC is leading efforts to dismantle UN inquiry on Palestine
This story originally appeared in MintPress News on July 1, 2022. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons license. This month, the…
Roe overturn sets up massive online privacy battles for tech giants
America’s new abortion reality is turning tech firms’ data practices into an active field of conflict — a fight that privacy advocates have long predicted…
Remembering the victims of the Highland Park July 4 shooting
A shooter fired into a crowd at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on Monday, leading horrified spectators and parade members to…
Economists rush to understand the post-Roe world
Economists are racing to study the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the right to abortion. They’re examining the fallout on women’s lives across…
The Supreme Court’s next target is the executive branch
Battles over the federal government’s power will likely define a lot of the conservative Supreme Court’s future. The big picture: Abortion has been the single…
Health experts see rise in maternal mortality post-Roe
Note: Select mortality data unavailable due to reliability and confidentiality restrictions; Data: CDC; Map: Jacque Schrag/Axios The six states with the highest maternal mortality rates…
The Large Hadron Collider will embark on a third run to uncover more cosmic secrets
Ten years ago, the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle helped make sense of our universe. But in doing so, it unlocked a whole host…
Amazon starts making deliveries by e-bike and on foot in London
Amazon has started delivering packages by cargo e-bike and on foot in the UK for the first time as it makes more progress toward its…
New York prisons ban care packages containing food
The prison-industrial complex has many ways of turning the incarceration of human beings into a profitable business model. In New York state, new regulations targeting…
Events like Italian glacier collapse likely to increase as planet heats
Analysis: Effects of climate change already affecting mountaineering beyond deadly glacier collapse on Marmolada Full story: search resumes for missing hikers Events like the collapse…
Thousands told to evacuate Sydney during “life-threatening” floods
More than 30,000 residents in Sydney were told to evacuate their homes Monday due to “life-threatening” floods. Why it matters: Australia is facing its fourth…
At least 6 hikers were killed after a piece of glacier broke loose in Italy
The glacier, in the Marmolada range, is the largest in the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy and people ski there in the winter. But the…
White House, Jeff Bezos trade barbs over gas prices
The White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Sunday responded to criticism from Jeff Bezos about President Biden’s call for oil executives to reduce gas…
Axios Finish Line: Making friends
This originally appeared in Axios Finish Line, our evening newsletter focusing on life lessons, leadership, and health and fitness. Sign up here. In America, we…
Climate change is threatening thousands of years of winemaking in Turkey
Climate change is posing challenges to vintners in Turkey, endangering the future of an ancient industry. Source: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/02/1109558024/climate-change-is-threatening-thousands-of-years-of-winemaking-in-turkey Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…
Flawed oxygen readings may be behind Covid-19’s toll on people of color
Doctors have sometimes failed to diagnose serious cases of Covid-19 among people of color — and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledges one reason may…
Naomi Klein: US in the midst of a ‘shock-and-awe judicial coup’
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on July 1, 2022. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons license. Renowned environmentalist and…
A father tried to protect his daughter, then cops attacked him and his dog
The Loveland, Colorado, Police Department has made national headlines for brutality and overreach. But a new case involving the disturbing arrest of an entire family…
Nobody has claimed ownership of the mysterious rocket that recently crashed on the moon
Last week, NASA reported that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a strange double crater on the Moon that was caused by a crashing rocket in…
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