Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
04/07/2022
Opinion: KBJ’s confirmation is one of the beautiful moments MLK described
The historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first African American woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice will come 55 years to the week after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s most important speech, "A Time to Break Silence," where he came out against the Vietnam War.
04/02/2022
Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago
The Rappahannock Tribe, a Native Tribe in Virginia, has reacquired 465 acres of sacred land at Fones Cliff.
03/28/2022
Opinion: Will Smith’s wrongs don’t make Chris Rock right
My first thought after witnessing the iconic movie star Will Smith walk on the stage and slap comic legend Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night was that this was some kind of planned stunt -- the kind of "SNL"-inspired skit designed to juice up a show whose lag in cultural relevancy has been much discussed.
03/30/2022
Opinion: Tech leaders are delusional if they think Web3 will give power back to the people
Similar to "the internet" or "cryptocurrency" in their infancy, the term "Web3" has entered the public discourse before being widely understood. However, Web3 might be the haziest and most vague of the bunch.
03/07/2022
New Mexico’s governor just signed a bill to make college tuition-free
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed on Friday Senate Bill 140, otherwise known as the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act.
03/13/2022
Last look: Weaning the West off Russian energy
Fareed examines how the US and its allies are working to shed their dependence on oil and gas from Russia to cut the Kremlin off from its huge energy revenues.
03/06/2022
Russian news anchor: Millions of Russians feel this is a catastrophe
Russian news director and anchor, Ekaterina Kotrikadze, speaks to CNN's Fareed Zakaria about the state of the country's news media after her station, TV Rain, shut down due to the Russian government's crackdown on local media over unfavorable coverage of the war in Ukraine.
03/03/2022
Opinion: We can’t ignore the darker sides of global unity on war in Ukraine
Russia's unjust invasion of Ukraine is a tragedy, and its stark consequences are being played out for the entire world. As events have unfolded, the media has rightly presented the conflict as a human rights catastrophe that inspires a unified global solidarity.
01/27/2022
Where big cats roam once more
How one family's rewilding project returned lions and cheetahs to a corner of South Africa's Great Karoo.
01/18/2022
Ancient life may be just one possible explanation for Mars rover’s latest discovery
A new analysis of sediment samples collected by the rover revealed the presence of carbon -- and the possible existence of ancient life on the red planet is just one potential explanation for why it may be there.
01/06/2022
An Indian startup could revolutionize ocean farming with its ‘sea combine harvester’
Often used to wrap sushi and flavor soups, seaweed has much greater potential -- both as a food and for use in a wide range of products from cosmetics and textiles to biodegradable packaging and even biofuel.
01/13/2022