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.
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12/28/2022
Shutting Down Putin’s War is Essential for Global Security in 2023
Authoritarianism is about having the power to get away with crime, and waging a genocidal war against another country without other countries intervening in ways that force a cessation of conflict counts as a big win in the autocrat world.
12/06/2022
Boxing powerhouse Cuba lets women boxers compete
Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails.
12/30/2022
Jonathan Haidt on the ‘National Crisis’ of Gen Z
Warped by social media and a victimhood culture, today’s young people will imperil American culture and capitalism, the social psychologist warns.
12/15/2022
10 Cities Where Bike Commuting Is Growing Fastest in the US
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, of the more than 154 million Americans who commuted to work in 2021, just 616,153 did so by bike. If this figure seems both incredibly small and surprisingly big, that's because it is.
12/15/2022
U.S. Energy Department to spend $3.7 billion on carbon removal
The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday agreed to commit $3.7 billion to finance projects to remove planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere and meet the nation's goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
12/16/2022
Are we about to see a wave of energy innovation? (Let’s hope so.)
There’s so much focus on the need for “clean” energy — energy whose production generates little or no carbon emissions — that often overlooked is the equally important need for “abundant” energy.
12/10/2022
One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten
A New Jersey bill would embed lessons on identifying misinformation across all grades and subjects.
12/16/2022
U.S. attorney general moves to end sentencing disparities on crack, powder cocaine
Justice Dept. aims to reverse decades of policy that critics say disproportionately targeted Black and Brown communities by treating crack users more punitively.
12/16/2022
Turkey’s Tragic Lesson: ‘Democracy’ without Liberty Leads to Tyranny
n the summer of 2019, Turkey, my home country that had been going downhill for years under the populist and authoritarian rule of President Tayyip Erdogan, made some rare good news: The municipal elections of Istanbul and Ankara, the two largest cities, were won by opposition candidates.
12/16/2022
99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn’t Hear About in 2022
It was a year defined by a lingering pandemic, rampant inflation, unstable economies, multiple humanitarian crises, a summer of climate hell in many parts of Asia, Europe and North America, and more than anything else, the outbreak of a devastating war in Ukraine. Wherever you turned, it was hard to escape the sense that things were falling apart.
12/18/2022
10 states have now banned the sale of cosmetics tested on animals
New York became the tenth state to ban the sale of cosmetics tested on animals after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a measure into law Thursday evening.
12/17/2022