Study: Reforestation has protected Eastern states from temperature rise (www.motherjones.com)
Trees provide innumerable benefits to the world, from food to shelter to oxygen, but researchers have now found their dramatic rebound in the eastern US has delivered a further, stunning feat—the curtailing of the soaring temperatures caused by the climate crisis....
My dad was a white slave, Kentucky Republican tells NAACP (www.motherjones.com)
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One of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Quietly Renewed (www.motherjones.com)
One of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Quietly Renewed::Congress blew a rare bipartisan chance to protect Americans’ calls and texts.
Meet the Silicon Valley CEOs Who Say Greed Is Good—Even if It Kills Us All (www.motherjones.com)
This is how humanity’s story ends, with proudly irresponsible capitalists with god complexes harnessing and packaging technologies they don’t even care to understand or consider the consequences of, believing society will pay to repair any “externality” they cause....
New Yorkers sure don't seem to trust or like Eric Adams (www.motherjones.com)
Amid sinking poll numbers, an overwhelming majority believe Eric Adams’ campaign committed wrongdoings in dealing with Turkey....
Study: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Behind a Spate of Anti-Protest Bills (www.motherjones.com)
Corporate lobbying has protected 60 percent of oil and gas operations, Greenpeace reports.
Pastor John Hagee says an Israel-Palestinian peace deal will be the work of the anti-Christ (www.motherjones.com)
How major environmental groups ended up on the wrong side of California’s housing crisis (www.motherjones.com)
Union Autoworkers have officially finalized their deal with General Motors. (www.motherjones.com)
He Claimed God Sent Hitler to Create Israel. Now He’s Speaking at the Pro-Israel Rally. What? (www.motherjones.com)
FBI raids home of prominent bureau whistleblower (www.motherjones.com)
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How land theft worsens the climate crisis for Indigenous people (www.motherjones.com)
The crackdown on pro-Palestinian students is a disaster for free speech (www.motherjones.com)
Scientists are gene-editing chickens to resist avian flu (www.motherjones.com)
A far-right livestreamer is calling for immigrant aid workers to be shot (www.motherjones.com)
Highlights: Almost as soon as news of actor Matthew Perry’s death broke last week, anti-vaccine activists began speculating that a Covid shot had caused his untimely passing (the cause of death is still undetermined). This was just the latest example of a trend that began last year, with the advent of the hashtag...
Massive Changes Could Be Coming From the Vatican. Conservative US Catholics Are Mad as Hell. (www.motherjones.com)
Inside the psychiatric hospitals where foster kids are a "gold mine" (www.motherjones.com)
Federal agents investigate sugar exporter over allegations of forced labor (www.motherjones.com)
Why are so many studies being retracted? (www.motherjones.com)
The Strike Is Working: The UAW Just Scored a Major Concession (www.motherjones.com)
“X” Axed Headlines. That Sucks For Accessibility. (www.motherjones.com)
Migrants' DNA is fueling a massive expansion of the FBI's genetic database (www.motherjones.com)
Migrants' DNA is fueling a massive expansion of the FBI's genetic database (www.motherjones.com)
Being Mean to Scabs Is Working (www.motherjones.com)
Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher are now not resuming their shows amid strikes.