Emma González is young, Cuban and bisexual. She’s bringing all of her identities to the gun fight.
In the aftermath of the horrific Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, a new movement has emerged that constitutes the strongest voice for changing laws about automatic assault weapons since the Columbine massacre of 1999.
EU says no new trade deals with countries not in Paris Agreement
European Commission backs French call for the Paris deal to be a prerequisite for access to the world’s second largest economy.
Eve Kaplan-Walbrecht Talks About How to Keep Local Farmers Farming
We visited Garden of Eve’s annual Garlic Festival and chatted with Eve about maintaining a 65-acre biodiverse farm and delivering a CSA to a large urban center.
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong | Johann Hari
What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions.
Excess pollution from diesel cars leads to 5,000 premature deaths a year in Europe
New research captures some of the real-world impact on lives lost due to air pollution associated with diesel cars.
Facebook admits up to 270m users are fake and duplicate accounts
Facebook has admitted that up to 270m accounts on the social network are illegitimate, raising questions over the social network’s integrity as it is under pressure over Russian meddling in elections across the world.
Fair Cannabis?
For decades, workers have flocked to Northern California and Southern Oregon to work the fall cannabis harvest. Some are migrants on their seasonal tour. Others
Fair Trade As We Do It: the Story of Jumbo Nuts
Fair Trade Alliance Kerala, the small-farmer collective I work for, is recapturing the homestead farming traditions of Kerala. Our goal is to grow to about 10,000 farming families stewarding about 40,000 acres of farmland, creating conditions that are akin to a tropical rainforest in crop diversity and biodiversity.
Fake pharmaceuticals can mean life or death in these countries | Fusion
The world’s poor struggle to pay for medicines.
First-Ever GMO Labeling Law in U.S. Is Finally Here
Vermont requires GMOs to be labeled, but the future of regulations for genetically engineered ingredients and labels is anything but clear.
