Sanctuary Cities Join Forces in First Meeting of Its Kind
On Monday, March 27, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated Trump’s threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities, local elected officials from across the country gathered to plan how we can fight back together. Seeking Sanctuary: Municipal Policy to Confront Mass Deportation and Criminalization, a national convening hosted by Local Progress, Center for Popular…
Saudis in market to buy nuclear power plants….and make nuclear weapons?
The Saudi shopping spree includes talks with U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who is in London hoping to sell the Saudis AP1000 commercial nuclear reactors made by the bankrupt US company Westinghouse.
Saving seeds to build bonds in our community
In life, it’s easy to take short cuts, but if you take time to do things a different way, what develops may surprise you.
Scientists May Have Found Another Black Hole in the Milky Way
Astronomers have found evidence of a black hole hiding within the Milky Way
Scientists warn: Soon it will be too late to save Earth
More than 15,000 scientists in 184 countries have signed a letter urging the world to address major environmental concerns. “Soon it will be too late to shift
Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans
Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, Andy Borowitz jokes.
Scott Pruitt Ensnares the Clean Power Plan in More Red Tape
For a man who swears to be laser-focused on ridding the world of regulatory red tape, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt sure has a funny way of showing it.
See all 5 bright planets in March
You can’t see them simultaneously. But, especially from the Northern Hemisphere, March 2018 is a great month for catching all 5 bright planets either after sunset, or before dawn.
Sep. 26 is Nuclear Abolition Day. It was also the day one man saved the world
“Petrov was the lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air Defense Forces who, on the night of September 26, 1983 just happened to be in charge of monitoring his country’s satellite system that watched for a potential launch of nuclear weapons by the United States. In the early hours, such a launch appeared to have…
ShaLeigh Dance Works Asks How to Heal a Nation of Others in I Promise
The seasoned choreographer’s latest ensemble piece premieres at the Fruit in Durham this weekend.
