Dan Rather reacts to White House media ban, calling the move a “real and present threat to our democracy” | Rare
“These are the dangers presidents are supposed to protect against, not create.”
Danish students take to the seas in floating shipping container apartments
By utilizing modular shipping container homes in Copenhagen’s urban harbors, Urban Rigger and architecture firm Bjarke Ingels have reinvented student dorms.
Decolonizing Environmentalism
We are witnessing a historical push toward the dismantling of imperialism, the decentralization of power, and the welcoming of non-white, non-European values into conservation.
Delaware effectively abandons the death penalty
Delaware Supreme Court ruled in Rauf v. State that the state’s death penalty statute is unconstitutional.
Deploy the space harpoon
The space harpoon is part of the RemoveDEBRIS project, a multi-organization European effort to create and test methods of reducing space debris. There are thousands of little pieces of who knows what clogging up our orbital neighborhood, ranging in size from microscopic to potentially catastrophic.
Developing disasters: How cities are making hurricanes more destructive
Scientists warn of expanding “bull’s-eyes” as the US builds in parts of the country at ever-greater risk because of climate change and severe weather
Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?
Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today
Disaster Relief Needs Oversight to Stop Waste and Fraud
As Congress contemplates funding billions of dollars in disaster aid, it should ensure the money is overseen adequately.
Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Tariffs. He’s Running a Con.
Neither Democrats nor the media should get distracted by the show; instead, they should expose the harsh reality behind the curtain.
Don’t be mad at your meteorologist for a poor forecast. We’re mad enough at ourselves. – The Washington Post
And please stop calling for us to be fired, geez.
