Why It’s the Perfect Time to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage
With a healthy economy, voters in support and businesses raising wages anyway, Congress should act now
Why seagrass meadows are the carbon capture solution we need | The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News
Seagrass can capture carbon 35 times faster than rainforests. It’s time we pay more attention to the vegetation growing beneath the waves.
Why There Is (Some) Hope for Wall Street
Some CEOs are getting the message that even though the economy is growing, they need to serve their communities, too.
Why Today’s Young People Think Differently About Guns
Teens and Millennials are aren’t trapped in age-old talking points and battles, and they’re seeing dramatically steeper declines in anti-social behaviors than adults.
Widely Used Pesticide Is a Buzzkill for Honeybees
Findings add fuel to the debate over whether a commonly used chemical damages insect populations
Will you catch the moon and Saturn before sunrise February 2?
Jupiter and Venus will be very bright and up in the east before dawn. Saturn is below them – much fainter – near the moon on the morning of February 2.
Wind Power Has Crossed a Significant Milestone in America
Wind briefly powered more than 50 percent of electric demand on Sunday for the first time on any North American power grid.
With Christie gone, felons in New Jersey could finally get their voting rights
It’s the state with the highest racial disparity in incarceration.
With More Rain Forecast, Crews Work To Reinforce Oroville Dam
Water damage to an emergency spillway on the Oroville Dam in Northern California prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people from the area. More rain is forecast for the region this week.
Women Warriors Among Northern Plains Indians
The popular media and sometimes history book view of the Northern Plains Indians of the nineteenth century envisions a male warrior, mounted on a horse, wearing a long war bonnet. There are many things wrong with this stereotype, but what is usually missing from the non-Indian descriptions of Northern Plains Indian warfare is the fact…
