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Internal Government Watchdog Slams Afghanistan War Effort as Inept and Reckless

Published 2021-08-17 03:59:07 UTC

How One Formerly Redlined City Is Striving to Green Itself

Published 2021-08-17 13:10:03 UTC

“There’s No Clarity.” A Lawyer Helping Afghan Refugees Reckons with US Visa Failures.

Published 2021-08-17 13:35:59 UTC

A Few Thoughts on Mike Pompeo and That Missing $5,800 Whisky Bottle

Published 2021-08-17 19:38:31 UTC

Unchecked Climate Change Will Make Life Hellish for Outdoor Workers

Published 2021-08-18 10:00:01 UTC

Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Pledges Winnings to Haitian Earthquake Relief

Published 2021-08-18 19:15:43 UTC

“Defund the Police” Was a Rallying Cry in 2020. Minneapolis Is About to Vote on What That Means.

Published 2021-08-19 10:00:25 UTC

Biden Faces Mounting Pressure To Yank Line 3 Oil Pipeline Permits

Published 2021-08-19 10:00:18 UTC

Trump’s “Deal” With the Taliban Set the Stage for Afghanistan’s Collapse

Published 2021-08-19 18:43:30 UTC

On Afghanistan, the Old War Hawks Are the New War Hawks

Published 2021-08-19 19:16:37 UTC

America’s Anti-Vaxxers Are Getting More Dangerous

Published 2021-08-20 11:18:22 UTC

“I Don’t Understand What The Surprise Is”: How the West Stopped Paying Attention to Afghanistan

Published 2021-08-20 10:00:15 UTC

Cancer Alley Activists Score a Win Against Giant Plastics Conglomerate

Published 2021-08-20 10:00:01 UTC

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Banned Mask Mandates. Schools Pushed Back—and Won, for Now.

Published 2021-08-20 14:49:48 UTC

I’ll Take “Quit in Disgrace” for $800

Published 2021-08-20 16:51:57 UTC

Biden’s Team Erases $5.8 Billion in Student Debt for Borrowers With Severe Disabilities

Published 2021-08-20 17:17:53 UTC

Biden to Americans in Afghanistan: “We Will Get You Home”

Published 2021-08-20 19:29:12 UTC

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Went on Fox News to Blame the COVID Surge on Black People

Published 2021-08-20 20:22:36 UTC

CDC Study: Black and Latinx Adults Died at Startlingly Higher Rates During the Pandemic

Published 2021-08-20 20:51:38 UTC

Scientists Blindsided by Rain at the Summit of Greenland’s Ice Cap

Published 2021-08-21 10:00:27 UTC

The Perils of Magical Environmental Thinking

Published 2021-08-21 10:00:15 UTC

Gig Companies’ Ballot Measure Was Just Ruled Unconstitutional in California

Published 2021-08-21 13:19:57 UTC

Capitol Riot Charges Against An Infowars Host Could Spell Trouble For Alex Jones

Published 2021-08-21 15:08:36 UTC

CDC Director Dings Hannity For “False” Vaccine Claim

Published 2021-08-21 17:21:26 UTC

The Airlift From Afghanistan Is Continuing, Amid Threats and Widespread Criticism

Published 2021-08-21 19:36:04 UTC

Donald Trump Encouraged People at His Rally to Get Vaccinated. They Booed Him.

Published 2021-08-22 13:52:35 UTC

Tropical Storm Henri Bears Down on New England, Me

Published 2021-08-22 15:15:14 UTC

Pentagon Orders Airlines to Help Evacuate People Fleeing Afghanistan

Published 2021-08-22 16:23:17 UTC

The Science of How Wildfires Got So Hellish

Published 2021-08-23 10:00:56 UTC

Three Facts About Mondays to Start the Week

Published 2021-08-23 19:32:50 UTC

He Was Just Trying to Study COVID Treatments. Ivermectin Zealots Sent Hate Mail Calling Him a Nazi.

Published 2021-08-24 10:00:28 UTC

Guess Which Company Ranks Worst for Environmental Racism?

Published 2021-08-24 10:00:19 UTC

They Beat the Odds to Win the US Visa Lottery. But Crippling Delays May Keep Them in Afghanistan.

Published 2021-08-24 10:00:15 UTC

A Naturopath’s Advice for Reasoning With Vaccine Deniers

Published 2021-08-24 10:00:07 UTC

Boosters Before the World Is Vaccinated Isn’t Just Unjust. It Could Prolong the Pandemic for Everyone.

Published 2021-08-24 10:00:44 UTC

Proud Boys Leader Now Says He’s Not Proud of His Crimes

Published 2021-08-24 18:29:27 UTC

“Working Class History” Is Preparing to Launch a Labor Rights App. Crowdfunding Is on Pace to Get It Done.

Published 2021-08-24 19:01:23 UTC

Denser Cities Could Help Curb Carbon Emissions, if the NIMBYs Allow It

Published 2021-08-25 10:00:03 UTC

Erik Prince Is Charging $6,500 a Person to Evacuate Afghanistan on His Chartered Planes

Published 2021-08-25 14:48:41 UTC

A Two-Song Salute to Wayne Shorter, Jazz’s Foundational Force, Who Turns 88 Today

Published 2021-08-25 19:01:56 UTC

Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Hit With Proposed $5.1 Million Fine by FCC

Published 2021-08-25 19:23:33 UTC

The Ancient Bond Between a Great River, Its Creatures, and My People

Published 2021-08-26 10:00:59 UTC

Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia

Published 2021-08-26 15:24:53 UTC

I Taught English to Afghan Soldiers. Now I’m Part of the “Digital Dunkirk” Trying to Get Them Out.

Published 2021-08-26 15:33:56 UTC

Afghanistan’s All-Girls Robotics Team Members Are Safely Relocated, and Their Documentary Is Pressing Ahead

Published 2021-08-26 17:26:34 UTC

The Deep Roots of Outdoor Recreation’s Diversity Gap

Published 2021-08-27 10:00:38 UTC

Who’s Funding the California Recall Fight? It’s Not the People

Published 2021-08-27 11:37:46 UTC

Donald Trump Says Osama Bin Laden Had Just “One Hit.” What?!?!

Published 2021-08-27 15:46:47 UTC

After a 10-Day Strike, a Cleaners Union Wins a Landmark Contract With Pay Raises and Safety Reinforcements

Published 2021-08-27 17:20:37 UTC

Americans Are Poisoning Themselves With This Unapproved COVID Drug

Published 2021-08-27 17:32:35 UTC

Corporations and Unions Are Bankrolling the Sedition Caucus Again

Published 2021-08-27 19:10:38 UTC

Trump’s DC Hotel Just Banished a Reporter—Forever

Published 2021-08-27 20:14:39 UTC

Yet More Evidence Linking Air Pollution to Mental Illness

Published 2021-08-27 21:20:59 UTC

Revisiting Alice Coltrane’s Legacy on the 84th Anniversary of the Pianist and Harpist’s Birth

Published 2021-08-28 00:50:12 UTC

Hurricane Ida Is About to Hit Louisiana, and Our Climate Change Future Is Here

Published 2021-08-28 16:40:25 UTC

Extinction Rebellion Protesters Paint London Red

Published 2021-08-28 10:00:28 UTC

Why Are Cops So Resistant to Getting Vaccinated?

Published 2021-08-28 18:59:57 UTC

Voting Rights Marches Draw Crowds, But They’re Losing the War

Published 2021-08-28 20:27:22 UTC

England Intends to Ban Single-Use Culinary Plastics—Very Slowly

Published 2021-08-29 16:16:28 UTC

Penguin Classics Launches “New Canon” of Environmental Literature

Published 2021-08-29 10:00:35 UTC

Ida and COVID Are a Brutal One-Two Punch for Hospitals in the Storm’s Path

Published 2021-08-29 17:38:07 UTC

Odds of Escape Waning for At-Risk Afghans, Despite Assurances

Published 2021-08-29 19:35:17 UTC

Yes, Let’s Mandate Vaccines for Eligible School Children, Fauci Says

Published 2021-08-29 22:21:03 UTC

Why Facebook Won’t Stop Pushing Propaganda

Published 2021-08-30 10:00:55 UTC

Drought Is Complicating California’s Plans for a Carbon-Free Future

Published 2021-08-30 10:00:17 UTC

Most Of The “News Bias” Analysis You See Is Based On… Bias

Published 2021-08-30 18:35:22 UTC

The First Afghan Woman in the Paralympics Since 2004 Prepares to Compete

Published 2021-08-30 19:18:12 UTC

As Hurricane Ida Strands Thousands, the Police Would Rather Focus on “Anti-Looting” Patrols

Published 2021-08-30 22:06:24 UTC

Florida’s COVID Surge Is Taxing Its Ability to Purify Drinking Water

Published 2021-08-31 10:00:59 UTC

Does Banning the Taliban From Social Media Actually Help Afghans?

Published 2021-08-31 10:00:21 UTC

It Took Approximately Zero Seconds for Hawks to Make the Afghanistan Withdrawal About China

Published 2021-08-31 15:47:00 UTC

The Anti-Vax Lawyer Representing Jan. 6 Rioters Has Suddenly Gone Missing

Published 2021-08-31 17:13:34 UTC

A New Website Catalogs More Than 250 Black Films Currently Streaming

Published 2021-08-31 20:04:00 UTC

Texas Republicans Pass Voting Restrictions to Solidify Anti-Democratic Hold on Power

Published 2021-08-31 21:19:55 UTC

America Is Spending a Fortune to Help Rich People Retire in Luxury

Published 2021-09-01 10:00:35 UTC

There’s No Proof Sunscreen Prevents Cancer in Black People. Why Do Doctors Keep Pushing It?

Published 2021-09-01 10:00:22 UTC

The Real Reason People Are Treating Themselves With Horse Dewormer

Published 2021-09-01 10:00:06 UTC

What’s on the Line in the California Recall?

Published 2021-09-01 10:00:00 UTC

The Cost of the Post-9/11 Security State Is $21 Trillion, Report Finds

Published 2021-09-01 04:01:06 UTC

Texas’ Six-Week Abortion Ban, the Most Restrictive in the Country, Is Now in Effect

Published 2021-09-01 15:01:19 UTC

$7.5 Million in Stolen Wages Is Ordered Back to Hundreds of Ripped-Off Construction Workers

Published 2021-09-01 18:03:48 UTC

Detainees in Lafourche Filled Sandbags to Save Property. When the Town Evacuated, They Were Kept Jailed.

Published 2021-09-01 19:22:45 UTC

It Was Never Easy to Be an OB-GYN in Texas, but Now It’s a Nightmare

Published 2021-09-01 22:46:24 UTC

SCOTUS Will Officially Allow the Texas Abortion Ban To Go Into Effect

Published 2021-09-02 04:14:40 UTC

First Came Hurricane Ida. Next Comes the Eviction Crisis

Published 2021-09-02 10:00:28 UTC

The Texas Abortion Ban Is Just the Beginning