The Utility Repossessed Their City’s Streetlights. Now They’re Re-Lighting the Night
A grassroots group is installing solar-powered streetlights to replace the hundreds taken away in 2011.
Heaven or High Water: Selling Miami’s last 50 years
Who of us behaves as if we were in immediate trouble? We work, and at the end of the day, if we think at all, all we have time to…
Conservative Attacks On Critical Race Theory Are An Attempt To Cancel MLK
To rally their dying and dwindling base (Republicans have won one majority in a presidential election since 1988), the right has decided that they should distort what critical race theory…
New Zealand to ban most single-use plastics by 2025
The new bans were an important step, but still missed many of the largest producers of plastic waste in New Zealand, said Assoc Prof Terri-Ann Berry, the director of Environmental…
Cuba’s Vaccine Triumph: Interview – Kawsachun News
Kawsachun News spoke exclusively to the Ambassador of Cuba in Bolivia, Danilo Sánchez Vázquez, about the COVID-19 vaccines his country
How Western science is finally catching up to Indigenous knowledge – Macleans.ca
By George Nicholas, Simon Fraser University February 15, 2018 Some types of Indigenous knowledge simply fall outside the realm of prior Western understanding. In contrast to Western knowledge, which tends…
Pepper’s ghost – Wikipedia
Pepper’s ghost is an illusion technique used in the theatre, cinema, amusement parks, museums, television, and concerts. It is named after the English scientist John Henry Pepper (1821–1900) who began…
Veteran’s mic cut when he speaks of Black people’s role in Memorial Day creation
Event organizer turned down sound for part of speech; Speaker says he was censored by Hudson American Legion
A Vaccine Side Effect Leaves Women Wondering: Why Isn’t the Pill Safer?
Scientists were alarmed by blood clots possibly linked to the J&J vaccine. Some women wondered if there shouldn’t be more concern about oral contraceptives.
Experts Warn Heat Wave Could Lead To Huge Surge In Shirtless Italian Grandpas With Wet Washcloths On Head
SEATTLE—As temperatures top 100 degrees, the National Weather Service warned Tuesday that the record-breaking heat wave currently plaguing the Pacific Northwest could cause an unprecedented surge in shirtless Italian grandpas…