“We Are Lady Parts” Cuts Through the Noise
No trauma porn, no white saviors. While there are no official plans for a second season of We Are Lady Parts, its success has been largely positive. The #weareladyparts tag…
‘Huge Legal Win’: Court Stops Police From Blockading Line 3 Protester Camp
One attorney described the blockade as "an outrageous abuse of law enforcement authority serving the interests of the Enbridge corporation against its environmental opponents."
The Buffoonery of White Supremacy Trying to Disguise Itself as Literature
Critics were quick to comment on the spectacle’s surreal atmosphere of cosplay. New York Times fashion correspondent Vanessa Friedman observed of the insurrectionists’ sartorial choices that they smacked of a…
Democratic Leaders Are Betraying Black Voters
In 2013, Chief Justice John Roberts gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act by deploying a dubious legal doctrine with no textual roots in the Constitution, arguing that…
What’s your (sur)name? Intergenerational mobility over six centuries
This column challenges this view by comparing tax records for family dynasties (identified by surname) in Florence, Italy in 1427 and 2011. The top earners among the current taxpayers were…
CDC urges vaccinated people in high-transmission areas to resume wearing masks indoors as delta variant spreads
The recommendation will change guidance by the agency in May saying that vaccinated individuals did not have to wear masks indoors or out because of protection afforded by vaccines.
The Delta Variant Is On The Move: The Pandemic Isn’t Over, It’s Shifting
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith says people shouldn’t gamble with Covid-19 or their lives, reminding communities that vaccination remains the best protection as the pandemic continues.
Indigenous people are the world’s biggest conservationists, but they rarely get credit for it
Despite the outsize role that Indigenous peoples play in protecting nature, their contributions often go overlooked. The modern conservation movement was built on the false idea that nature starts out…
Life Insurance for Dummies – A Complete Beginner’s Guide
We tried to simplify everything and explained in this article of life insurance for dummies. Learn before you buy to avoid big mistakes.
Carbon-based inks make first fully recyclable transistors – Physics World
New devices address the growing problem of electronic waste