Equilibrium/Sustainability — Scientists: World isn't prepared for volcanic eruption
A large volcanic eruption could disrupt world food production and trade networks, causing damage to the global society equivalent to a strike from a giant asteroid, scientists argue. There is a
Read MoreSmaller 9/11 Tribute Museum in NYC closing its doors
LOWER MANHATTAN (WPIX) – The 9/11 Tribute Museum in Manhattan is shuttering on Wednesday, officials for the museum announced this week. The museum, not to be confused with the National September 11 Memorial & Museum located at the site of the World Trade Center, will maintain an online presence, but financial difficulties mean the doors of the NYC
Read MoreAttorneys for Christopher Shaw, who was paralyzed in Texas police custody, call for DOJ probe
Attorneys for Christopher Shaw, a Black man paralyzed while in Beaumont, Texas, police custody, announced Wednesday they have asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the city for what they called a history of excessive force and unlawful detainment. “We now have subpoena power afforded to us by the federal courts,” said Harry Daniels, Shaw’s attorney. “We are in the process of getting everything ... that shows that the city of Beaumont has a custom where their officers engage in unlawful use of force, and it is swept under the rug.” Daniels added
Read MoreNow what’s the matter with Kansas?
Kansas is no swing state. The landlocked expanse of farms and Protestant churches hasn’t supported a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, and hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate since the 1930s. It inspired a 2004 book, “What’s the Matter With Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America,” that foreshadowed the rise of anti-elite conservative populism that
Read MoreJudge reinstates North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Abortions in North Carolina are no longer legal after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, eroding protections in one of the South’s few remaining safe havens for reproductive freedom. U.S. District Judge William Osteen reinstated an unenforced 20-week abortion ban, with exceptions for urgent medical emergencies, after he said the June U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade erased the legal foundation for his
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