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Is Carbon Capture the Solution for Jobs and Climate Action?

Nicholas Kusnetz / Inside Climate News Dec 6, 2022 The idea that we would further stress the air, water and land that surrounds us by altering ocean chemistry or building a new power-hungry industry seems wrongheaded to many. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

One-Two Punch of Storms Threatens Thanksgiving Travel in U.S.

COLLEEN SLEVIN and DAVID KOENIG / The Associated Press Nov 26, 2019 Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado and Wyoming and continues to move east, while “bomb cyclone” phenomenon barrels into Oregon and California. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Midwest Flooding Closes Stretches of Major River, Interstate

MARGERY A. BECK and BLAKE NICHOLSON / The Associated Press Mar 15, 2019 Flooding still a big concern in the lower Missouri River area after a massive storm affects parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America Has Desegregated in Name Only

Paul Street / Truthdig Nov 28, 2018 More than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, people of color remain confined to the most destitute corners of the country. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

America Is Authoritarian by Design

Paul Street / Truthdig Oct 16, 2018 One by one, each of our institutions has fallen victim to minority rule. Our faith in the Constitution has been grossly misplaced. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Californian Ideology Personified

Peter Richardson / Truthdig Jul 6, 2018 The Silicon Valley mashup of countercultural, libertarian and neoliberal values is on full display in the memoir of John Perry Barlow, who knew Timothy Leary, Jerry Garcia, Steve Jobs, Dick Cheney and JFK Jr. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Security Troops at U.S. Nuclear Missile Base Took LSD, Records Show

ROBERT BURNS / The Associated Press May 24, 2018 “Although this sounds like something from a movie, it isn’t,” says the lead prosecutor of one of six courts martial. None of the 14 airmen disciplined was accused of using drugs while on duty. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Wyoming School District OKs Armed Staff

MEAD GRUVER / The Associated Press Apr 18, 2018 The district where Education Secretary Betsy DeVos suggested that teachers be armed to protect children from grizzly bears approves a measure aimed at preventing school shootings. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Minority-Led ‘Fed Up’ Coalition Challenges Federal Reserve Officials

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2016 Black and Latino working-class activists attempted to hold leading U.S. economic policymakers accountable to communities of color by posing tough questions to 10 Federal Reserve presidents and governors at the institution's annual Jackson Hole Policy Symposium. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )