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In 1825, Haiti Paid France $21 Billion To Preserve Its Independence -- Time For France To Pay It Back
Sperling is a Virginia-based writer who is married to a Haitian national.
The #1 source of trash in our oceans? Cigarette butts.
Tossing a cigarette butt is ingrained to the point of seeming inconsequential.
People are Putting Peeps on Pizza and They Should be Thrown in Jail
What did pizza ever do to these people? Who is so rabidly Italophobic that they’d desecrate one of Italy’s greatest contributions to the world like this? Even Pizza Hut thinks this is obscene, and they’re probably currently testing a beef-jerky stuffed crust pizza that’s deep fried in bacon
These are the U.S. states most and least dependent on the federal government
States that voted Democrat in 2016 generally rely less on federal funding than Republican states, according to a study by WalletHub. The analysis looked at the return on taxes paid to the federal government, the share of federal jobs, and federal funding as a share of state revenue.
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
David Attenborough is the most famous nature storyteller on television. The 92-year-old producer, narrator, and documentarian essentially invented the genre of television nature documentaries in his decades-long career at the BBC.
8 things everybody should know about measles
The measles virus is one of the most infectious diseases known to man. A person with measles can cough in a room and leave, and hours later, if you’re unvaccinated, you could catch the virus from the droplets in the air the infected person left behind. No other virus can do that.
'Heartless Punishment Against Vulnerable People': AG William Barr Rules Asylum Seekers Can Be Detained Indefinitely
Attorney General William Barr late Tuesday reversed a previous Justice Department ruling that allowed asylum seekers to be released on bond, a move rights groups said could lead to the indefinite detention of thousands of immigrants.
Killing Migratory Birds Has Been a Crime for Decades. Not Anymore.
This story was originally published by Reveal and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under Republican and Democratic presidents from Nixon through Obama, killing migratory birds, even inadvertently, was a crime, with fines for violations ranging from $250 to $100 million.
Foster care system one of the paths to murdered and missing Indigenous women
Tina Fontaine was 15 when she was killed and her body thrown in the Red River. Phoenix Sinclair was five when she was beaten to death and her body hidden away in a landfill. Her death went undetected for nine months.
ICE deports spouse of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan
Barbara Vieyra, 22, of Mesa, died of injuries suffered when her Army military police unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenade fire in the Kunar province of Afghanistan on Sept. 18, 2010.
A Stanford Psychologist Says Feeling Like You're Not Enough Rips These 5 Things Away From You
But using these six strategies will boost your self-confidence and self-worth for good.
'Everything Is at Stake': Global Extinction Rebellion Kicks Off Week of Civil Disobedience to Demand Climate Action
The Extinction Rebellion movement kicked off a week of marches, demonstrations, and peaceful civil disobedience across the U.S. and around the world on Monday to demand "systemic changes to stop global warming while there's still time left."
Ocean Rangers log potential cruise pollution, face axe by lawmakers
The M/V Noordam owned by Carnival Corporation docks in Haines on Sept. 20, 2017. It’s among the fleet of Carnival ships observed by Ocean Rangers discharging oily scrubber water during the 2018 cruise season.
The 1 Trick Oprah and Richard Branson Used to Catapult Their Careers
One technique I use as a career coach to prove to clients they're carrying too many rocks is to have them write out their career narrative. This is the story you play in your head that explains your career from start to finish.
Georgia lawmakers consider bill that takes aim at the state's journalists
In a move slammed by proponents of press freedom, Georgia politicians are considering a law that would create a journalism board to oversee the work of journalists in the state.
Trump blocks U.S. from nominating anyone to U.N. racism committee
For the first time in years, the United Nations’ committee on racism will not contain anyone from the U.S. According to a report from POLITICO on Saturday, the White House blocked the renomination of human rights lawyer Gay McDougall, who had served on the committee since 2015.
Your body’s full of stuff you no longer need. Here's a list.
Evolutionary anthropologist and Boston College post-doc, Dorsa Amir, started the whole thing with a series of eight tweets, and boy did she start something fun. Amir laid out a list of weird, once-useful details of the human anatomy that we continue to carry around within — and on — us.
Immigration and the Shock Doctrine
If you look back over the Trump administration's handling of immigration during the past two-and-a-half years, you'll see a pattern of chronic tension and dysfunction.
Billion-Tweet Study Proves We Write Happier Messages When the Weather Is Good
How does the weather influence our emotions? At first glance, the answer seems trivial—there is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that humans prefer warm sunny days rather than cold wet ones and that we have a sunnier disposition as a result.
Sorry, graphene—borophene is the new wonder material that’s got everyone excited
Not so long ago, graphene was the great new wonder material. A super-strong, atom-thick sheet of carbon “chicken wire,” it can form tubes, balls, and other curious shapes.
CROSS POINT : Trump's executive order is a direct assault on environmental sustainability
President Donald Trump traveled to Texas Wednesday to announce executive orders speeding up and expanding oil production. Two pipeline projects in Trump’s executive order are a major cause for concern: The Keystone XL pipeline across the Great Plains and the Dakota Access pipeline in the northern plains. Both could have negative implications for our environment. Environmentalist have warned that the pipelines could endanger many animals and their habitats in the U. S. and Canada.
These Neighbors Got Together to Buy Vacant Buildings. Now They’re Renting to Bakers and Brewers
This article was produced by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, as part of its Community-Scaled Economy Initiative, which produces research and partners with a range of allies to implement public policies that curb economic consolidation and strengthen locally owned enterprise.
How writing about your life can improve your self-esteem
In truth, so much of what happens to us in life is random–we are pawns at the mercy of Lady Luck. To take ownership of our experiences and exert a feeling of control over our future, we tell stories about ourselves that weave meaning and continuity into our personal identity.
Active shooter drills are scaring kids and may not protect them. Some schools are taking a new approach.
From calling them "buddy room drills" to making school psychologists available during the exercises, schools are trying to protect students — physically and mentally.
Key Trump Donor Stands to Profit from Order to Approve Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines
On January 24, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders calling for the approval of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines, owned by Energy Transfer Partners and TransCanada, respectively.
Here's How to Tell Within 5 Minutes If Someone Isn't As Smart As They Think
Science says people who do one thing tend to be less intelligent. And less competent. And more of a D-K.
Our coast isn’t disappearing or vanishing; it’s being violently destroyed
You see, in the world of addiction recovery, practitioners know words are important. Until the addict admits to having a problem, they will never find a cure. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Trump suggests the US should form a state-run, global news network to counter CNN's 'unfair' coverage
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested the US should form a state-run, global news network to counter what he called "unfair" coverage from CNN.
We Have Spent $32 Million Per Hour on War Since 2001
This March marked the 15th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In 2003, President George W. Bush and his advisers based their case for war on the idea that Saddam Hussein, then dictator of Iraq, possessed weapons of mass destruction — weapons that have never been found.
United States added to list of most dangerous countries for journalists for first time
At least 63 professional journalists were killed doing their jobs in 2018, a 15 percent increase over last year, Reporters Without Borders said.
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of US
Unimaginably, the lows go lower. In Texas, Laura Maradiaga, an 11-year-old girl who fled death threats in El Salvador with her terrified family, may be deported by herself thanks to an immigration court error, a pointless government shutdown, and the prevailing cruelty of the regime.
Supreme Court orders eviction of 1.1 mn forest families
The Supreme Court has asked the governments of 17 states to evict an estimated one million tribal and other households living in forests after their claims of the right to live in forests were rejected under the Forest Rights Act.
This Native American inscription was found deep inside a cave. Two centuries later, scholars think they understand its meaning.
At first glance, it looked like a set of black numbers and letters written in English, perhaps with some symbols included. It had gone unnoticed for nearly 200 years in a cave nestled in a wooded hillside overlooking Fort Payne, Ala.
This Native American inscription was found deep inside a cave. Two centuries later, scholars think they understand its meaning.
At first glance, it looked like a set of black numbers and letters written in English, perhaps with some symbols included. It had gone unnoticed for nearly 200 years in a cave nestled in a wooded hillside overlooking Fort Payne, Ala.
Trump's immigration moves are straight from the dictator's playbook
The first rule in the dictator’s playbook is to fuel public anger against the “other” – people said to be dangerous outsiders. From the start of his campaign for president, Donald Trump has sought to make immigrants from Mexico and Latin America the nation’s nemesis.
The Death of an Adjunct
Thea Hunter was a promising, brilliant scholar. And then she got trapped in academia’s permanent underclass. A bald eagle in flight is elegance to behold. The sudden, violent flaps of its wings are broken by sublime extension as it locks onto a breeze and glides.
Why let mining companies rip up public land like it’s 1872?
What if communications today were governed by a law passed before the telephone was invented? Or if transportation were guided by federal policy made before there were cars?
Reports: Trump offered to pardon Homeland Security head if law broken while closing border
President Donald Trump is showcasing a section of border wall that separates the United States and Mexico. (April 5) AP, AP
What I’ve Learned From Collecting Stories of People Whose Loved Ones Were Transformed by Fox News
It was somewhere around the 100th response that my brain turned to mush.
Betsy DeVos Quietly Making It Easier for Dying For-Profit Schools to Rip Off a Few More Students on the Way Out
Betsy DeVos’s Education Department quietly dropped requirements for risky for-profit colleges to set aside funds in case the schools closed, according to documents from a lawsuit filed last year.
Trump Threatens To Send Detained Immigrants To 'Sanctuary Cities' As Retaliation
Updated Saturday 10:08 a.m. ET President Trump confirmed reports that he is strongly considering sending detained immigrants in the country illegally to "sanctuary cities" to try to punish Democrats who have opposed his stringent immigration proposals.
Threatening 'Swift' Retaliation if US, Israel, or Allies Probed, Trump Celebrates ICC's Rejected War Crimes Probe as 'Major International Victory'
President Donald Trump on Friday called the International Criminal Court's decision not to probe alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, including those committed by U.S.
Bolstered by Trump Tax Scam, Number of US Corporations Paying 'Not a Dime' in Federal Taxes Doubled in 2018
A new analysis out Thursday shows that tax policy under the Trump administration is benefitting large corporations to such a degree that twice as many large companies will pay nothing in federal taxes for 2018 compared to previous years.
DHS, FBI say election systems in all 50 states were targeted in 2016
A joint intelligence bulletin (JIB) has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation to state and local authorities regarding Russian hacking activities during the 2016 presidential election.
Corporate giants want to help students, feds and themselves by offering cyber pros $75,000 in loan assistance
It’s just like the old saying: When you can’t hire them, offer to pay their student loan debt.
Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Rest
Someone should alert him that America is now a hotbed of socialism. But it’s socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism. In the conservative mind, socialism means getting something for doing nothing.
The Man Who Saw Trump Coming A Century Ago
Distracted daily by the bloviating POTUS? Here, then, is a small suggestion. Focus your mind for a moment on one simple (yet deeply complex) truth: we are living in a Veblen Moment. That’s Thorstein Veblen, the greatest American thinker you probably never heard of (or forgot).
Explosion of Unregulated Factory Farms in Maumee Watershed Fuels Lake Erie’s Toxic Blooms
The Maumee River, overloaded with fertilizer and manure, is the single largest source of the phosphorus that triggers blooms of toxic algae in Lake Erie.
Settlers destroy 2,000+ Palestinian-owned trees and vines, backed by Israeli authorities
In just over two months, from the beginning of May to 7 July 2018, B’Tselem documented 10 instances in which settlers destroyed a total of more than 2,000 trees and grapevines and burned down a barley field and bales of hay.
China in Africa: No donkey could be left in Kenya in five years
Chinese companies are making billions of dollars by stealing donkey’s from poor Africans. They are slaughtered in huge numbers. So much are actually getting slaughtered that scientist expect no donkey could be left in Kenya in 5 years. China is slaughtering all donkey’s in Kenya as we speak.
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