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CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts coronavirus outbreak were vaccinated but few required hospitalization

The report offers key evidence bolstering the hypothesis that vaccinated people can spread the more transmissible variant.

Learning to Love a Humble Neighborhood

A couple of years ago, my sister and I were driving along Richmond Road, a “stroad” that connects our childhood home to downtown Lexington, Kentucky.

‘Climate change has become real’: extreme weather sinks prime US tourism site

Chaos erupted at Bill West’s business in Page, Arizona, last week when he was forced to tell dozens of paid clients their summer vacations were either canceled or on hold – effective immediately.

The Great American Eye-Exam Scam

On a beautiful summer day a few months ago, I walked down to the part of the Connecticut River that separates Vermont from New Hampshire, and rented a kayak. I pushed myself off the dock—and the next thing I remember is being underwater. Somehow, the kayak had capsized as it entered the river.

Learning to Love a Humble Neighborhood

A couple of years ago, my sister and I were driving along Richmond Road, a “stroad” that connects our childhood home to downtown Lexington, Kentucky.

The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’

Ihave been fascinated by insects all my life. One of my earliest memories is of finding, at the age of five or six, some stripy yellow-and-black caterpillars feeding on weeds in the school playground. I put them in my empty lunchbox, and took them home.

We’re Right to Worry About Nightmare Climate Scenarios

Sign up to receive the Green Daily newsletter in your inbox six days a week. It’s hot out. It’s getting hotter. The climate memes practically write themselves: “Think this summer is hot? Consider it the coolest of the rest of the 21st century.”

Low Pay, No Benefits, Rude Customers: Restaurant Workers Quit At Record Rate

A wooden spoon gliding over cast iron. Barely tall enough to see over the stove, Lamar Cornett watched his mother, a cook, make his favorite dish of scrambled eggs. That first cooking lesson launched a lifelong journey in food.

Critical measures of global heating reaching tipping point, study finds

A new study tracking the planet’s vital signs has found that many of the key indicators of the global climate crisis are getting worse and either approaching, or exceeding, key tipping points as the earth heats up.

Lambda Variant of COVID-19 Might Be Resistant to Vaccines

“Our results indicate that mutations present in the spike protein of the lambda variant of interest confer increased infectivity and immune escape from neutralizing antibodies elicited by CoronaVac,” the study states.

Yep, it’s bleak, says expert who tested 1970s end-of-the-world prediction

At a UN sustainability meeting several years ago, an economic policy officer came up to Gaya Herrington and introduced himself. Taking her name for a riff on James Lovelock’s earth-as-an-organism Gaia hypothesis, he remarked: “Gaya – that’s not a name, it’s responsibility.”

Indigenous women still forced, coerced into sterilization: Senate report

Warning: Some of the details in this story may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. She was screaming that she “didn’t want this,” but it happened anyway.

Journey. Explore. Relax. Repeat.

Thermal hot springs flow abundantly throughout the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Soaking in natural mineral water is a time-honored tradition to enhance wellness. One thing is for sure: relaxation is the ultimate goal.

Why We Need To Stop Joking About Small Penises

I am very much in favor of criticizing men. When a guy mansplains, doesn’t do his share around the house, or is racist, homophobic, or generally intolerant of any marginalized group, I have zero problem with anyone verbally eviscerating him. Take that mothereffer down.

Kroger closed grocery stores rather than give workers a $4 raise. Now it's padding shareholders' pockets with a $1 billion stock-buyback scheme.

Back in February, I wrote about the national grocery chain Kroger's announcement that it was closing low-performing stores in Seattle and Long Beach, California, after the two cities passed laws requiring grocery stores to pay their front-line workers additional $4-per-hour "hero pay" during the pan

Dear Tucker Carlson

Hey Tuck, I just got done watching a segment of your show. You know, the one where you suggest that there should be a camera in every classroom in order to root out…let me get this accurate…”civilization ending poison.” https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1412566208763895810

What does the dawn of demisexuals tell us? How sex-drenched society has become

It might be hip to be square, but nothing is more passé than being straight these days. That’s according to Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, the 23-year-old daughter of the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, anyway.

New Spring-Loaded Screw Turns Drywall Into Sound-Absorbing Panels

The smooth featureless walls around your home are easy to paint and great for hanging artwork, but they’re also very effective at transmitting soundwaves from room to room—a less desired feature.

Saining not Smudging- Purification and Lustration in Scottish Folk Magic Practice

Saining is the Scottish Folk magic act of purification. It’s similar to the idea of smudging but very different. Importantly it’s a cultural relevant practice and is one available for folks who work within the Scottish folk magic diaspora.

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German Museum Repatriates Lakota Chief’s Shirt, Citing ‘Moral and Ethical Reasons’

With German institutions placing a renewed emphasis on the repatriation of various objects in their holdings, the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt said this week that it had given the leather shirt of Chief Daniel Hollow Horn Bear (Mato He Oklogeca), of the Teton Lakota, to his great-grandson Chief

FAO report maps insights from and threats to Indigenous Peoples’ food systems

FAO report maps insights from and threats to Indigenous Peoples’ food systems Collaborative study looks at eight Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in Amazon, Sahel, Himalayas, Pacific Islands and Arctic, documenting unique capacity to conserve biodiversity and foster resilient food security and c

Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce

Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce is rich, creamy, and packed with garlic parmesan flavor! This Alfredo Sauce is easy to make and perfect with your favorite pasta! Alfredo sauce is one of my favorite things to have with a big bowl of pasta! It's a very rich and indulgent treat for dinner.

More than 230 people fatally shot in shootings over the Fourth of July weekend

At least 233 people were killed and 618 people were injured by gun violence in more than 500 shootings across the country during the Fourth of July weekend, a 26% drop from last year's holiday weekend, according to the latest data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive.

What a Difference $1,000 Makes: Part One

This is the first article in a two-part series on neighborhood revitalization in Akron, Ohio. Looking for part two? Click here. Zac Kohl’s opening bid on his home in Akron, Ohio’s Middlebury neighborhood? $1,000.

Lethal Force Against Pipeline Protests? Documents Reveal Shocking South Dakota Plans for National Guard

Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has announced she is deploying 50 members of the South Dakota National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border at the request of Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

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‘Things happen for a reason:’ One man’s bloody path into Michigan’s marijuana industry

Vince Volovlek’s life took a left turn when he nearly lost his right arm eight years ago. The 28-year-old with long, reddish hair didn’t plan on operating a successful medicinal marijuana lotion brand at this point in his life. He hadn’t planned on much at all.

How heat waves form, and how climate change makes them worse

Heat domes, heat islands, mega-droughts, and climate change: the anatomy of worsening heat waves. This month brought early, record-setting heat waves across the US and other parts of the northern hemisphere.

If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.

The distribution of wealth follows a well-known pattern sometimes called an 80:20 rule: 80 percent of the wealth is owned by 20 percent of the people. Indeed, a report last year concluded that just eight men had a total wealth equivalent to that of the world’s poorest 3.8 billion people.

Canadian Tire Fire #4: Churches Burn as the Remains of Hundreds of More Children Uncovered; Mass Resistance to Brutal Eviction in Toronto

The week leading up to Canada Day saw another devastating discovery of unmarked graves, this time at the Marieval Indian Residential School. On June 23rd, the Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of the remains of approximately 751 children, in a graveyard outside the school.

America’s Pot Labs Have A THC Problem

Keegan Skeate was working the night shift when he first heard about the scam. The 26-year-old was only a few months into his new job at Praxis Laboratory, a Washington state lab that conducts consumer safety tests and THC potency analysis for legal cannabis products.

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An Eye-Opening Experience Through a Metastatic Melanoma Journey

Guest blog from Kyle Lewis, a stage IV metastatic melanoma survivor: Clank. Clank. Clank thud. Whoosh. Dang – my range is off. Clank. Whoosh. Whoosh. Ouch. I better get out of here before somebody sees me. It was November 2019 and I was out shooting baskets at a local park.

Ground Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees in the Arctic Circle

Newly published satellite imagery shows the ground temperature in at least one location in Siberia topped 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius) going into the year’s longest day. It’s hot Siberia Earth summer, and it certainly won’t be the last.

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The Republican Party's mission: whitewash the Trump presidency

The Republican Party has turned to another page in the authoritarian playbook as it whitewashes the history of Donald Trump's presidency.

Cob on Wood

Essential Food and Medicine, Natural Builder Miguel Elliot of Living Earth Structures, and Artists Building Communities worked together with residents of the West Oakland Wood Street housing encampment to build a kitchen, community health clinic, bathroom, shower, and free store. These earthen struc

Workers' great awakening is about more than unemployment benefits

Many politicians, pundits and business owners have said pandemic-era enhanced unemployment benefits are keeping would-be workers at home. But that's a much too simplistic explanation of today's employment situation.

The GOP’s Alternate Reality Industry

What a study in contrasts: The leader of the Democratic party has spent this week representing the United States on the world stage, while the leader of the Republican party and his allies have spent the week representing a false, twisted alternate reality.

The consequences of Cedar Point’s shocking $20 wage on Sandusky’s tourism economy

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Business should be booming this summer in Sandusky, as tourists return in droves following a year of pandemic-induced isolation.

A Lawsuit Brews Over EdChoice Vouchers: They're 'Starving' Public Schools

A coalition of about 75 Ohio public school districts plan to sue the state over its use of EdChoice private school vouchers. Organizers, who started gathering districts to sign on to the lawsuit a year ago, at the start of the pandemic, say "we'll be in court soon.

Who Can Even Afford to Have a Child?

Recently, a handful of articles have revisited the decade-old anxiety that people who could procreate are declining to do so.

Watch a Never-Before-Aired James Baldwin Interview From 1979

In 1979, up-and-coming television producer Joseph Lovett scored the opportunity of a lifetime.

Global warming may have already passed irreversible tipping point

After the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic, scientists warn point of no return on global warming may have already been reached. Global warning may have already passed an irreversible tipping point, the scientist who led the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic has warned.