here’s-the-populist-climate-message-harris-should-embrace

Kamala Harris has made tackling corporate price-gouging and raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy cornerstones of her economic platform. She seems to be leaning into some of the Biden administration’s more populist talking points about making life more affordable for ordinary people—earning her plaudits from progressives and predictable freak-outsContinue Reading

thousands-flee-as-israel-orders-evacuations-in-gaza’s-deir-el-balah

Displaced Palestinians have been forced to move again, but say no place is safe in the besieged enclave., Thousands of displaced Palestinian civilians began evacuating from eastern Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip after new Israeli evacuation orders. [Ashraf Amra/Anadolu] Thousands of Palestinians have fled parts of Deir el-BalahContinue Reading

headlines-for-august-21,-2024

Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Nom; Obamas, Bernie Sanders Take to the DNC Stage on Night Two, Chicago PD Arrests Protesters at Israeli Consulate; 16 Activists from U.K.’s Palestine Action in Prison, U.S. Doctors Share Horrors They Witnessed in Gaza at DNC Press Conference, Israel Continues Its Genocidal War, Attacking AnotherContinue Reading

mbfc’s-daily-vetted-fact-checks-for-08/22/2024

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each factContinue Reading

gut-molecule-slows-fat-burning-during-fasting

In a struggle that probably sounds familiar to dieters everywhere, the less a Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worm eats, the more slowly it loses fat. Now, scientists have discovered why: a small molecule produced by the worms’ intestines during fasting travels to the brain to block a fat-burning signal duringContinue Reading

pre-order-grits’-new-micro-history-zine

With the paltry rate of posting on Grits, you might have thought I was no longer writing. But I’m pleased to announce a new zine I’ve been working on over the past couple of years: A micro-history of a small, 100-year-old neighborhood grocery store 2 blocks from my home, inContinue Reading