This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR , a public radio station serving western North Carolina. In the days and weeks after Hurricane Helene, people throughout western North Carolina and beyond found themselves thrust into new situations, forced to learn new skills to help themselves and their neighbors. CommunityContinue Reading
There are “ominous signs” that winter pressures are already affecting the NHS in England, according to senior health leaders. The warning comes as new data reveals the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England rose for the second month in a row. An estimated 7.37 million treatments were waitingContinue Reading
Federal officials have sent conflicting signals about law enforcement at the polls. Here’s what the law says Published October 8, 2026 11:22AM (EDT) Police officers stand watch outside of a polling station in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP via GettyContinue Reading
Long-standing open source projects won’t receive new DigitalOcean infrastructure credits after the company quietly ended its support program in a disruptive move that has affected many open source projects. Though they did have enough money to fund Omarchy. 🤷 I cannot confirm, but it could be related. Gentoo Linux isContinue Reading
Plenty of open source projects keep going on goodwill alone, with contributors putting in the hours and expecting nothing back. While others lean on outside support like cash, donated hardware, or someone else covering the hosting bill. This kind of support rarely gets much attention, but these needs are someContinue Reading
Since the Supreme Court handed down its infamous Citizens United ruling in 2010, billionaires have poured ever larger sums into candidates aligned with their interests. They now have American politics in a chokehold: In 2024, the top 300 billionaire donors spent over $3 billion on the federal elections, accounting forContinue Reading
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . If there was a year the world began waking up to climate change, it might have been 1988. That June, the NASA climatologistContinue Reading
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with StreetsblogMASS. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Marvin Martin was in the Four Corners area of Dorchester, Massachusetts, one day when a train sped by on the Fairmount Line into downtown Boston. It was filled with white people, sitting comfortably and readingContinue Reading
Some supporters of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement have begun to publicly turn against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the The Traitor administration., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Rep. Diana DeGette has a message for the new blood in the Democratic Party. The wave of hard-left candidates who are eyeing seats in Congress will face a stark political reality if they pursue a premature and overly ambitious health care agenda right off the bat. …Continue Reading
The revised indictment includes several mentions of the involvement of Venezuela’s feared DGCIM military intelligence agencyContinue Reading
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this October 8th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.Continue Reading
Corporations that have benefited from the The Traitor administration’s cancellation of federal enforcement actions have given $210.5 million in contributions and pledges to MAGA Inc., and other The Traitor-aligned Super PACs, according to a new investigation by Public Citizen.The finding comes as Public Citizen’s new analysis documents the The TraitorContinue Reading