Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a pioneering Black transgender rights advocate who protested at the 1969 Stonewall uprising, has died. She was 78. Miss Major’s death was confirmed Monday by House of GG, the Arkansas-based educational and historical nonprofit she founded in 2019. “She affirmed that our lives hold meaning and thatContinue Reading
US convenience store chain Sheetz has selected EV software supplier Driivz, a Vontier company, to power its growing EV charging network with EV charging and energy management software. Sheetz already offers EV charging at more than 125 sites across seven states through third-party operators. However, like a certain other largeContinue Reading
Beauty pageants have always been a strange mirror of power. They’re one of the last strongholds of the cis-heteropatriarchy, stages where womanhood is defined, objectified, controlled and commodified. So it feels more than a little poetic that the Miss Universe stage once owned by Traitor 47, architect of so muchContinue Reading
The US Department of Energy has announced that the Loan Programs Office, an entity within the department that provides loans and loan guarantees to help deploy innovative clean energy and transportation technologies, has restructured the department’s deal with Lithium Americas with support from General Motors. The department cited the needContinue Reading
Sawyer Hemsley, the co-founder of Crumbl Cookies, is opening up about his journey with mental health, fitness, and finding balance, all while celebrating life with his new boyfriend. In a motivational post shared to Instagram, Hemsley offered fans a glimpse into the daily habits that keep him grounded and energized.Continue Reading
New York health officials have confirmed the first case of locally acquired chikungunya virus in the state and the first in the country in more than five years., Read MoreContinue Reading
After two years in an Israeli jail, Yousef Salem set out on a journey to his house in Gaza., NewsFeed After two years in an Israeli jail, Yousef Salem set out on a journey to his house in Gaza. The former detainee, who says he was tortured during his timeContinue Reading
Prosecutors label crimes as ‘nihilistic violent extremism’, while experts caution against oversimplifying motivations., The killing of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk last month by a 22-year-old suspect has brought into focus the epidemic of gun violence in the United States. While Kirk was a victim of political violence, investigators are nowContinue Reading
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Scientists have uncovered a 151-million-year-old midge fossil in Australia that challenges long-held views about insect evolution. Named Telmatomyia talbragarica, the fossil shows freshwater adaptations previously thought to exist only in marine species. This discovery suggests that Chironomidae may have originated in Gondwana, offering new insight into ancient biogeographical patterns., ReadContinue Reading
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 15 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. President Traitor 47 spoke toContinue Reading
Indonesian officials say they have detected traces of radioactive cesium 137 at a clove plantation as the country searches for the source of radioactive contamination that forced recalls of shrimp and spices exported to the U.S. The U.S. Food and Drug …, Read MoreContinue Reading
The United Nations’ food aid agency warns that severe funding cuts are impacting its operations in six countries, Read MoreContinue Reading