DOT Wants To Know How Big Airlines Use Passenger Data
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced it will conduct a review of the data practices of the country’s ten largest airlines, amid concerns over potential misuse of customer information for upselling, overcharging, targeted advertising, and third-party data sales, as well as the security of systems handling sensitive data suchContinue Reading
“Children Are Dying”: Doctor Just Back from Gaza Describes Severe Malnutrition, Preventable Infections
As Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, causing mass famine, injury and death, we get an update on the malnutrition and mental health crises in Gaza from Dr. Nahreen Ahmed, a pulmonary and critical care doctor and the medical director of the humanitarian aid group MedGlobal. She is recentlyContinue Reading
Say hello to biodegradable microplastics
Finding viable alternatives to traditional petroleum-based plastics and microplastics has never been more important. New research shows that their plant-based polymers biodegrade — even at the microplastic level — in under seven months., Read MoreContinue Reading
Russian Roulette in Ukraine
Editor’s note: The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Before long, nobody would gamble or bet with him. And he grew so nervous that it was pitiful. One night, after we had finished dinner, he takes out his revolver, a ’92 model, and looks atContinue Reading
The Sisterhood of Martyrdom
#SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence By Kimberlé Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum Haymarket Books In 2020, I participated in several Black Lives Matter demonstrations all over the Los Angeles area. Many were large-scale, noisy efforts, including long marches and rallies with passionate speeches byContinue Reading
Court Docs Illuminate Scope of FBI Infiltration at Standing Rock Protests
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Up to 10 informants managed by the FBI were embedded in anti-pipeline resistance camps near the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation at the height of mass protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016. The new details about federalContinue Reading
‘Moral failure’: US House approves bill that would ban UNRWA funding
Palestinian rights advocates decry push to de-fund UN agency for Palestinian refugees amid starvation crisis in Gaza., Washington, DC – The United States House of Representatives has approved a $1.2 trillion funding bill that would ban funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) amid theContinue Reading
Gunfire and explosion reported at concert hall in Russia’s Moscow
This is a breaking news story, more details to follow., Gunmen in combat fatigues burst into a big concert hall in Moscow and fired automatic weapons at the crowd, Russian media has reported. Russian news reports said the assailants also used explosives, causing a massive blaze at the Crocus CityContinue Reading
Post Misrepresents Which Administration Sent Stimulus Checks to Dead People
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some stimulus checks were sent to people who had died. The issue was explained in government reports and the media when it happened in 2020. But a social media post has resurrected theContinue Reading
Biden’s Misleading Claim About Latino Unemployment
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Under President Joe Biden, the Latino unemployment rate reached a low of 3.9% in September 2022 — the lowest rate since September 2019. But Biden recently said that the rate under his presidency was the lowest in “a long, long time.” BidenContinue Reading
Michigan Poised for Historic US Senate GOP Primary
Michigan Republicans hope to leverage the state’s open seat to end a nine-cycle losing streak in the chamber With one month until the filing deadline for primary ballot access in Michigan’s 2024 U.S. Senate race (April 23rd), the state is almost certain to shatter its record for the most candidatesContinue Reading
See one cherry tree’s rush to an early bloom, day by day
Watch a cherry tree bloom over 10 days, and find out how climate change is propelling D.C.’s famous trees to hit peak earlier., Read MoreContinue Reading
Seattle could get balmy as climate change progresses
Western Washington will get warmer and more like Northern California. Eastern Washington might get a wee bit too parched.Continue Reading