On April 16, 2021, a gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis killing eight people and injuring several others before taking his own life. Four members of the Sikh community were among those gunned down. The site was reported as having a significant number of Sikh employees, and the massacre has left the community shaken and in […]
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The long history of violence against Asian Americans that led up to Atlanta
The shootings fit into a sad pattern in the United States
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A top U.S. seller of carbon offsets starts investigating its own projects
The Nature Conservancy’s review calls into question millions of dollars of credits sold to JPMorgan, BlackRock and Disney.
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Carbon offsets offer a fantasy of capitalism without crises
I spoke to dozens of people in the industry, to find out what they do – and don’t – believe.
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The education of Leonard Pitts Jr. by Stan ‘The Man’ Lee
“I think the good in us could so outweigh the bad in us if we could just get beyond the fear; that’s what Stan taught me, and that’s what I still believe.”
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Joye Hummel, first woman hired to write Wonder Woman comics, dies at 97
Her work was published under a pseudonym and all but forgotten until recent years.
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Cash is turning out to be the most effective welfare
For too long people in need have been stereotyped as lazy and dependent. Cash payments give them the breathing room to chart a better life course.
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Give everyone free money for doing nothing when machines take our jobs
A Universal Basic Income is essentially free money for everyone, no strings attached. And it could be the perfect response to rising unemployment due to automation.
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Jared Golden took a principled stand against the irresponsible stimulus bill
Once President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, into law March 11, I figured it was only a matter of time until U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, the sole Democratic House member with the guts and brains to vote against the measure, began receiving incoming fire from other Democrats. […]
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There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data.
Evidence shows that we’re seeing the usual seasonal bump – plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic.