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Report: The DEA Is Finally Reclassifying Pot As Less Dangerous

Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Zuma On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing that cannabis...

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Churches Don’t Have to Be Accessible. That’s Bad News For Voters.

Mother Jones; Unsplash; Wikimedia Eli. Underwood likes the experience of voting in person, but they now have to vote by mail. Underwood went to a...

24.04.2024 10

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New Hampshire’s GOP Is Taking a Stand—Against the Polio Vaccine

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention New Hampshire could soon beat Florida—known for its anti-vaccine Surgeon General—when it comes to...

20.04.2024 10

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In Georgia, a Rare Bipartisan Push For Disability Rights

Disabled people working in a sheltered workshop, who often pay disabled workers less than minimum wage Kim Weimer/Bucks County Courier Times/AP ...

08.04.2024 7

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This Is How GOP Signature Matching Laws Harm Disabled Voters

Candace Wicks speaking at a rally, surrounded by other Delta Sigma Theta members, about her experience voting under SB 1. Robin Jerstad/AP Candace...

05.04.2024 8

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Disabled Drivers Can’t Use Many Electric Car Chargers. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.

Mother Jones; Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union/Getty Rolling up to a Tesla charging port, Illinois Republican state Sen. Dan McConchie grimaced...

01.04.2024 7

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Texas Drops Plans to Execute Man with Intellectual Disability

The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, which houses Texas' execution chamber. Aaron M. Sprecher/AP On Wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal...

30.03.2024 10

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Millions of Americans Will Soon Lose Internet Access. That’s a Disaster For Rural Health.

Getty On New Year’s Eve 2021, the federal government launched the Affordable Connectivity Program, which has helped over 20 million American...

05.03.2024 40

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Ohio GOP Candidate JR Majewski Used a Slur, Considered Dropping Out (Again), but Will Stay in the Race

J.R. Majewski at a campaign rally Tom E. Puskar/AP Ohio Republican Congressional  candidate J.R. Majewski considered dropping out of his race...

28.02.2024 8

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Is It Illegal For the White House to Fight COVID Misinfo? Up to SCOTUS.

Modeling of Omicron strain of the virus (blue) and red blood cells National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Zuma On March 18, the...

16.02.2024 7

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What We Lose by Armchair Diagnosing Biden and Trump

Mother Jones illustration; Beata Zawrzel/ZUMA; Drew Angerer/Getty Last week, a special counsel report looking into President Biden’s handling of...

15.02.2024 20

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What Makes People Willing to “Fight or Die” in an Election?

teddyandmia/Getty What makes people want to participate in coup attempts like January 6—and fight or die for a politician, even after they lose?...

10.02.2024 10

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Kansas Plans to Phase Out Subminimum Wage for Disabled People

A worker in a sheltered workshop, which often pays people less than subminimum wage Tammy Ljungblad/Zuma On Thursday, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly...

09.02.2024 10

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“The Algorithm” Does Not Exist

Giovanni Medalla In 2009, when Facebook changed its newsfeed significantly for the first time, there wasn’t much uproar over “the algorithm.”...

29.01.2024 8

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Report Blames Louisiana Regulators for Harm to Babies in “Cancer Alley”

Giles Clarke/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist  and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. The...

27.01.2024 6

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California Lawmakers Want to Invest Billions in Housing—by Diverting Mental Health Funds

Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Time / Getty On March 5, Californians will vote on Proposition 1. The ballot measure, if passed, will allow the state to...

26.01.2024 7

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Bans on Single-Use Plastic Bags Seem To Be Working

Alex Bramwell/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. Over...

25.01.2024 4

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Oil Firms Target Rural Communities Again, Now for Lithium Mining

Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. Chantell...

24.01.2024 9

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Haley Is More Climate Conscious Than Trump—Which Isn’t Saying Much

Nikki Haley campaigns in New Hampshire. Cj Gunther/EFE/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as...

23.01.2024 9

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These Billionaires Want to Disrupt Death—and Keep Their Fortunes Forever

Tara Jacoby When the US targeted Russia’s oligarchs after the invasion of Ukraine, the trail of assets kept leading to our own backyard. Not only...

22.01.2024 5

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Why the COP28 Climate Pact Likely Won’t Cut It

A polar bear walking on melting ice caps in Greenland. Media Drum World/Zuma This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced...

21.01.2024 6

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California Needs to Keep Funding Sickle Cell Care. Will It?

Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service/Getty In June 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s annual budget into...

19.01.2024 10

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Puerto Rico Is Harnessing Home Solar Rigs to Stabilize Its Power Grid

Courtesy Sunrun This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. Puerto Rico...

18.01.2024 10

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To Prevent Climate Chaos, We May Have to Forsake Economic Growth

Imago/Zuma This story was originally published by  Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. With...

15.01.2024 8

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Panama Tried to Close a Hated Mine. Not So Fast, Said Foreign Investors.

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads: "Yes to life, no to the mine," during a protest against a mining contract between First Quantum Minerals of...

14.01.2024 4

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Bottled Water Contains 240,000 Plastic Particles per Liter, Study Finds

Fred Tanneau/ AFP/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. ...

11.01.2024 30

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What It Was Like to Be a Black Patient in a Jim Crow Asylum

Mother Jones; Mark Clennon In March 1911, the segregated Crownsville asylum opened outside Baltimore, Maryland, admitting only Black patients. It was...

10.01.2024 20

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The Water Loophole That Leaves Arizonans Parched—and Developers Richer

Mario Tama/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. When a...

09.01.2024 6

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Hungry Florida Manatees Rejoice: Seagrass May Be Bouncing Back

A manatee surfaces for a breath of air . Douglas R. Clifford/TNS/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here...

08.01.2024 7

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Four Legal Battles Affecting Our Climate Future

Marissa Garcia/High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the  Climate Desk...

06.01.2024 6

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Your Utility Bills May Be Funding the Gas Lobby

Marijan Murat/dpa/Zuma This story was originally published by Slate and appears here as part of the  Climate Desk  collaboration.  The winter...

02.01.2024 8

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Meet the Retired Women Bringing Switzerland to Court Over Climate Inaction

Switzerland's Anne Mahrer, co-president of KlimaSeniorinnen, demonstrates outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France with other...

01.01.2024 7

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Why Are Builders Putting Gas Stoves In New Homes?

Kostiantyn Li/Unsplash This story was originally published by the Guardian  and appears here as part of the  Climate Desk  collaboration.  ...

30.12.2023 10

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How I Bribed My Dog to Recognize Me on FaceTime

Mother Jones illustration; Getty Going to undergrad hours away from home, in Québec, had its pros and cons: I could practice my French, but I had to...

29.12.2023 10

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New Year, Same Congress: Politicians Block Livestock Emission Reporting Rules

Alexander Polegenko/TASS/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the  Climate Desk...

28.12.2023 3

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Study: Flowers are Starting to Self-Pollinate Due to Fewer Insects

Pansy flowers Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the  Climate Desk  collaboration.  Flowers...

23.12.2023 10

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Bad News About Christmas Trees—More Trees, More Toxic Chemicals

Jonathan Myers/Mirrorpix/Newscom/ZUMA This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the  Climate Desk...

22.12.2023 7

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New EPA Review Could Bring an End to to Toxic, Flammable Vinyl Chloride

An aerial view of the Norfolk Southern freight train that was carrying toxic chemicals that derailed in East Palestine. NTSB/Zuma This story was...

21.12.2023 10

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Our National Flood Insurance Program Is a Trainwreck

David Ryder/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by  Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. ...

17.12.2023 10

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The Climate Villain You’ve Probably Never Thought About

A worker knocking down a rubber tree in the garden area of Indonesia's Asahan Regency. SOPA/Zuma This story was originally published by Yale E360...

16.12.2023 40

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18 California Kids Sue EPA For “Allowing” Dangerous Emissions

A three-year-old at a climate change protest in Los Angeles, California with a sign that says "My Future is In Your Hands" Ronen Tivony/SOPA/Zuma ...

13.12.2023 6

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The Fight to Protect an Ecosystem in War-Torn Ukraine

Ukrainian conservationists have released several species of grazing animals, such as these Konik horses, into the Danube Delta with the aim of...

09.12.2023 8

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Congress Incentivizes Rare Disease Research. Big Pharma Exploits It.

SiberianArt/Getty After three years on prednisone, a steroid not recommended for long-term use , Amy G. saw a new specialist. She had been...

07.12.2023 10

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Study: Climate Is a Top Priority for Many Elderly Swing State Voters

Martin Pope/SOPA/Zuma This story was originally published by  Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate...

06.12.2023 30

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Divert Just Five Percent of Military Funds to Climate Action, Advocates Argue

Combat tanks in Sderot, Israel. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa/Zuma This story was originally published by the  Guardian and is reproduced here as part of...

05.12.2023 7

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Rich Folks Import This Building Material. A Minnesota Tribe Makes Its Own.

Aaron Nesheim/Grist This story was originally published by  Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. For now,...

04.12.2023 20

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What’s Killing Migratory Birds? A New Tracking System May Offer Clues.

Red knots in their breeding plumage feed at Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico. Julián Garcia Walther/Undark This story was originally published...

03.12.2023 2

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UN Deems North Carolina Chemical Pollution a Human Rights Violation

Lance King/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by  Grist  and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. ...

02.12.2023 6

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UN: Disabled People Are Being Erased in Climate Policies

Flooding in Mogadishu, Somalia Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP On Friday, the United Nations held a panel on issues impacting the disabled community—ahead...

02.12.2023 30

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US Beauty Products Are Still Full of Dodgy Ingredients

Women at a Philadelphia screening of "A Letter to my Sisters," a documentary about young women and breast cancer. Caroline Gutman/Inside Climate News ...

01.12.2023 2

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