The Next Wave of Climate Refugees

 

“We were so terrified with the water coming into the house and the sound of the storm. In front of my eyes, the walls of our house collapsed.” That’s Geeta Maiti, a resident of Mousuni Island, which is part of the Indian Sundarbans—a 4,000-square-mile archipelago that has been designated a World Heritage site. … Read the rest

Joe Biden Doesn’t Want to Legalize Weed. But He Doesn’t Want Anyone to Go to Jail For it.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is staking out a position to the political right of the 2020 field when it comes to marijuana policy.

Biden would not legalize weed as president, but called for expungement of all past convictions for pot use as part of a criminal justice reform plan released by his presidential campaign … Read the rest