Nigeria president warns protesters; fails to address shooting
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari spoke to the nation about the unrest that has gripped the country in recent days without making any mention of the deadly shooting of peaceful protesters that...
NASA Soil Data Joins the Air Force
Getting stuck on a muddy road is a hassle for anyone, but for the U.S. Army it could be far more serious - a matter of life and death in some...
Black South African Farmers Struggle To Enter Burgeoning Cannabis Market
HENNOPS, South Africa (AP) — Stacks of bright green cannabis plants, freshly harvested from nearby hothouses, are expertly sorted on a lab table by workers wearing hygienic gloves and caps who snip the...
How to Return a Farm to the Wild—And Maybe Save the Planet
With unstoppable vigour, thickets of thistles three-foot-high were advancing over our land, engulfing acre after acre like the Day Of The Triffids. Every day, as my husband Charlie and I walked...
American Slavery, Reinvented
Crops stretch to the horizon. Black bodies pepper the landscape, hunched over as they work the fields. Officers on horseback, armed, oversee the workers.To the untrained eye, the scenes in Angola for...
“Sheep Going to Slaughter”: NYC Medical Workers Protest Lack of Protective Equipment
At the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, doctors and nurses wearing surgical masks and scarves held a demonstration Thursday to protest a critical lack of PPE — personal protective equipment.
Montefiore nurse: “We...
List of people killed in officer-involved incidents growing
List of people killed in officer-involved incidents growing. Reading the names of African Americans killed by police in or near Minneapolis alone can boggle the mind, and of course these are...
5 Ways To Make Moving House More Eco-Friendly, Because The Process Can Often Result...
Moving homes can be exciting at it’s best, and a stressful, logistical nightmare at its worst. There’s so much to think about, like what is the best technique to get everything...
11 FACTS ABOUT EARTH DAY
On April 22, 1970, the world marked the first Earth Day. As we physically separate ourselves by necessity, we can still collectively appreciate the wondrous beauty of our planet. The 11...
U.S. Senator Wants Answers From Adam Silver About NBA’s China Relationship
A U.S. Senator is demanding answers from NBA commissioner Adam Silver on his league’s relationship with China.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Silver, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) expressed “concern” over the...