Become a Prime Day Pro With These Tips and 10 Early Deals
Amazon’s big two-day sale event starts soon. Get prepped with our expert advice and the best discounts we’ve found so far.It's been six years since Amazon's first Prime Day shopping extravaganza,...
Iconic Yellowstone Park Faces Startling Climate Threats
A new report details global warming’s effect on the national park and its surroundings, including everything from its forests to the Old Faithful geyser.This story originally appeared on Yale Environment...
France: Protesters clash with police over new security law
Police and demonstrators have clashed in Paris as tens of thousands took the streets to protest against new security legislation, a controversy intensified by the beating and racial abuse of a...
Eastern Hemlocks Face Extinction. A Tiny Fly Could Save Them
An invasive insect called the woolly adelgid is eating the Northeast’s forests alive. So some researchers are calling in hungry silver flies.This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of...
Louisiana’s Angola: Proving ground for racialized capitalism
When the U.S. Civil War ended, Edward A. Pollard “of Virginia” immediately wrote a history of Confederate military operations—The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates—where...
An Introduction to James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (1924 – 1987) was born in Harlem, New York on August 2, 1924 to Emma Berdis Jones, originally from Deal Island, Maryland. He was reared by his mother...
Marijuana election results 2020
In every state where a ballot measure asked Americans to reconsider the drug war, voters sided with reformers. In Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota, voters legalized marijuana for recreational purposes. In Mississippi and South Dakota...