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How a Climate Doomsayer Became an Unexpected Optimist
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (1165+ words) Time's really running out! Time's really running out! We need a huge last-minute surge to make our $400,000 goal by December 31. Help close that budget gap and power our nonprofit newsroom into 2026. All gifts are 3X matched and tax-deductible. "We're not talking…...
Mike Johnson will finally swear in his worst nightmare
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1129+ words) More Epstein files could, in theory, be coming soon. That's because, at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson will finally swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who has promised to provide the final congressional signature on a…...
America's mines are literally throwing away critical metals
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (410+ words) The Resolution Copper Mining Company facility in Miami, Ariz. Matt York/AP This story was originally published by'Grist and'is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration. The United States is home to dozens of active mines. Some extract copper, while…...
The massive Grand Canyon fire is burning out of control
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (662+ words) Smoke and a pyrocumulus cloud from the Dragon Bravo fire as seen from Mather Point near Grand Canyon Village, Arizona, July 28, 2025. AP/Jon Gambrell This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and'is reproduced here as part of the'Climate…...
Disability protection groups in two states pause services after missing federal funds
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (528+ words) State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced this week that they will have to limit their work due to not receiving the full federal funds they are owed by the US federal government. Each…...
US citizen wrongly detained by the border patrol says government's account is false
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (775+ words) This story was'originally published'by'Popular Information, a substack publication to which you can subscribe'here. On April 8, Jose Hermosillo, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, was'wrongfully incarcerated'by immigration authorities in Arizona, who claimed he was an undocumented immigrant. He was held for 10 days at Florence…...
A former ICE chief of staff on how Trump’s enforcement push is backfiring
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (844+ words) Mother Jones illustration; Fernando Llano/AP; Getty Three days after Donald Trump's second inauguration, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt'declared'an early accomplishment: the arrest, and deportation, of hundreds of immigrants she alleged were convicted of crimes. "We're getting the bad,…...