“You are a guest of nature - behave.” ― Friedensreich Hundertwasser

CLIMATE CHANGE

Our Climate Future Is Actually Our Climate Present 

Ocasio-Cortez Joins Climate Change Protest Outside Pelosi’s Office

There’s a strange phone booth in Somerville and when you pick up the receiver it gets even weirder

As autumn rain in California vanishes amid global warming, fires worsen

NATURE & OUTDOORS   

How Driftwood Reshapes Ecosystems 

Up Close and Personal With the World’s Most Artistic Mollusks

Why Scientists Drag Dead Whales to the Bottom of the Sea

Climate Change Poses a Serious Problem for Sea Turtles

JAMES MATTIS     

Secretary of Defense         

Secretary Mattis, Defend This or Resign 

Mattis to head to US-Mexico border amid massive troop deployment

Mattis tells troops who were rushed to the U.S.-Mexico border: Their mission is TBD

BLM to Receive Tens of Thousands Comments on NPRA despite Difficult Process 

Ryan Zinke Says California Wildfires Are Getting Worse But Won’t Mention ‘Climate Change’

The Zinke effect: how the US interior department became a tool of big business

Federal judge blasts Fish and Wildlife Service, says endangered wolves cannot be shot

Addition of Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Company, Ltd (Jinhua) to the Entity List 

Facebook gets fined £500,000 by U.K. for Cambridge Analytica ordeal 

Trump v CNN: lawsuit becomes test case on press freedom

TRUMP WARNS MEDIA HE AND STAFF WILL LEAVE IF DISRESPECTED AT PRESS CONFERENCES

Donna Zuckerberg: ‘Social media has elevated misogyny to new levels of violence’

FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION    

FDA Plans Crackdown on Flavored E-Cigarettes

Raw juice manufacturer warned by FDA for adulteration, misbranding

FDA confirms recalled Duncan Hines cake mixes were produced in the U.S.

“Right-to-try” warrants FDA oversight for experimental treatments

Hungry Raptors Make Murmurations Even More Beautiful to Photograph 

Why Stamp Collectors Hated a 1972 Stamp Designed Just for Them

8 Games to Amp Up Your Holiday Gatherings

Coal: A Human History 

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

Everything That Follows FICTION

Amongst My Enemies: A Cold War Spy vs Spy Action Thriller FICTION

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 

'They killed my children and raped me': sexual violence remains rife in Congo

Ebola outbreak worst in history of Democratic Republic of Congo

The big sleep: how the world's most troubled country is beating a deadly disease

Understanding the constitutional crisis in Congo

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