Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, Stanford-led study shows
New analysis shows crop yields could increase by about 25% in China and up to 10% in other parts of the world if emissions of a common air pollutant decreased…
Stanford-led research finds small modular reactors will exacerbate challenges of highly radioactive nuclear waste
Small modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants, according to research from Stanford and the University…
Russia-Ukraine war: Russian bombardment of Sievierodonetsk ‘pushes Ukrainian troops back to city’s outskirts’ – live
Ukraine now only controls outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, says governor Ukrainian forces have been pushed back by a Russian bombardment in the frontline eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and now only control…
‘Only God can help’: Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — No mother should have to lose her child. Owliyo Hassan Salaad has watched four die this year. A drought in the Horn of Africa has taken…
‘I’ve been able to survive’ | Black people disproportionately impacted by homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness says Black people represent 13% of the general population, but account for 39% of people experiencing homelessness. SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — Kimberly Harris is searching…
Unemployment system plagued by delays, fraud and racial gaps during pandemic, says watchdog agency
KEY POINTS The U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a pair of reports on Tuesday critiquing shortfalls in the nation’s unemployment benefit system during the Covid-19 pandemic.Among them were delayed payments,…
THE DEEP ROOTS OF AMERICA’S RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE AND WHY IT EXISTS BY HISTORICAL DESIGN
In the more than 150 years since the end of the Civil War, Black American wealth remains a fraction of that held by White Americans. Just after emancipation in 1865,…
Does protesting work? Yes, UCSD professor says in new book about protests and political representation
LaGina Gause is an assistant professor in the political science department at UC San Diego and the author of “The Advantage of Disadvantage: Costly Protest and Political Representation for Marginalized…
California Reparations Task Force Releases Interim Report Detailing Harms of Slavery and Systemic Discrimination on African Americans
SACRAMENTO – As part of California’s historic Assembly Bill 3121 (AB 3121), the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans (Reparations Task Force) today released an interim…
City Council Appoints 5 New Members to the Reparations Commission, Calls for Action on the Sale of Illegal Fireworks, And Approves $5.5 million in Neighborhood Funding
Contact: Parker Gavigan, Director of Communications pgavigan@providenceri.gov Reparations Commission Providence, RI – At tonight’s City Council meeting, councilors appointed five new members to the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission. In 2022, Mayor…
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