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For decades, the federal government has prioritized oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining and livestock grazing on public lands across the country. That could soon change under a far-reaching Interior Department rule that puts conservation, recreation and renewable energy development on equal footing with resource extraction. The final
The moon’s umbral shadow as it crosses North America during the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. … [+] To experience it, you must be in this path of totality. Can someone tell the travel industry? NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Will your intended observing location on April 8 actually experience a
The head of the NAACP is calling on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in Florida, challenging a new state policy that bars those institutions from using government funds on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. In a letter sent Monday to current and future student-athletes of the National Collegiate […]
Companies will have to start telling the public about how climate change could hit their bottom lines — just not with as much detail as some had hoped. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted to approve new climate risk disclosure rules, a significant shift that will require many companies to include information about […]
I waited for more than a decade for Black Butler’s Public School Arc to be animated. After the anime ended in 2014, I thought that none of the events in the manga would ever make it onscreen. But I was wrong, and we’re all going to school with Ciel! Not to study, of course, because we . […]
North Preston’s Trevor Silver released Trev Black History Volume Four earlier this month. For Black History Month, he uses his clothing brand to feature Black public figures from Nova Scotia and abroad who have done great things, says Silver. Every year, he collaborates with someone new. “This year’s design, I commissioned local Black artist Letitia […]
“While I am so proud to have achieved elected office, it’s without a doubt the most mentally and emotionally taxing job I’ve ever had,” writes Portland, ME city councilmember Victoria Pelletier. (Left: @councilorvictoria; Right: courtesy RepresentWomen) I’ll never forget what another Black woman serving in elected office told me in the aftermath of a traumatic, […]
A national ranking for the 2023-2024 school year examined 25,000 public high schools across the U.S. — and a South Florida school secured a top spot. School for Advanced Studies (SAS) — part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) system — ranked as the third best high school in America. U.S. News and World […]
Before he moved to Clairton, John Perryman led a Walter Mitty life: a teenage hatmaker in Seattle, then itinerant dock worker and eventual union head, traveling everywhere from Saudi Arabia to the Soviet Union before retiring to Pittsburgh and co-founding an orphanage in Ethiopia. Perryman “has experienced the American work scene from the bottom up,” […]