Australia last week committed $100 million to ocean conservation in an effort to protect ‘blue carbon’ environments and reduce emissions, President Biden orders minimum wage hike for federal workers to $15 and more Good New Headlines....
The bill would make it illegal for a high school student to buy an 8 oz cup of coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts in Massachusetts....
New licensing requirements would create significant hardships and force alternative healthcare practitioners and teachers of these modalities to close their practices and eliminate freedom of healthcare choice in Massachusetts...
A wave of human experimentation on non-consenting, non-benefitting populations is being foisted on humanity...
A research team has found a way to make biodegradable plastics actually disappear, unlike the ones that only claim to break down...
“Social medicine” practices are built upon three pillars. The first is “accompaniment,” the second is to address the “structural violence” of racial discrimination and inequality, and the third is “a preferential option for the poor”.
Why it is that a more accessible, cheaper vaccine that could easily be transported and stored, why has such a vaccine not been invested in earlier?
Lingering sunlight and suggestions of swelter are lifting spirits across the United States. For many, the spring air marks a transition out of the seasonal depression that comes with winter. For others, however, rising temperatures…
Millions of bison once roamed the great plains. Now, in a unanimous vote, the Denver City Council gave the final approval Monday to donate 13 buffalo—around half of which are pregnant—to the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations in Oklahoma and one buffalo to Tall Bull Memorial Council in Colorado to enhance conservation herds on tribal lands.
Imagine seeing a news report about lead contamination in drinking water in a community that looks like yours. It might make you think twice about whether to drink your tap water or serve it…
Derek Chauvin’s trial is bringing down the “blue wall of silence” as long-serving officers in the Minneapolis Police Department have testified to Chauvin’s use of excessive force…
A little over a year after the pandemic began, conditions have improved enough that many communities will observe Earth Day in 2021, providing lots of socially-distanced volunteer opportunities...
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world’s…
In November, the National Heritage Corridor acquired an adaptive bicycle that allows the disabled or people with mobility issues to enjoy a bike ride...
PTSD, a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening traumatic event...
With his 1979 song "The Rainbow Connection," Kermit the Frog has a place in music history as the recording joins the National Recording Registry. The song has appealed to generations of Muppets fans.
Livestock treatment in the agricultural industry isn’t full of open fields and pet-like treatment of animals. Here’s how to improve the animals’ treatment even if you aren’t in direct contact with them.
Hawaii is poised to ban more reef-damaging sunscreens that contain avobenzone and octocrylene, chemicals that also have adverse affects on marine life...
It was an Irish lamb stew, made from our farm’s grassfed lambs, local root vegetables and a bone broth that we…
How an Endorsement from Tom Hanks and Stephen Colbert Saved a Small Bookstore. Before last month's Super Bowl, Foggy Pine Books was one of the thousands of small...
World’s Oldest Known Bird Gives Birth to New Chick on Midway Atoll. Wisdom the mōlī, or Laysan albatross, is the oldest wild bird known to science at the age of at least 70. She is also, as of February 1, a new mother...
A team of distinguished attorneys with experience in telecommunications and tort litigation has sent a letter to several hundred public and private schools in the Northeast...
In a tireless, two-day effort, volunteers in New Zealand joined together to successfully refloat a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded on the beach...
Holistic healthcare is once again threatened in Massachusetts. There are two bills in development at the State House that need your attention…
Taking a moment away from your work to stretch out your mind can be a great way to manage stress, and these NASA videos of our Sun, Moon, and Earth are perfect ways to do so…
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