Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Belt Magazine: In A Tree: A mother and daughter’s 34-day stand against the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Time: How Baby Boomers Broke America
Scientific American: The Most Important Inventor You've Never Heard Of
NBC News: Child abuse case in California spotlights lack of oversight of home schooling
Washington Post: People who live in small towns and rural areas are happier than everyone else, researchers say
The Guardian: 12 years in jail for shoplifting: how Walmart is helping prosecutors hike up sentences
Seattle Times: Climate change, crowding imperil iconic route to top of Mount Everest
LA Times: Everyone's worst fears about the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger have come true
San Jose Mercury: Giant sequoia forest preserved in landmark conservation deal
Press Democrat: One arrest in Santa Rosa cannabis dispensary burglary
SF Chronicle: Federal judge strikes down Oakland’s ban of coal facility operations
SF Chronicle: SF mayor’s bold plan to treat heroin addicts on the street
SF Chronicle: Poachers slaughtered hundreds of animals in Pacific Northwest for 'the thrill,' police say
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
The Guardian: FBI investigating 1,000 suspected 'lone wolf' militants, director says
The Guardian: Mysterious rise in banned ozone-destroying chemical shocks scientists
Press Democrat: Mendocino case underscores violence against Native American women
Del Norte Triplicate: Redwood Parks visitor spending dips
Ukiah Daily Journal: Adventist Health and St. Joseph Health announce new joint operation company
NPR: WA: Despite Legalization, Marijuana Black Market Hides In Plain Sight
Press Democrat: Marijuana growers turning to hemp as CBD extract explodes
Press Democrat: Prosecutors charge murder suspect with 2004 Jenner beach slayings
NY Times: Alaska, Feeling the Thaw, Prepares to Fight Climate Change
NY Times: A Start-Up Steps Up to Help Sweep Away Old Pot Convictions
Willamette Week: Deep-Pocketed Investors Are Storming Oregon’s Cannabis Market. They’re Shifting the Business Model From Mom-and-Pop Shops to Starbucks.
The Guardian: Cannabis tourism in California – a women’s wellness retreat with puff love
The Guardian: One man's race to capture the Rocky Mountains glaciers before they vanish
The Guardian: 'CEOs don't want this released': US study lays bare extreme pay-ratio problem
National Review: China Contributing $500 Million to Trump-Linked Project in Indonesia
Washington Post: Federal appeals court orders halt to work on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Daily Beast: Atlanta’s Building Boom Is Destroying Its Famous Forests
SF Chronicle: Sprawling opium poppy field found in Moss Landing
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Seattle Times: Draining the swamp into the EPA
LA Times: Cal State plans big lobbying push for more state money
LA Times: The Trump agenda has Native American tribes feeling under siege
LA Times: Long before U.S. hipsters discovered it, kombucha was a staple in Russia. It's making a comeback
The Guardian: Natural Wine Controversy Asks if Wine Has Gone Bad
Politico: This Is How a Newspaper Dies
Politico: EPA Blocked Study on Military Water-Contamination Crisis to Avoid ‘PR Nightmare’
Monday, May 14, 2018
NY Times: Ice-Free Summers in the Arctic? They’re Coming, Scientists Warn
NY Times: Fantastic: Cod and ‘Immune Broth’: California Tests Food as Medicine
NY Times: The Legacy of Stop-and-Frisk in New York’s Marijuana Arrests
The Guardian: Sturgeon: can homegrown caviar catch on?
The Guardian: Rising fame: experts herald Canadian woman's 120-year-old sourdough starter
The Guardian: Interior department faces ethics queries as official meets with Koch-linked group
The Outline: AMERICA’S LANDFILLS MAY BE COMPLETELY FULL IN JUST 13 YEARS
Washington Post: 'A ROGUE STATE' How The Sanctuary-State Law Is Changing California
Ars Technica: Jails are replacing visits with video calls—inmates and families hate it
City Lab: Inside the Massive U.S. 'Border Zone' And We're In It!!