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Today
Mendocino Voice: For the love of wood: Krenov School forges passionate furniture makers
High Country News: The importance of Indigenous curators
High Country News: Forest Service pauses commercial huckleberry picking in Gifford Pinchot National Forest
KCRA: Crackdown on sale of styrofoam containers in California begins
KCRA: Trump admin. terminates California State Library's $15.7M grant. How it impacts 'critical programs'
Grist: Closures of EPA’s regional environmental justice offices will hurt rural America
Grist: The deep-sea mining industry got tired of waiting for international approval. Enter Trump.
Indian Country Today: How Trump’s funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law
Indian Country Today: Tribe to host convocation for tribal college students
BBC: The vital tradition of naming baby gorillas
Politico: All the president’s salesmen: Senior Trump officials hawk MAGA-friendly products
Politico: France suggests targeting Big Tech’s data use in response to US tariffs
Axios: The soldiers of color who freed concentration camps 80 years ago
Axios: Trump tariffs based on massive error, conservative think tank says
Science Alert: Dangerous Fungal Infection Sees a Dramatic Increase in US Hospitals
Science Alert: A Common Sleeping Pill Could Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Finds
Science Alert: How Do Dogs Perceive The World? It All Starts With The Nose
CNN: ‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
CNN: What you eat in midlife affects how healthy you are at age 70, according to a new study
SF Chronicle: Bay Area patients among first in U.S. to receive life-changing Parkinson’s treatment
Pro Publica: Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
PBS News: Fired federal workers struggling to land new jobs in tightening white-collar sector
NPR: 'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS
CNBC: Trump’s tariffs were expected to boost the dollar, but recession fears are dragging it down
The Guardian: Thousands in Spain join nationwide march to protest against housing crisis
Washington Post: Justice Dept. suspends lawyer who acknowledged deportation was a mistake
The Hill: Democrats see growing number of young progressive challengers
The Hill: Opinion: Trump’s war on international students hurts us all
The Hill: Rollins rejects EU concerns over US hormones in pork: ‘Absolute bull’
The Hill: Hundreds of law firms, former judges sign onto briefs in support of Perkins Coie
The Hill: GOP rep says tariff power ‘belongs in the Congress’
The Atlantic: The Cardboard-Carrying Opposition Arrives
NY Times : Is Beef Tallow Good for You? Kennedy Thinks So, but Experts Disagree.
NY Times : Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmar
NY Times : Trump’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy
AP News: Divided Big Island Council signs off on police MOUs with feds
Reuters: US battery and carbon capture projects slated for cuts on DOE list
The Guardian: Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
Washington Post: Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
Washington Post: A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled
Washington Post: Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Washington Post: Worries grow over risks to Americans as Trump cuts health, safety agencies
The Guardian: Saturday Night Live: Jack Black returns for a stellar episode
Courthouse News Service: Judge rules students can’t block Columbia from sharing protester info with GOP lawmakers
The Guardian: Millions of Americans believe they’re safe from wildfires in their cities. New research shows they’re not
The Guardian: ‘Even a freeway is redeemable’: world’s largest wildlife crossing takes shape in Los Angeles
The Guardian: ‘Streamline’ or ‘lifeline’? Wyoming veterans divided over Trump’s VA cuts
The Guardian: The white working class is nothing like what politicians think – or claim – it is