
Earth Talk: Lithium mining is an environmental scourge
Acquiring lithium comes at an enormous cost. As with most metals, its mining is destructive.

Acquiring lithium comes at an enormous cost. As with most metals, its mining is destructive.

Since Trump rose to power in 2016, my concerns about the future of America have only been gravely compounded.

It is good at times to conduct a reality check on what this country supposedly stands for, and what it actually does.

“White supremacy has no place in America,” President Biden said Tuesday in Buffalo. Except that it does, and it’s what America was founded on.

Some people are able to liberate the creation story from its theological misogyny, but for most believers (especially the male ones), it’s pretty clear.

The question that we’ve needed to ask for months, if not years, smacked us in the face today again: what do Senate Democrats get out of having Joe Manchin in their caucus?

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears has joined an amicus brief in a case brought by a conservative activist challenging affirmative action in college admissions.

The writing is on the wall: Biden has no chance in 2024, and as much as it’s not his fault that this is the case, that’s immaterial. For the good of the country, and its future, it’s time for him to step aside.

The government wants to play god. It wants the power to decide who lives or dies and whose rights are worthy of protection.

The stakes are too high to simply declare that abortion is a “women’s issue.”
We don’t take press releases or official statements as the final word. Digging in to get the whole story takes time and resources.