Narsiso Martinez aims to dignify farmworkers through his artwork The post Acknowledging the hands that feed us appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
After Trump threatened Canada, a writer discovers the uncertainty of the state's food supply chain. The post The messy reality of feeding Alaska appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
Consolidation, shifting politics, water rights and the myth of the cowboy all play into the region’s ability to feed itself. The post Who controls food in the West? appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
In 2006, large-scale ICE raids in Greeley, Colorado, and elsewhere, triggered massive changes to the meatpacking workplace that continue reshaping the center of the country. The post On the kill floor: How migrants are exploited for profit appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
High Country News and the Food & Environment Reporting Network ventured to find out. The post What’s behind your fork? appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
A poem by Natasha Sajé. The post What to Make appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
Comments from readers. The post Letters to the Editor, September 2025 appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
Russian relocants fear that even the simplest financial transactions could be treated as grounds for criminal prosecution in Russia| Geography
Daily morning roundup. Top stories in local media, commentary, trending photos and videos.| Geography
Vitaly Daraselia museum The authorities in Abkhazia plan to open a museum dedicated to Vitaly Daraselia, the celebrated Soviet footballer of Abkhaz origin who played for Dinamo Tbilisi. The announcement came in response to a report by the Georgian TV channel Imedi, which claimed that an earlier museum to Daraselia in his hometown of Ochamchire … Continued| Geography
LADOT doubled the length of its new concrete 'Toronto Barrier' bikeway protection. Take a survey to provide feedback. The post Eyes on the Street: L.A. City adds More Concrete Barrier, Requests Feedback appeared first on Streetsblog Los Angeles.| Streetsblog Los Angeles
Take the city’s survey and help set priorities for the project’s proposed mix of improvements for cyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, and drivers.| la.streetsblog.org
San Francisco's favorite advocacy groups for better buses and trains kick off a month of celebration. And it comes at a time when transit seems more threatened than ever| sf.streetsblog.org
Amnesty International has warned that the world’s biggest technology companies now hold so much influence that basic rights are at risk. The report names Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, and describes how their grip extends over search, social media, advertising, cloud systems, e-commerce, and mobile platforms. In many countries, using the internet almost always means passing through their services. | Digital Information World
In August 2022, the United Nations released a report saying China’s actions in Xinjiang could amount to crimes against humanity. Three years later, the conclusions remain unaddressed, and people in the region continue to face repression. Families of detainees describe ongoing separation, uncertainty, and intimidation.| Digital Information World
Off-street parking at new developments is not going away. If the city doesn't require parking, developers will still build parking.| la.streetsblog.org
In a conversation hosted by the Royal Botanical Gardens, a pair of connectivity experts share their thoughts on what rewilding means, the tricks to finding common ground with partners and how taking action can help mitigate climate grief.| Rewilding Magazine
Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a memorandum to all federal agencies providing guidance for federal-funding recipients on applying federal antidiscrimination laws to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Though this memo is directed primarily toward federal-funding recipients, it may be helpful for all private employers, who are covered by federal law, as […] The post US Justice Department Issues Guidance on Diversity Programs appeared first on CalChamber Alert.| CalChamber Alert
California legislators return to the State Capitol on Monday to face a busy agenda with just four weeks left before their interim recess. The hearing schedule for the Senate Appropriations Committee lists dozens of pending bills that the California Chamber of Commerce is tracking on behalf of our members and the business community. The Assembly […] The post Legislature Returns for Busy Final Month appeared first on CalChamber Alert.| CalChamber Alert
The following list summarizes top priority bills for the California Chamber of Commerce and their status as of July 18, when the Legislature began its summer recess. The post CalChamber Status Update Report on Major Legislation for Business appeared first on CalChamber Alert.| CalChamber Alert
In yet another betrayal of the city's Vision Zero and Transit First commitments, Mayor Lurie clears Waymo, Lyft, Uber to turn Market Street back into a traffic sewer The post Advocates Outraged: ‘Car-Free’ Market Street Ends on Tuesday appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.| Streetsblog San Francisco
This is a guest post by Hana Khan-Tareen, who is a Legal Research Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. We appreciate her insight on how authors can best protect their rights.| Blog – Authors Alliance
Mining Outlook Magazine Issue 11, the tenth issue from the multi-channel Global Mining Resource by Outlook Publishing. The post Mining Outlook Issue 11 appeared first on Mining Outlook.| Mining Outlook
Dear President von der Leyen, I am writing to you today with a deep sense of urgency regarding the European Union’s role in the South Caucasus, particularly considering the recently signed preliminary peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. While the pursuit of peace is paramount, the details within this preliminary agreement already present serious issues […] L’article Open Letter to President Ursula von der Leyen est apparu en premier sur EAFJD.| EAFJD
Following months of negotiations and supposed dew diligence, on August 8, 2025, the leaders of the Republic of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced the signing of a joint declaration, brokered by US President Donald Trump that has codified the surrender of Armenia’s sovereignty. The unilateral concession of an “unimpeded connectivity” between Azerbaijan and […] L’article The Armenian people deserve to know and consent to the agreements that are being imposed on them est apparu en p...| EAFJD
8 August 2025, Brussels-The recent developments in negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan has once again highlighted the unbalanced nature of the so-called normalization process between the two countries. Refraining from calling the road a “corridor” does not negate the danger it poses for Armenia’s sovereignty. As President Aliyev has repeatedly stated, the idea of this […]| EAFJD
Daily morning roundup: news from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia. Top stories in local media, commentary, trending photos and videos| Jamnews in English
Nearly 270 journalists killed in Gaza, leaving local voices silenced, coverage restricted, and international protections questioned.| Digital Information World
Daily morning roundup: news from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia. Top stories in local media, commentary, photos and videos, 11-15 August, 2025| Jamnews in English
Table of Contents, Spring 2025| Spring 2025 - mediaethicsmagazine.com
BY SHAFIQ AHMAD KAMBOH AND MUHAMMAD ITTEFAQ What is the media's role in covering, and perhaps influencing, suicide rates in the global south?| Spring 2025 - mediaethicsmagazine.com
BY MOHIT DHANJANI How is radio serving as a medium of expression and information in modern India? A new look at the status of community radio stations.| Spring 2025 - mediaethicsmagazine.com
BY ASHISH SHARMA AND VARSHA SISODIA What are the implications of India's Broadcasting Services Bill for media and free expression?| Spring 2025 - mediaethicsmagazine.com
BY MADISON WELLS & SCOTT R. STROUD How offensive can fictional shows like Outlander be in their graphic use of rape and sexual assault?| Spring 2025 - mediaethicsmagazine.com
BY KAT WILLIAMS, SHAWN MUCKLAI, & SCOTT R. STROUD What ethical problems arise when the U.S. government contemplates banning TikTok?| Spring 2025 - mediaethicsmagazine.com
WW crA review of Wisdom Weavers: The Lives and Thought of Harold Adam Innis and Marshall McLuhan by Tom Cooper. Connected Editions, 2025. 676 pp. Paper $37.99| Media Ethics Magazine
Rodger Williams February 24, 2023 In 2021, West Virginia passed a School Choice law that gave state education money to parents to spend on behalf of their children. It included homeschooled students. West Virginia homeschoolers worked hard to ensure the law had provisions protecting homeschoolers who do not take the government education money from accountability […]| Homeschooling Backgrounder
In comments submitted recently to Cal/OSHA, a coalition led by the California Chamber of Commerce continues its ongoing effort to make sure the workplace violence prevention standard will be workable for small businesses and large employers alike. The comments reiterate that the standard shouldn’t blur the line between hazards created at the workplace and those […] The post CalChamber Continues Push to Make Rule Workable appeared first on CalChamber Alert.| CalChamber Alert
The California Chamber of Commerce voiced disappointment last week after the California Privacy Protection Agency approved sweeping regulations covering the use of automated decision-making technology (ADMT). In a statement released July 24, the day the agency approved the regulations, CalChamber said: “The regulations approved by board members of the California Privacy Protection Agency are primed […] The post CalChamber Disappointed by Privacy Agency’s Automated Decision-Making Techno...| CalChamber Alert
A new report by Capitol Matrix Consulting, commissioned by the California Chamber of Commerce, concludes that Assembly Bill 566 (AB 566) poses a significant threat to California’s consumers, small businesses, and the fundamental structure of the digital economy.| CalChamber Alert
As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.| High Country News
Trade wars in Washington are having a chilling effect on the U.S. bike market. Could selling more used cycles fill the gap?| usa.streetsblog.org
Apollonia Pontica was once a welcome refuge for mariners navigating a notoriously treacherous stretch of the Black Sea coast. Tradition has it that this ancient city was founded by Greek settlers from Miletus in 610 BC, but excavations at the site are now pointing to an earlier foundation date. Archaeological work has also revealed the location of a major sanctuary, and is shedding fascinating new light on the ebb and flow of the city’s fortunes. We take a look at how archaeology is deliver...| World Archaeology
A package of budget-related bills that include changes to how environmental laws are applied to some types of housing in urban areas was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom last week.| CalChamber Alert
Last week, the California Chamber of Commerce launched its “Rate Realities” campaign to raise awareness about the true drivers behind California’s electricity costs while highlighting the risks in proposals under consideration by the California Legislature.| CalChamber Alert
Eric Adams's negligence can be the next mayor's easy wins.| nyc.streetsblog.org
A story about Florida's "killer train" has rail advocates rattled — and pushing for a wider set of solutions.| usa.streetsblog.org
We proudly present the Fourth Issue of Avant-Garde, dedicated to Muhammad Ali, World Champion for Peace and the Truth.| Avant-Garde: A Journal of Peace, Democracy, and Science
In this issue, we sit down with Intel & Corsair as they share insights on the state of DDR5, Intel's memory controller and the future of DDR5| www.theoverclocker.com
May 2025 Newsletter MAY RESIDENTS MEETING The SRA will be holding a residents meeting on Wednesday, May 7, from 7-8:30 PM in the upstairs community room at the Strathcona Community Centre. The agenda is wide open at this point, so please come with your concerns, questions, complaints, compliments, whatever. We’ll send out a zoom link…| Strathcona Residents Association
To help employers, the California Chamber of Commerce has put together a web page with links to federal, state and CalChamber resources about immigration law.| CalChamber Alert
Experts shaping California’s environmental future came to Sacramento earlier this month to present a briefing on their groundbreaking studies examining efforts to reduce carbon emissions.| CalChamber Alert
Washington state is making it legal for cities to have people-centered streets in a first-in-the-nation law.| usa.streetsblog.org
Wellness@Mac is a series of articles that explore health and wellness topics relevant to student life, designed to engage and support students in their well-being. The articles also aim to explore the diverse lived experiences and systemic challenges that can influence health and well-being, helping students better understand how identity, culture, and social context shape [...] Read More... The post Wellness@Mac: June Issue 2025 appeared first on Student Wellness Centre.| Student Wellness Centre
The July 2025 issue is the first published after our offices were flooded last year. It is dominated by the big news of the moment, a challenge to President| BusinessF1 Magazine
For thirty-three years, Eleanor Wachtel hosted CBC’s Writers & Company. Each week, her hour-long conversations—generous, probing, serious, illuminating—opened windows from every corner in Canada into the worlds of artists, writers, photographers and filmmakers, among them Carol Shields, Mordecai Richler, . . . Source| Brick
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.| High Country News
Climate change is creating a mental health crisis in Phoenix. A budding movement in the desert might solve it.| High Country News
Advocates for safe and livable streets need to focus on fundamental change—and that starts by putting the brakes on highway widening once and for all| sf.streetsblog.org
The following section explores crucial strategies that foster both inclusion and safety in contemporary work settings.| queer voices
In acting to set aside costly policy proposals and mitigate the burdensome costs in others, members of the California Legislature agreed last week to take into consideration the important issue of affordability as urged by the California Chamber of Commerce.| CalChamber Alert
What laws should your city be passing now to make sure that a historic number of elders can age in place — or at least with some grace?| usa.streetsblog.org
Some people stuck at the U.S.-Mexico border are forced to risk their lives attempting to cross the desert.| High Country News
L.A. City is taking steps toward improved bike path maintenance, implementing camera enforcement of bike lanes, and further codifying Measure HLA.| la.streetsblog.org
Rodger WilliamsMarch 15, 2022 “School Choice” means parental education choices that are paid for by the government, with either direct payments or education tax credits. School Choice advocates often claim that homeschoolers will be protected from government restrictions under School Choice laws. A typical “protective” measure included in such laws is that funding recipients shall […]| Homeschooling Backgrounder
Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean Juan José Arreola Paris, 20 September 1954 Dear Arreola, Several weeks ago Emma sent me your two books, and when I opened them I found a dedication that…| Brick
In the 1990s, an aerial photograph captured a circular feature in the fields near the village of Pömmelte, Germany, sparking the beginning of an extraordinary archaeological endeavour. The feature proved to be the remains of a henge monument built around 2350 BC. Although its uprights were fashioned from timber rather than rock, the monument displayed a number of tantalising similarities to Stonehenge in Britain. One area of overlap is that both sites lay within much wider ritual landscapes....| World Archaeology
Summer 2025, Volume 25 Number 2 Table of ContentsRead more Summer 2025, Volume 25 Number 2| Gastronomica
Spring 2025, Volume 25 Number 1 Table of Contents| Gastronomica
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The post Key Articles On School Choice From Homeschooling Backgrounder appeared first on Homeschooling Backgrounder.| Homeschooling Backgrounder
On May 14, 2024, at the Toronto Reference Library, I spoke to Claire Messud about her new novel, This Strange Eventful History. To prepare, I watched some of her interviews. I wondered what kinds of questions she asked when . . . Source| Brick
As many as 100 governments around the world have indicated an interest in negotiating tariffs with the Trump administration following the rapid series of trade policy announcements by President Donald Trump.| CalChamber Alert
This week, the California Chamber of Commerce announced its Affordability Agenda, a bold approach to highlight legislation that helps businesses and consumers by cutting costs, as well as those policies that drive costs up as Californians worry about day-to-day living expenses.| CalChamber Alert
If dugongs are to survive in Thailand’s waters, the loss of the seagrass meadows they inhabit must be reversed.| Project Seagrass
All throughout my youth, I dreamed of becoming a writer. I wrote all the time, about everything. I watched TV shows and ranted along with the curmudgeons on Television Without Pity about what each show did wrong, convincing myself that I could do a better job. I flew to America with a dream in my […]| Planet Skeptic
Responding to concerns about the cost and workability of draft plastic recycling regulations, Governor Gavin Newsom directed CalRecycle to redo the rules and the agency complied earlier this month.| CalChamber Alert
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Sonora, Mexico Governor Alfonso Durazo Montaño witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March 17 at a ceremony held at the Stanford Mansion in Sacramento...Before the MOU signing, the California Chamber of Commerce hosted a small luncheon for Governor Durazo, Mexico Consul General Christian Tonatiuh González Jiménez based in Sacramento, and Dr. Francisco Acuña Méndez.| CalChamber Alert
Below are multiple interactive charts that display data collected from Colorado General Assembly fiscal reports from the 2025 regular legislative session. The state legislature is beyond the midpoint of the 120-day regular session, which started in January and ends in May. The data below presents the FTE/fiscal impact of every proposed legislation introduced in the| Independence Institute - Think Freedom
Over six months have passed since the devastating racist riots that deeply affected the refugee and migration sector. These events caused widespread fear, particularly among colleagues with lived experience and from racialised communities, and severely disrupted the vital services that support people navigating the migration system.| Global Dialogue
Say woodcutter, not tyrant. Repetition, not apocalypse. Love, not disappearance.Melancholy, not depression. Derrida says that the melancholic is one who refuses to forget. That melancholy is necessary. I have learned to keep my . . . Source| Brick
A crescent moon in winter was a symbol of melancholy. A man with shoulders like an owl’s was assumed to be cruel. A woman’s eyebrows were commonly compared to hills in spring. After a failed coup…| Brick
A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by Rome and a powerful ruler in Britain: Cunobelin. This eye-catching mixture is just one of the clues that the hoard was amassed by a person or people with first-hand experience of Britain, most likely participants in the Roman invasion. Do these coins of Cunobelin, then, represent the spoils of war? In our cover feature, we explore what this hoard rev...| World Archaeology
It is well known by now that Colorado’s budget is on an unsustainable path. While there’s considerable disagreement about what is driving the issue and what the solution might be, one thing is for sure: trying to lay blame on the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) is just pure deflection. As I have written previously, The post Colorado’s spending joyride on a collision course with reality first appeared on Independence Institute. The post Colorado’s spending joyride on a collis...| Independence Institute
The following conversation took place at the Toronto Reference Library on September 11, 2024, to celebrate the release of Dionne Brand’s Salvage: Readings from the Wreck.David Chariandy: You describe Salvage as a kind of forensics of how . . . Source| Brick
The Colorado House Energy and Environment Committee passed HB25-1040, “Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource,” to the House floor on an 8 to 5 vote. Testimony went long and late into the evening. I couldn’t stay the entire time and submitted my written testimony online. I’ve provided it below, along with brief explanations| Independence Institute - Think Freedom
The California Chamber of Commerce and a broad coalition of business groups are urging state leaders to deliver on the commitments made in California’s 2022–2023 Budget to provide $750 million to California’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Fund.| CalChamber Alert
Daily roundup of local media from the South Caucasus, photo, video. Latest news in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, 10-14 February, 2025| Jamnews in English
The law on assemblies and demonstrations has also been tightened. New repressive laws in Georgia took place in one day| Jamnews in English
The February 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Gareth L. Powell & Ibi Zoboi and a spotlight on Never Whistle at Night, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. Main sto…| Locus Online
The University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business recently released their 60th annual Business Outlook for 2025, and, despite a moderate outlook in 2025, the report includes some disturbing trends in the Colorado economy. Let’s take a look at some of what’s going wrong. Troubling trends As pointed out by Denver Post business writer Aldo Svaldi, Colorado was the| Independence Institute - Think Freedom
We are excited to announce the launch of Shaping the Future: A Fund to Support Leadership in the Migration Sector, which is now officially open for applications.| Global Dialogue
It is easy to see the Thracians as stereotypes. According to the ancient literature, they were riders, warriors, and capable of horrifying displays of savagery. Such characteristics set them apart from the more orderly and controlled Greeks, who also penned many of these accounts. Sumptuous metalwork from Thracian territory, though, speaks of skilful artisans, and also an openness to a cornucopia of cultural influences. In our cover feature, we go in search of the real Thracians. Ancient writ...| World Archaeology
2025 brings numerous employment law updates, so here’s a quick reminder of the new changes that employers should be prepared for, including:| CalChamber Alert
