AvatarBlackShoesflipped into 202218 hours ago‘It keeps on going’: driving the world’s first production-ready solar carverified_publisherThe Guardian - Ashifa Kassam in Bardenas Reales de NavarraWinding past the ochre-coloured plateaux of the Bardenas Reales natural park in northern Spain, Roel Grooten nudged me to take my foot off the accelerator. The car continued to barrel down the open stretch of road, its speed dipping only slightly. “It keeps on going,” said Grooten, the lead engineer …
AvatarBlackShoesflipped into 20221 day agoThe Hard Right Has Gotten What It Paid Forverified_publisherEsquire - Charles P. PierceThe Court’s decision on Friday was a victory for clinic bombers, murderous snipers, stalkers of doctors, and vandals of all kinds. WASHINGTON — The two sides were kept apart in front of the Supreme Court by police barriers manned by Capitol Police. The Court itself is completely garrisoned with both …
AvatarBlackShoesflipped into 20221 day agoFor doctors, abortion restrictions create an 'impossible choice' when providing careverified_publisherNPR - Selena Simmons-DuffinNow that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, medical ethics experts say many physicians will be caught in a bind: unable to fulfill their professional obligations to provide care to their pregnant patients because of state laws that forbid it. Physicians take an oath to "do no harm" as part …
AvatarBlackShoesflipped into The World Is ColoredNowThe Radical Reign of Clarence Thomasverified_publisherThe New York TimesWASHINGTON — WASHINGTON — “What is happening here?” a distraught Nancy Pelosi said on Friday. It’s a good question and I can answer it, because I was there at the start of the corrosive chain of events that led to women losing control of their own bodies. I saw how America went from a beacon of …
AvatarBlackShoesflipped into 202213 hours agoThe Constitution Is Whatever the Right Wing Says It Isverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Adam SerwerThe Supreme Court majority’s undead constitutionalism is transforming right-wing media tropes into law. The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, allowing state governments to force women to give birth, is the result of decades of right-wing political advocacy, organizing, and electoral …
AvatarBlackShoesflipped into 202213 hours agoU.S. Vows to Hunt Russian War Criminals — but Gives a Pass to Its Ownverified_publisherThe Intercept - Nick TurseAttorney General Merrick Garland announced investigations of war crimes committed in Ukraine. But America has a surplus of its own unpunished …
