Salonflipped into Health & SciencePlastic The world is drowning in used face masks. We should turn them into fuel Salon - Joseph Wintersview in app This post originally appeared on Grist. Grist is a nonprofit news agency working toward a planet that doesn't burn and a future that doesn't suck. Sign up to receive Grist's top stories in
Salonflipped into News & PoliticsBorder Patrol After a year, Border Patrol has little to say about agents' misogynistic and racist Facebook group Salon - A.C. Thompsonview in app This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Brian Hastings, a top Border Patrol official, stared grimly at the television cameras. It was July 1, 2019, and Hastings was facing down a scandal:
Salonflipped into CultureGuns Matthew Modine on America's love affair with guns & what people get wrong about "Full Metal Jacket" Salon - Chauncey DeVegaview in app Being a person of conscience comes with a cost. Matthew Modine was offered the starring role of "Maverick" in the 1986 film "Top Gun," but he declined, rejecting the film's militarism and War
Salonflipped into CoronavirusProtein Why COVID-19 causes patients to lose their sense of smell Salon - Matthew Rozsaview in app A new study sheds light on the mechanisms that cause some COVID-19 patients to suffer from anosmia, or a loss of their sense of smell. It offers hope that — at least in some cases — the unusual
Salonflipped into Economy & InnovationFacebook A new report suggests Facebook fired an employee for calling out pro-right wing bias Salon - Matthew Rozsaview in app A new report claims that Facebook fired one of its employees after the individual compiled evidence of the social media platform giving preferential treatment to right-wing accounts and news
Salonflipped into CoronavirusEconomics The jobless rate went down slightly as COVID-19 cases rose. Here's why that's a bad omen Salon - Matthew Rozsaview in app A report released Thursday by the Department of Labor reveals that almost 1.2 million workers filed claims for new state unemployment benefits last week, marking the lowest total since the
