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‘This is the existential crisis’: A push for climate change education

2 years 5 months ago

When wildfires and smoke swept through Oregon in 2020, Lyra Johnson’s family made plans to evacuate their home near Portland. Johnson, then 14, was told she might have to quickly learn to drive — despite not having a license — in order to get her grandmother to safety. Thankfully, the danger passed before Johnson was […]

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Alex Brown

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 5 months ago
This is the ornate, Beaux-Arts style Alexander III Bridge crossing the Seine in Paris. I was strolling around early when I took this and caught it just as the morning sun was shining directly on the winged horses at the top of the pedestals. The Grand Palais is in the background.
Kevin Drum

VIDEO: National Building Trades’ “Opportunity Pipeline Roadshow” Lands in St. Louis

2 years 5 months ago
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum Earlier this year, President Biden made a personal appeal to Sean McGarvey, president of North America’s Building Trades (NABTU), to enlist the construction industry’s apprentice programs in leveraging Build Back Better funds to create inclusive employment opportunities, McGarvey said in a speech here Wednesday (June 28). “This country […]
Tom Finan

Webster Groves Community Days Is a Can't-Miss Patriotic Party

2 years 5 months ago
Webster Groves’ Community Days is what the Fourth of July is all about. The community gathers for a parade on Tuesday, July 4, with relish, often setting out lawn chairs and blankets the day before to reserve a primo viewing spot. The parade steps off at 10 a.m. at Lockwood and Selma avenues and ends up at Elm Avenue and Glendale Road by Hixson Middle School.
Rosalind Early

'Glow Yoga Pizza Party' Event Combines Some of the Best Things in Life

2 years 5 months ago
Yoga can be a fine time in and of itself. Bending your horrible body into whimsical shapes is apparently a health-conscious thing to do, and it can prevent said horrible body from betraying you in increasingly painful ways as the ceaseless march of time degrades your overall structural integrity. But you know what would make it even more fun?
Daniel Hill

Social Media Was Useful For Me, As An Ill, Nerdy Teenager

2 years 5 months ago
Lately, concerns about allowing minors to use social media have been front and center in the public discourse, but ways in which they use it productively have been absent from the conversation. My own anecdotal experience does not constitute comprehensive data, but it’s important to understand how social media can be extremely useful for teens […]
Mike Masnick

Big Changes to a Little Form

2 years 5 months ago
Today on TAP: The antitrust agencies propose that companies actually give them the information they need to decide whether their mergers are legal.
David Dayen