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An Egyptian farmer who was working on land unearthed a 2,700-year-old stone tablet. The tablet, which was made of sandstone and dates back to approximately 600 BC during the 26th Dynasty of Egypt (between 664 and 525 BC), contains hieroglyphs as well as a royal symbol. The farmer was clearing the land in order to... Read more »
"It was written with us in mind," Carter says. "The whole process was done thoughtfully and non-linear, which I think is a very beautiful and Black way of telling stories."
Farm laborers from Asia flock to the European country known for its booming agricultural exports. The workers are often brought by gangs of traffickers and are forced to endure inhumane living conditions.
In his 2022 budget proposal, President Joe Biden included a rider first introduced by Republican Maryland Rep. Andy Harris that would block D.C.’s ability to legalize and tax recreational marijuana, even after the city’s residents voted to legalize possession back in 2014. While the budget provision is plainly at odds with Biden’s support of D.C. statehood and autonomy, it’s also the latest example of Biden’s conservative views on marijuana—views that could have major consequences for the climate crisis.
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Currently, because marijuana is not legal at the federal level, cannabis growers are not allowed to ship their products over state lines, as Emily Atkin explains in a recent edition of her newsletter, Heated, aptly titled “Biden’s anti-weed budget is anti-climate.” Rolling Stone dubs weed a “climate villain,” as cannabis sold in any state where it’s legal must be grown in-state. Because not every state boasts the year-round warm climate that cannabis thrives in, the vast majority of cannabis is grown indoors in large facilities. And there are other reasons indoor growing is thriving, as Evan Mills pointed out in a recent Slate piece, from misconceptions about the potency of cannabis grown indoors to budtenders who “tend to toss outdoor-grown product onto the bottom shelf.” Mills argues that the only way to make cannabis truly “green” is to grow it outside.
It's time for the EU to stop being silly sausages
Bureaucrats in the European Union are threatening a sausage war with Britain - but who will come off wurst?
Tensions are sizzling...
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My generation has been lucky. In our lifetimes, we have known only peace. We have never been required to fight for our country. We have never even been called on to do national service.
I fear, however, that the time is approaching for each man among us to stand up and be counted. For, if we shrink from our duty, then the day will dawn when our children ask us a deeply uncomfortable question.