What’s the environmental impact each time we hit ‘buy now,’ and can we change course?
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with author J.B. MacKinnon about the impact of American consumerism on the environment, and how pulling back could positively affect the planet.
Arts workers across the country are unionizing
Workers in arts and culture are currently embracing a wave of labor organizing. From museums to comic books to games, unions are coming to the arts.
Climate change and city lights are tricking trees into growing leaves too soon
A study of trees in dozens of cities found that urban heat and light pollution are pushing urban trees to sprout leaves about a week earlier than trees in more rural settings.
Alabama Amazon warehouse gets another chance to vote on unionizing
A federal labor official has approved a new election at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. In a previous vote, workers overwhelmingly rejected forming a union, but the results were challenged.
Former governor who signed Mississippi abortion law weighs in on Supreme Court fight
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Phil Bryant, the former governor of Mississippi who signed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks. The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments over the law.
Experts say more testing is urgently needed to spot and track the variant in the U.S.
Public health experts worry confusion about boosters may hamper vaccine efforts, breakthrough cases aren’t being monitored, and more testing and genetic sequencing is needed to track the new variant.
Jury selection begins tomorrow for trial of Kimberly Potter, who shot Daunte Wright
Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was killed by police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop. Potter yelled “Taser” before shooting Wright with her gun and faces manslaughter charges.
Judge to rule how much the government will pay family and victims of church shooting
Lawyers made final arguments in the Sutherland Springs church shooting case. A federal judge will decide how much the U.S. government will pay victims and families of the 2017 church shooting.
The omicron variant may be the most infectious one yet
Scientists in South Africa say preliminary data suggests the omicron coronavirus variant is already widespread across southern Africa — and this happened in a very short period of time.
Why Americans buy so much stuff
As holiday shopping overlaps with historic supply chain disruptions, NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lizabeth Cohen on the economy’s reliance on spending and the culture of consumerism in the U.S.
Opening arguments begin in the Ghislaine Maxwell case
Prosecutors began their case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite who is charged with grooming underage girls for alleged sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein died while in federal custody.
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