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U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia on espionage charges, to stand trial, officials say
MPR News· 40 minutes agoU.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, authorities said Thursday.
How left-wingers abandoned free trade
The Economist· 1 hour agoFOR MOST of modern political history, free trade has been a radical idea. The Economist was founded in 1843 to campaign against the Corn Laws, tariffs on...
Downwinders, advocates decry impasse that let compensation program lapse
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 7—Advocates for New Mexico downwinders and former uranium miners minced no words this week about House leadership not holding a vote to extend a law that provides compensation ...
Utah hits pause on mineral company’s southern Utah lithium project
Idaho Capital Sun via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAn Australian-based mineral company hoping to produce lithium along the Green River in southern Utah...
Opinion: Mexico’s election of Claudia Sheinbaum is historic. But should we be celebrating it?
San Jose Mercury News· 6 days agoMexico City mayoral candidate Santiago Taboada quoted the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda on social media...
Phone banks and pickleball: How the Biden campaign plans to court older voters
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWILMINGTON, Del. — As Democrats fret about losing ground with young voters in November, the Biden...
Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBut even if lunar private enterprise is on the increase, nation states still ultimately remain the...
Finally, a specific accounting of land stolen from the formerly enslaved
Mother Jones· 1 hour ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
Why Hollywood jobs haven’t come back, in three charts
Los Angeles Times· 2 hours agoHollywood is in trouble. First-quarter box office figures still lag behind pre-pandemic levels while...
Our Best Stuff on October Surprises, Donald Trump, and China
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn this week’s edition of Techne, Will gets ready to welcome our new robot overlords. ...