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Blackouts in US Northwest due to heat wave, deaths reported  The Associated Press Northwest Heat Wave Melts Power Cables, Buckles Roads  NPR Opinion | Climate Change Is Behind Heat Dome  The New York Times Climate change is creating hell on Earth  Los Angeles Times

Many families have no choice but to navigate an ugly and liminal place where mourning can feel both necessary and premature.

House votes to remove Confederate statues, bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney from Capitol  CNBC House votes to remove Confederate busts and statues from the Capitol  Fox News House votes to remove Confederate statues and replace Roger B. Taney bust  CNN GOP

Toca Football, a nine-year-old, Costa Mesa, Ca.-based company that operates 14 sports centers across the U.S. that are focused on soccer training, has raised $40 million in Series E funding to roughly double the number of facilities that are now

By a 5-to-4 vote, the court left in place the nationwide moratorium on evictions put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The moratorium is set to expire on July 31. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP)

The Supreme Court Leaves The CDC’s Moratorium On Evictions In Place  NPR Supreme Court allows coronavirus eviction moratorium to remain in place  CNN Supreme Court permits federal eviction moratorium to remain in place  USA TODAY Courts need to slap down the CDC’s claim

Supreme Court allows coronavirus eviction moratorium to remain in place  CNN Supreme Court leaves CDC eviction moratorium intact | TheHill  The Hill Tenants still protected as NC eviction moratorium nears end  Associated Press Courts need to slap down the CDC’s claim to have

As Black women continue to achieve record levels of representation in elected office, the constant harassment and threats of violence many of them face challenge that trajectory. Some live in fear, others have chosen to leave public life. The PBS

Estelle Hedaya’s apartment facing the ocean in Surfside, Florida, is sliced open for all to see: the couch in her living room, her kitchen, even the suitcases from the trip to Las Vegas she had just returned from are there

As I’ve taken to online grocery shopping over the pandemic, I’ve always wondered why supermarkets didn’t offer simple ‘recipe’ features that would have automatically collected items for a homemade meal. It seemed an opportunity missed. But it is missed no