How the race for critical minerals is creating ‘sacrifice zones,’ impacting the world’s poorest people

Without binding regulations, mining for critical minerals will worsen the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies—everything from AI to wind turbines, as well as cellphones, electric vehicles and defense systems—depend on critical minerals….

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Republicans appear split on idea of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell | Jeffrey Epstein

The possibility of clemency for Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, however unlikely, has long outraged survivors and their advocates who view the former British socialite’s lengthy jail sentence as giving them some justice in the long-running saga. Recent reporting that a pardon for Maxwell is now being discussed supportively in some circles, however, has highlighted…

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