Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape by Jill Jonnes, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble®
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/urban-forests-jill-jonnes/1123727533 Jill Jonnes See All Formats & Editions “Far-ranging and deeply researched, Urban Forests reveals the beauty and significance of the trees around us.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction “Jonnes extols the many contributions that trees make to city life and celebrates the men and women who stood up for… Eligible for FREE SHIPPING Get […]more…
‘JewA!’ chant is latest reminder of white supremacist support for Trump
Politics By Jose A. DelReal, Sean Sullivan October 30, 2016 at 6:19 PM Donald Trump speaks during an Oct. 29 campaign event in Phoenix.(Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Donald Trump’s campaign manager on Sunday forcefully disavowed a supporter as “deplorable” for chanting “Jew-S-A!” at a weekend rally, the latest incident of anti-Semitic rhetoric used by some of the GOP nominee’s […]more…
Memory skills that will make you smarter
Memory skills that will make you smarter http://www.businessinsider.com/memory-skills-2016-10 Flickr / Bryan Alexander Learning ability is probably the most important skill you can have. Take it from Peter Brown, Henry Roediger, and Mark McDaniel, authors of “Make It Stick: The Science Of Successful Learning.” “We need to keep learning and remembering all our lives,” they write. […]more…
Exxon Enters No Man’s Land – Bloomberg
Exxon Enters No Man’s Land – Bloomberg Slowly, in fits and starts, Exxon’s investors are pushing it to take better account of climate-change risks. Matthew Philips matthewaphilips October 28, 2016 — 3:00 AM PDT Updated on October 28, 2016 — 6:50 AM PDT Slowly, in fits and starts, Exxon’s investors are pushing it to take better account of […]more…
Do You Live On A Former San Francisco Cemetery? An Interactive Map
It is said that there are no cemeteries in San Francisco, but that is not true. In fact, ours was once a town full of cemeteries, before graveyards within city limits were banned in 1900. So here, in order to ever-so-gently spook you this Halloween season, we’ve plotted out (get it!?) where those used to be. […]more…
Hillary Clinton’s Victory Prize: Congressional Investigations – NBC News http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/hillary-clinton-s-victory-prize-congressional-investigations-n672926 by Alex Seitz-Wald and Benjy Sarlin If Donald Trump leaves the GOP divided after the election, a Hillary Clinton victory could bring the party back together, as Republicans and Democrats prepare for a flood of potential congressional investigations. The daily drip of hacked emails from […]more…
A Civil War History Lesson On Trump’s Visit To Gettysburg
Donald Trump laid out his closing pitch to voters on Saturday in Pennsylvania, a battleground state that is home to many actual battlegrounds. “It’s my privilege to be here in Gettysburg, hallowed ground where so many lives were given,” Trump said. Trump reiterated the major themes of his campaign, like cracking down on illegal immigration. […]more…
A new generation of exiled Tibetan artists is producing radical art beyond the control of China’s censors — Quartz
A new generation of exiled Tibetan artists is producing radical art beyond the control of China’s censors — Quartz http://qz.com/795767/a-new-generation-of-exiled-tibetan-artists-is-producing-radical-art-beyond-the-control-of-chinas-censors/ Ilaria Maria Sala Exiled from their own land since birth, a new generation of Tibetan artists is producing challenging art that the Chinese Communist Party cannot control. At an ongoing solo show of works by […]more…
No the election can’t be rigged
(CNN)- The Obama administration is accusing Russia of hacking US political organizations. States are reporting attempts — in one case successful — to breach voter registration databases. And the final days of the campaign are dominated by talk of whether the race is “rigged.” The public is understandably concerned about the integrity of next month’s election. But election officials and cyber […]more…
The white flight of Derek Black – The Washington Post
The white flight of Derek Black – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-white-flight-of-derek-black/2016/10/15/ed5f906a-8f3b-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html Derek Black, 27, was following in his father’s footsteps as a white nationalist leader until he began to question the movement’s ideology. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Their public conference had been interrupted by a demonstration march and a bomb threat, so the white nationalists […]more…