Reading archive 2021-03-09

Barred from marrying by the rabbis, Israelis find a pandemic workaround — in Utah

Pastor says women may not be ‘epic trophy wife’ but should be thin for their husbands. He’s now on leave.

Amazon fights aggressively to defeat union drive in Alabama, fearing a coming wave: Amazon’s relentless push to beat back a union drive among warehouse workers mirrors the company’s past efforts to oppose unions in Seattle, New York, Canada and the United Kingdom

Brood X cicadas are about to put on one of the wildest shows in nature. And D.C. is the main stage.: “We are at the epicenter of an event that happens nowhere else on the planet,” an entomologist said. "It blows your mind.”

Biden administration backs nation’s biggest wind farm off Martha’s Vineyard: Once blocked by some waterfront landowners, offshore wind power now enjoys broad support

Relief bill is most significant legislation for Black farmers since Civil Rights Act, experts say: $5 billion would go to farmers of color, who have lost 90 percent of their land over the past century because of systemic discrimination and a cycle of debt

Bible teacher Beth Moore, Trump critic and advocate for sexual abuse victims, splits with Southern Baptist Convention