Reading archive 2021-07-16

U.S. seeks prison term for first felony defendant to be sentenced in Capitol breach, citing domestic terror threat

Opinion: This historian predicted Jan. 6. Now he warns of greater violence. - "At the moment, Republicans are 'digging themselves ever deeper into becoming a party which only wins by keeping other people from voting, and that’s a downward spiral,' he argued. The way to extinguish the next Reichstag fire is to demand — and require — that Republicans honor the right of all Americans to vote."

Young Cuban activists carry on the fight for freedom started by their parents, grandparents

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s carbon sink. Parts of it now release more carbon than can be absorbed.

The health and climate consequences of the American food system cost three times as much as the food itself: A new report provides a roadmap to creating a post-pandemic food system with greater fairness, fewer adverse climate impacts and better health outcomes.