Reading archive 2021-09-28

Vaccinated NBA staffers concerned about health risks of being exposed to unvaccinated players as season approaches

The surprising downsides to planting trillions of trees: Large tree-planting initiatives often fail — and some have even fueled deforestation. There’s a better way.

The Rise of the Liberal Latter-day Saints: And the battle for the future of Mormonism

Trump played tough with Putin when cameras were around, but a new book details his insecurities

Kyrie Irving wants to leave a legacy. With his stance on vaccination, he just might.

Why Athletes Need to Lead the Drive to Vaccinate: We Have a Duty to Use Our Platform to Save Lives

Tribes want ‘immediate action’ to reverse Trump’s cut to Bears Ears National Monument: Biden is weighing whether to restore the boundaries for the Utah site tribes consider sacred, after Trump shrank it by 85 percent

Senior Democrats’ push for powerful climate tool collides with political realities: White House has been wary of proposals to raise costs for middle-class Americans, while some centrists also object to the plan