Reading archive 2021-11-18

They bought houses in Italy for 1 euro — and are using them to give back to the community: Meet the people turning the crumbling homes into businesses and social projects in aging towns

Trump’s move of Bureau of Land Management HQ dramatically worsened diversity, report says: Government Accountability Office report also finds headquarters move to Colorado led to ‘confusion and inefficiency’ at BLM

In Charlottesville trial, jurors learn to decode the secret slang of white supremacists

Belarus’s Lukashenko tried to use migrants as a weapon. That’s now turned against him.

It’s hailed as the clean energy of the future. But hydrogen produces ‘substantial’ emissions, study shows.: New research casts doubt on the environmental credentials of ‘blue’ hydrogen produced using fossils fuels

Exclusive: Marriott refused to host Uyghur conference, citing "political neutrality"

A hiker stumbled across a stream that reeked of beer. The alcohol content was 1.2%, tests found.