Reading archive 2022-07-14 pt. 1

There are no artifacts to prove that slave ships existed.

Donald Trump looks to fall launch for 2024, potentially upending midterms: Some Republicans fear an announcement will undercut them at a time when they have a strong chance of retaking the House and Senate

A post-Roe surge could reshape this Illinois steel mill town: Granite City, a conservative-leaning community near the state‘s southern border, now offers the closest abortion clinics for many patients across the South and Midwest

Five charts explaining why inflation is at a 40-year high

Man charged in rape of 10-year-old girl who had to travel for abortion

After arrest in rape of 10-year-old girl, Fox News hosts shift focus

Veterans forced out for being gay are still waiting for VA benefits: A decade after the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ details on new guidance remain scarce

Youngkin defends portrayal of gay-marriage rights as business ranking slips - "'We actually do protect same-sex marriage in Virginia,' Youngkin responded. 'That’s the law in Virginia and, therefore, as governor of Virginia, we protect same-sex marriage.'

"But state law does not protect such unions. In fact, the Virginia Constitution bans same-sex marriage under an amendment adopted in 2006 that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. While the ban became defunct after Obergefell, the language remains in the constitution and would become operative again if the Supreme Court were to reverse itself. Republicans in the House of Delegates killed an effort this year to remove that language."

Fertilizer crisis delivers profits and pain as Ukraine fallout broadens: ‘It’s brutal. Farmers aren’t buying what they need; they are buying what they can afford,’ one expert said

FDA authorizes Novavax coronavirus vaccine, adding to pandemic arsenal

The world’s longest-lived trees couldn’t survive climate change - "To Murphy Westwood, the vice president for science and conservation at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois, each loss feels like a moral failing. 

"'It’s overwhelming and almost crushing,' she said, 'the stark reality of the biodiversity crisis that’s on our hands.'"

Once nearly extinct, bison are now climate heroes: Indigenous tribes are leading the effort to bring back the bison — a victory not only for the sake of biodiversity, but for the entire ecosystem they nurture

The green revolution sweeping Sweden

In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature