Zack Kligler

2 days ago | truthout.org | Anita Hofschneider |Zack Kligler

The tribe says they will initiate restoration projects on the 17,000 acres taken from them during the gold rush. By Anita Hofschneider , Grist Published June 5, 2025 Standing at the edge of the Klamath River in rural northern California, a Yurok man leans into the river with his traditional dip net, about to land a salmon.Justin Lewis / Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.

1 week ago | truthout.org | John Feffer |Zack Kligler

The clean energy transition that the Biden administration touted as the focus of its industrial policy required large amounts of mineral inputs. Batteries for electric vehicles depend on lithium, solar panels contain gallium and molybdenum, and powerful magnets in wind turbines can’t be built without rare earth elements.

1 week ago | truthout.org | Mel Leonor Barclay |Zack Kligler |Jasmine Mithani

This story was originally published by The 19th. Over the last four decades, the United States has built a web of federal policies and funding to address domestic and intimate partner violence, a pervasive health and safety crisis. In just 130 days, the Trump administration has put that safety net in jeopardy. Funding pauses, cuts, firings and information purges have destabilized the infrastructure that helps victims of abuse.