Letters from Women Pleading for Abortion, Sent in 1917: In the early 1900s, desperate American women wrote letters to the founder of Planned Parenthood begging for help with unwanted pregnancies. A century later, they're sending eerily similar messages to an abortion-by-mail service. (broadly.vice.com)
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'We had to sue': the five lawyers taking on China's authorities over smog. In an unprecedented legal case, a group of Chinese lawyers have charged the governments of Beijing, Tianjin & Hebei with failing to protect their citizens from air pollution, linked to 1/3 of all deaths in the country (theguardian.com)
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Ancient Tomb Surveyed Near Japan’s Fukushima Power Plant: 7th-century tomb is in an area of high radiation levels. “We want to collect the accurate data as this is a valuable cultural asset.” It has a mural of a spiral pattern, people riding horses, & other animals & objects painted in red. (asahi.com)
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Why Is Wyoming's Senate Agriculture Committee Voting on Anti-Abortion Bills? Did you know in Wyoming women are cattle? That’s the message Republicans are sending by passing 2 anti-abortion bills through the Senate Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee. (theslot.jezebel.com)
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So you want to be a climate campaigner? Here's how: Readers have asked how to get involved after the Guardian’s 24-hour digital event last week. Opportunites abound to make a difference, from setting up an online petition, to joining a local green group, to entering politics (theguardian.com)
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5 Disturbing New Revelations About What's Really Going on Inside the Chaotic Trump White House. "Morale is low, factionalism is rampant and exhaustion is running high." by monsoony in democrats
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