Crops are in across the U.S. farm belt, with record harvests filling farmers’ silos with grain and their hearts with pride. Yet persistent and punishingly low prices for those crops leave them no better off for their efforts. Net farm income this year is about half what it was in 2013. U.S. farmers are not…
Because 'Good Planets Are Hard to Find,' Extinction Rebellion Shuts Down London Bridges to Save Mother Earth
Mass arrests resulted on Saturday as thousands of people and members of the ‘Extinction Rebellion’ movement—for “the first time in living memory”—shut down the five main bridges of central London in the name of saving the planet, and those who live upon it, from destructive over-consumption, runaway greenhouse gas emissions, and the ongoing failure of…
As Nuclear Powers Trade Threats, Gorbachev Calls on US and Russia to 'Return to Sanity'
Amid escalating tensions between Russia and the U.S., former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged the two nations to “return to sanity” and said President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin should meet to engage in diplomacy rather than military confrontation over Syria. Speaking to Interfax news agency, Gorbachev said Tuesday, “I am very alarmed.”…
A 'Defining Moment' to Stand Against Torture as Human Rights Groups Demand Senate Reject Gina Haspel for CIA
As Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the CIA, continues to face intense scrutiny over her “central” role in the Bush administration’s torture regime ahead of her May 9 Senate hearing, more than 40 national human rights and civil liberties organizations sent a letter (pdf) to every U.S. senator on Thursday demanding that…
Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed Welcome Their First Baby
Huge congratulations are in order for Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder: The Twilight and Vampire Diaries alums are now parents. The happy couple welcomed their first child July 25, People confirmed via the birth certificate. The news was first reported by E!. The outlets report that Reed gave birth to a baby girl, whom the…
Emily Ratajkowski’s Tricks to Wearing Denim Like No Other
Click:Hyperbaric Chamber 2 ATA For Sale Emily Ratajkowski has some exciting news to share: The model-actress-style icon is the new face of the celeb-favorite denim brand DL1961. On Thursday, the company revealed her as the star of its fall 2017 campaign, which was shot at the Plaza Hotel by photographer Boo George. “Emily truly is…
Stranger Things Will Officially Return for Third and Fourth Seasons
Seriously missing Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven on Stranger Things? Don’t fret: The second season of the hit Netflix show returns Oct. 27, but while we wait, we now know there’s more to look forward to than we thought. The show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, recently hyped up Season 2 to be pretty epic,…
The Space Suit Designed to Take People to the Moon in 2018 Is Actually Chic
In case you didn’t know, people are planning to go to the moon! Elon Musk, billionaire tech innovator and ex-boyfriend to Amber Heard, announced in February that his space technology company, SpaceX, will bring two humans to the moon in 2018. The two astronauts are set to travel in the Dragon2 (a spacecraft) and will takeoff…
Kim Kardashian Named Which Sex and the City Character She’d Be and It’s Not Who You Think
Kim Kardashian West may be the star of the Kar-Jenner clan, but she does not see herself as a Carrie Bradshaw figure. The celeb appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’s new YouTube series, Ellen’s Show Me More Show, and answered some of Ellen’s burning questions, including which Sex and the City character she most identifies with. Fans…
Cindy Crawford Says Kaia Gerber Didn’t Want to Walk the Versace Runway with Her
The fashion world went nuts when supermodel Cindy Crawford and her 16-year-old daughter Kaia Gerber, the breakout star of fashion month, both walked the runway at Versace’s spring 2018 show during Milan Fashion Week. But according to mom Crawford, Kaia wasn’t quite as excited as we were. “I didn’t know my daughter was doing that…