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‘Pre-bunking’ shows promise in fight against misinformation

Soon after the Russian invasion, the hoaxes began. Ukrainian refugees were taking jobs, committing crimes and abusing handouts. The misinformation spread rapidly online throughout Eastern Europe, sometimes pushed by Moscow in an effort to destabilize its neighbors. It's the kind of swift spread of falsehoods that has been blamed in many countries for increased polarization [...]

By |2022-08-30T10:37:18-04:00Monday, August 29, 2022|

Native groups seek to repair lands altered by colonization

KINGSTON, Mass. — Asa Peters marched into a thicket of Japanese knotweed in the woods of coastal Massachusetts this month and began steadily hacking the towering, dense vegetation down to size. The 24-year-old member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was among a cadre of volunteers rooting out invasive species and tending to recently planted native [...]

By |2022-08-29T15:11:44-04:00Friday, August 26, 2022|

As inflation soars, access to Indigenous foods declines

CHICAGO (AP) — Blueberry bison tamales, harvest salad with mixed greens, creamy carrot and wild rice soup, roasted turkey with squash. This contemporary Native American meal, crafted from the traditional foods of tribes across the United States and prepared with “Ketapanen” – a Menominee expression of love – cost caterer Jessica Pamonicutt $976 to feed [...]

By |2022-08-29T15:12:10-04:00Friday, August 26, 2022|

Ohio State researcher seeks domestic rubber production

Ohio State University researchers, led by Katrina Cornish, are working to increase rubber production in the United States to decrease its reliance on other countries for the widely used product. School researchers say there are numerous benefits to domestic rubber production, including the creation of millions of jobs. “The four most important natural resources we [...]

By |2022-08-24T14:45:17-04:00Tuesday, August 23, 2022|

Winners, losers in water cuts for Western states

WASHINGTON — People in Arizona and Nevada won't face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite water shortages on the Colorado River. However, officials said this week there will still be less water available next year from the river that serves 40 million people in the West and Mexico. Observers say a [...]

By |2022-08-22T10:44:43-04:00Friday, August 19, 2022|
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