The "Achilles heel of Finnish defense" against Russia is a demilitarized group of islands in the Baltic Sea. / Spiegel Related: Why NATO is growing, but not to include Ukraine (for now). / Wake Up to Politics A study finds drinking water from nearly half of US faucets likely contains
Abortion bans in the US are expected to break an already strained foster system, with up to 11% more children in Texas's foster care by 2040. / Vox Fossil records provide evidence that Earth is now at its hottest—not just in recorded history, but in the past 100,
"The larger threat to Putin's regime may not have been Prigozhin's mutiny itself but the reaction of the military and the security services to that mutiny." / Foreign Affairs Russians rely on Telegram for uncensored news about the war in Ukraine—yet without platform oversight,
Janet Yellen begins her first day of meetings in China by criticizing the country's "unfair economic practices." / Reuters Syracuse, NY, is about to become an economic test of whether aggressive policies—and $100 billion—can rebuild the United States' manufacturing prowess. / MIT Technology Review The
According to officials, the US intends to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions, which can endanger civilians by spreading unexploded bomblets. / NPR Russian jets harassed US military drones that were carrying out an operation against the Islamic State in Syria. / CBS News How grassroots movements near and (often very) far have
A new database finds more than 1,500 lobbyists working on behalf of fossil-fuel companies while also representing environmental groups. / The Guardian The Earth experienced the hottest day ever recorded on July 3. / Quartz July has already seen 11 mass shootings in the United States. / NPR Israel ends its
We're headed off for the holiday weekend and will see you on Wednesday. A detailed explanation and history of the Supreme Court's big decision on affirmative action in colleges. / Vox From Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent: "Deeming race irrelevant in law does not make
Riots spread across France overnight in response to the shooting of a teenager by police. / Reuters Wagner mercenaries apparently will no longer fight in Ukraine after the mercenary group's leader refuses to sign contracts with the Kremlin. / The Guardian Remember that recent Chinese spy balloon? The spying tech
The Supreme Court dismantles a legal theory that would have upended how elections are conducted—and sets up a power grab down the line. / Slate Amia Srinivasan: To hear that your views aren't worth engaging with isn't trampling on your free speech; it might simply be
Rising corporate profits account for almost half the increase in Europe's inflation over the past two years. / IMF Two-thirds of North America may suffer blackouts this summer due to extreme heat. / CNN Related: The MittiCool is a small refrigerator that works without electricity or greenhouse gas refrigerants.
