October 1, 2016

“Delivery services market themselves as impartial tools, or as things that are good for businesses and customers. In reality, they function more like advertising agencies for themselves, not to mention be-all-end-alls for restaurants.” The argument against getting that burrito delivered to your door. / Eater

There are 22 polluting facilities that rank in both the top third of toxic air and greenhouse gas emissions. Four of those facilities, coal power plants, circle the Southwest Indiana city of Evansville, where they have had disastrous public health effects that Governor Pence ignores in favor of pro-coal rhetoric. / superpolluters.com

“The agency has developed an acute case of the slows, and it could not be at a more critical moment.” Longtime documented immigrants may not get to vote in the most important election of their lives. / The New York Times

As Venezuela’s conomic crisis worsens, brought on by the drop in oil prices and the government’s lack of investment in anything else, people living with mental illness are in a downward spiral as the country runs out of medicine. / The New York Times