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Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Texas plants released excess pollution

Erin Douglas - The Texas Tribune

Oil refineries, chemical plants and other industrial operators emitted 3.5 million pounds of excess pollution

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, asks questions of Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of the Interior, during her confirmation hearing. (Leigh Vogel-Pool/Getty Images)

Who made Joe Manchin "The Decider"?

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport

When every Senate vote counts, West Virginia's so-called "mainstream" Democrat might as well be a Republican

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily media announcement and briefing at 633 3rd Avenue, Manhattan. Governor discussed Stabilization and Recovery Program for the state as well as uptick of positive infections in some areas of the state. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he will meet with Orthodox Jewish leaders to address COVID-19 clusters in communities downstate. He emphasized importance of wearing masks, social distances and enforcement of compliance. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Cuomo accused of sexual harassment again

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Cuomo had allegedly asked the aide numerous times about her sex life including if she ever had sex with older men

Dog with a protective mask on his face (Getty Images)

Are we overtreating rabies?

Gustav Cappaert - Undark

Each year, an estimated 55,000 Americans receive prophylactic rabies shots. Studies say many are unnecessary

Sen. Josh Hawley addresses attendees at the 2021 CPAC (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Hawley hometown paper slams CPAC speech

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

The Kansas City Star editorial board noted his rhetoric echoing Nazi sympathizers & segregationist George Wallace

Devil Mask (Getty Images)

"Where will you spend eternity?"

S.J. Stover

An evangelical theater experience like "Sleep No More" meets Dante's "Inferno," as interpreted by Franklin Graham

(Getty Images)

A letter to the produce I haven’t picked

Maggie Hennessy

I know one day I'll be back in my beloved produce department, palming every last avocado and smelling all the plums

Sen. Kamala Harris of California, recently named as former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate. (Getty/Alex Edelman)

Politico reporter posted sexist VP tweet

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet

Marc Caputo retweet a photo of a stripper meme with a comment referring to the VP and the minimum wage legislation

Eventide Oyster’s Brown-Butter Lobster Roll (Mark Fleming/Yankee Magazine)

Addictive brown-butter lobster rolls

Amy Traverso

We love the rich brown butter sauce that the team at Eventide Oyster Co. cooks up in Portland

Julie Delpy (left) in the film she wrote and directed, “My Zoe." (Blue Fox Entertainment)

Delpy on taboos & ending "Before" films

Mary Elizabeth Williams

"I could kill them with my teeth," the director, writer & star said on "Salon Talks" of anyone threatening her kids

Ella Hunt and Hailee Steinfeld in "Dickinson" (Apple TV+)

"Dickinson" presents an Emily ablaze

Melanie McFarland

The finale of a season haunted by visions of being a nobody shows its heroine claiming her power in anonymity

Dad and son bonding and having fun with piggyback ride on mountain hiking adventure (Getty Images)

City kids deserve nature's beauty, too

Tariq Touré

As a kid, nature felt far from my city neighborhood. I've made it a priority for my kids to experience it

Prop stylist: Amanda Widis. Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. (Rocky Luten / Food52)

Three-ingredient broccoli cheese soup

Emma Laperruque - Food52

The broccoli is our star, our lead, our Timothée Chalamet

Prop stylist: Sophie Pappas. Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. (Julia Gartland / Food52)

I miss my Mom's golden-crisp bread rolls

Vaishali Dinakaran - Food52

A writer shares her love — and longing — for a snack that tastes like childhood

A mailbox is seen frozen in a snow covered neighborhood in Waco, Texas as severe winter weather conditions over the last few days has forced road closures and power outages over the state on February 17, 2021. - Millions of people were still without power on February 17 in Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, and facing water shortages as an unusual winter storm pummeled the southeastern part of country. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a winter storm warning for a swathe of the country ranging from east Texas to the East Coast state of Maryland. (MATTHEW BUSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

America's power grid is broken

Matthew Rozsa

The US electrical grid is an engineering marvel that isn't being managed well nor maintained, engineers say

John Densmore (Jeff Katz)

What the Doors and Beatles had in common

Nicole Michael

On this episode of "Everything Fab Four," host Ken Womack interviews the legendary John Densmore

A gold statue of former President Donald Trump on display at CPAC 2021 (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

CPAC mocked for "golden jackass" statue

Brad Reed - Raw Story

Many Twitter users noted that a gold Trump statue would seem to violate biblical commandments against idolatry

The Boogaloo Boys hold a rally at the Capitol Building on October 17, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. The Boogaloo boys called it a Unity Rally in an attempt to distance themselves from the Wolverine Watchmen who plotted to kidnap Michigans Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Two of the men arrested in the plot were affiliated with the Boogaloo Boys. (Seth Herald/Getty Images)

Exclusive: Talking to the boogaloo

Roger Sollenberger

A member of the semi-ironic militia movement speaks out: "We hate Trump. We hate Biden. We hate the entire system"

Several young people running on treadmill in gym wearing face mask (Getty Images)

CDC says gyms are dangerous

Nicole Karlis

Well-publicized superspreader events at indoor gyms have made headlines. Is the gym a no-go zone?

Teyonah Parris in "WandaVision" (Disney+ / Marvel)

A super start to Black women visibility

Chanelle Tyson

My love of superheroes began with "Power Rangers," but I've waited decades to see the hero I wanted to be on-screen

Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman, is seen at the Capital riots. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Expressive politics of the Capitol riot

Ted Morgan

With roots in the 1960s, this now-prominent form of protest politics has long proven futile and counterproductive

Divorce over QAnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

QAnon is ruining marriages

Nicole Karlis

A therapist who specializes in cult recovery says he's "never seen anything like this before"

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) attends a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing (Andrew Harnik - Pool/Getty Images)

College pal had joined Cruz in Cancún

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

Cruz needed his longtime friend to join him as he "dropped his daughters off" during the freak Texas weather

U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning stealth fighter flies over the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California on October 13, 2019. (Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Pentagon's $2 trillion disaster

Lucian K. Truscott IV

The military-industrial complex spent $2 trillion building a "flying Swiss Army knife." Now it's been shelved

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