Baby Bats Babble, Much Like Human Infants

Ahana Fernandez trekked through the rainforests of Central America, ears tuned for high-pitched, repetitive chirping and squeaking from greater sac-winged bat pups. Their babbling may shed light on why human babies babble and the origins of speech.

Homeroom | Documentary

Do not discount the voices of young people. #HomeroomOnHulu (premieres Aug 12) follows Oakland High School’s class of 2020 through a year of pandemic and growing demands for systemic change. 

How the Immune System Actually Works

The human immune system is the most complex biological system we know, after the human brain. What happens when your body is invaded and your first lines of defenses are engaged in a fight for life and death?

Bob Dylan | With God on Our Side

Before the Gulf of Tonkin, before Iraq, before Afghanistan, Dylan surveyed the wars our country has fought with God on our side. And he makes a request of God about the next one.

Cuomo's Departure Is an Opportunity for the Left

Ross Barkan Substack
It cannot be overstated how much of an obstacle Cuomo, once a popular and inordinately powerful executive, was to the progressive movement in New York. His successor, Kathy Hochul, will have to gravitate to the left, where New York voters are.

New Bill Says: Cut Pentagon, Fund Global Vaccines

Jake Johnson Common Dreams
"We can't bomb our way out of a global pandemic. Shifting funds from weaponry and military contractors to producing Covid vaccines will save hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of lives around the world."

The DoJ Should Investigate Trump. Here's a Roadmap.

Laurence H. Tribe, Barbara McQuade and Joyce White Vance Washington Post
The bottom line is this: Now that Trump is out of office, the DOJ’s view that sitting presidents cannot be indicted no longer shields him. Attempted coups cannot be ignored.