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Did sexual reproduction evolve to keep up with mitochondrial mutation?

The coming together of ordinary people — first in southeast Montana, then an ever-growing number of communities throughout the Northwest —to oppose the Otter Creek mine says much about how land defenders and climate activists are learning to fight back against the planet’s biggest energy companies. The roots of this recent victory go back more than 30 years.

Cherelle Baldwin, 24-year-old mother found not guilty in the 2013 death of her abusive ex-boyfriend. She spent nearly three years in prison on a million-dollar bond without conviction.