Think Progress … Electric Car Batteries … crucial to a Clean Energy Future


Used electric car batteries could prove critical to building a sustainable future. And, dealing with white parents and teachers is a unique challenge for the very few school principles of color.
Why Used Electric Car Batteries Could Be Crucial To A Clean Energy Future
Battery costs are plummeting to levels that make EVs a truly disruptive technology, as we’ve explained. That’s why electric vehicle (EV) sales are exploding world-wide, and why Tesla broke every record for pre-sales with its affordable ($35,000), 200+ mile range Model 3 last month…(read more)
The Latest Strategy To Prevent Women From Getting A Safe Abortion
What It’s Like To Be A Principal Of Color Dealing With White Parents
In a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in northwest D.C., a parent attending a school meeting is angry that her child doesn’t have enough time to play at recess. She berates the school principal — a black woman nearly a foot shorter than she is — in front of the other parents, pointing a finger no more than two inches away from her face and shouting, “How do you expect to keep your job?”…(read more)
Meet The Man Sarah Palin Is Supporting To Replace Paul Ryan
‘Suspected Terrorist’ Kicked Off Plane Actually A Professor Working On A Math Equation
A flight was delayed for more than two hours on Thursday after an Italian Ivy league professor’s math equation was mistaken by a passenger as a terrorist threat…(read more)