Blackouts and Water Shortages in Kyiv After Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Energy Grid Luke Harding, Guardian UK
‘An Abomination’: Idaho Hunters Earned Thousands of Dollars to Kill Newborn Wolf Pups, Records Reveal Roque Planas, Guardian UK
Corporate America Courted Trump. Now a Blitz of Investigations Is Coming. Pranshu Verma, The Washington Post
The Fight Is Growing Over Ballot Counting in Mississippi’s Tight Senate Race Fredreka Schouten and Annie Grayer and Tierney Sneed, CNN
Trump Demands Sen. Sullivan Be Declared Winner as Democrat Mary Peltola Leads in Alaska Matthew Choi, The Washington Post
Russia and Trump Administration Seek to Block Plan for Binding Rules on Autonomous Weapons Patrick Wintour, Guardian UK
Democrats’ Victory in Texas Raises Potential for Environmental Reform Arcelia Martin, Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News
Gavin Newsom Seeks to Clear Death Row, Commutes Sentences for Hundreds of Prisoners Jeanne Kuang, Nigel Duara, CalMatters
Most Countries to Lose a Decade of Development Progress says United Nations as Global COVID Crisis Continues Jubilee USA Network, RSN Godot
Astronaut’s Journey To The Moon Yields New Perspective For Dealing With Enemies Of Democracy George Monroe, RSN Godot
Treasury Secretary Yellen Encourages Tax and Aid Deals to Confront Pandemic Olivia Engling, RSN Godot
Investigating the 1-6-21 Insurrection: What are the Republicans Afraid of? Dr. Steven Jonas , Steven Jonas
This Is the Battle That Will Define the Democrats These Next Two Years Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic
‘A Historic Beatdown’: Americans Take Back Their Country in Rebuke to Trump Rebecca Solnit, Judd Legum, Charles Blow, Wajahat Ali and Katie Phang, Guardian UK