👗 While preparations for the Met Gala were underway yesterday, labor unions from across the country hosted a “Ball Without Billionaires,” where Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers, and former Washington Post staffers walked a runway. (Gifted link)
💸 And on Sunday night, the fourth annual Debt Gala took place, a fashion-comedy-fundraiser that cancelled $4 million in medical debt in its first three years alone.
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‘Law & Order: SVU’ star Mariska Hargitay has now helped pass laws to end rape kit backlogs in all 50 U.S. states
On the set of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Mariska Hargitay’s eyes were opened to the pressing realities of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse in the United States.
She started the Joyful Heart Foundation in 2004 to help make a difference, most notably through its “End The Backlog” campaign. After 16 years of the program, Hargitay announced that Maine became the final state to have enacted at least one pillar of rape kit reform in “a watershed moment.”
Now, all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have some form of rape kit reform in place, to which Hargitay told survivors, “This milestone belongs to you.”
Why is this good news? Rape kits consist of the evidence collected by a professional after the examination of someone who has survived sexual assault, but they often end up in long queues for processing. Hargitay’s foundation estimates there are still 100,000 untested rape kits yet to be discovered across the country — these laws will help change that.
Solar and wind outpace fossil fuels as ‘coal comeback’ is debunked
Although some industry professionals predicted that the ongoing energy crisis would lead to a potential “coal comeback,” a new report from the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air found the opposite.
In fact, CREA shared that coal-fired generation was flat in March on a global scale, with seaborne coal transport volumes falling 3% globally — a new low since 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As fossil fuel power generation continues to falter, renewables are helping buffer the energy crisis caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Before its closure, the Strait was used for nearly a fifth of global Liquefied Natural Gas transports. But according to the CREA, the solar and wind capacity added in 2025 is enough to offset that loss twice over.
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