The recently ousted head of the Vatican bank may have evidence that the organization is involved in money laundering—and now he’s afraid for his life. By Barbie Latza Nadeau Ettore Gotti Tedeschi feared for his life when he was ousted as head of the Vatican bank after a vote of no confidence May 24. The…

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It’s been 50 years since Rachel Carson enlightened the world to the long term effects of DDT. She changed the way we saw progress and galvanized an environmental era. Here’s to you Rachel. Excerpted from High Country News. As a child of the 1950s, I remember hot summer nights that were only relieved when a…