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Climate change makes the dangers of natural hazards worse. Thousands of industrial facilities will be more likely to spill hazardous chemicals as flooding, storm surge, wildfire, and sea level rise intensify, a government study found.
As some of the 13 million Ukrainains who fled the Russian invasion return, they’re greeted by nearly $600 billion in property damage — and no clear idea of who will fix it or who will pay for it.
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On Friday, US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that Donald Trump should refrain from making “inflammatory” statements and creating a circus atmosphere ahead of his coup trial.
And then, Trump promptly spent much of his weekend making inflammatory statements and creating a circus atmosphere.
What is it like in an ICE prison? A former detainee describes the often inhuman conditions in which prisoners are kept.
The struggle over every inch of land in Palestine has led to decades of conflict and could ignite the entire region at any time. Two videos explain one aspect of this problem — mainly from the Palestinian viewpoint — and highlight why no solution is in sight.
Redistribution alone, as 21st-century egalitarians point out, can’t vanquish inequality.
Startup aims to plant millions of pongamia — “miracle” trees that can grow on arid badlands and yield products similar to soybeans and olive oil.
An interview with the man who asks the question, “Who is the most ignorant person the US is willing to elect?”
Hours and hours and hours, of walking and walking and walking, and waiting and waiting and waiting… to spend one brief moment next to the casket holding Queen Elizabeth II.
Russia borrows an old trick from the US to make reports of Russian atrocities seem fake.
What are virtually all our political battles over the economy — over taxing and spending — really about?