Cradle of Transformation: The Mediterranean and Climate Change
The Mediterranean region is warming 20 percent faster than the world as a whole, raising concerns about the impact of climate change on the region’s ecosystems.
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DeSantis’s New Voter Fraud Police — Good Cop or Bad Cop?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) finally got his “voter fraud police” force. If the new unit really were serious about going after bad actors who jeopardize the integrity of elections, he would also be its first target.
Ukrainians on the Run: The Reality for Refugees Arriving in Moldova
Moldova, the tiny and impoverished former Soviet state immediately to Ukraine’s west, is the portal of entry to refuge for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the war, as well as a final destination.
Condors Are Soaring Again Over Northern California’s Coastal Redwoods
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Black Secret Service Agent, Jailed for JFK Plot Warning, Cleared: The Full Story
Abraham Bolden broke the color barrier to join the presidential security detail, but his white colleagues never trusted him, even before Bolden identified flaws in John F. Kennedy’s security ahead of the president’s assassination. Now Joe Biden has pardoned Bolden for crimes he never committed, but the record is still not corrected.
Democracy and Diversity Don’t Mix
A look at how diverse societies have long suffered from the problems of tribalism, domination, and fragmentation, and why diversity may be antithetical to democracy.
The “New Israel”: The Irreversible Peril of Ukraine’s Militarization.
Nearly a decade of war and a new hero cult that’s arisen since Russia’s invasion mean Ukraine is now one of the world’s most heavily militarized societies.
Wildlife Conservation Can Help Stabilize the Climate: Study
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How Beef and Leather Supply Chains Pose Threat to South America’s Last Forest
Despite deforestation pledges, agribusiness is still clearing forest in the Gran Chaco — but Indigenous people are fighting to expel ranchers from their ancestral lands
A Look Inside a Pro-Russia Telegram Channel
In May 2020, the first post of the Telegram channel U_G_M — a Ukrainian flag emblazoned with a swastika — set the tone for what was to follow.
Term Limits: A Recipe for Younger Dems and Crazier Republicans
In an ideal world, there would be term limits for Democrats but not for Republicans. The outcome would be one congressional delegation that is more in touch with its young constituents and another that would be less in touch with its insane constituents.
Surviving Mariupol – A Shattered Life
As they huddled together in a cold basement in Mariupol, their city was under constant bombardment – one plane after another, dropping four bombs at a time.