In July of 1995, Chicago experienced an intense heatwave, watching temperatures climb tas high as 106 degrees Fahrenheit while feeling like124 degrees. Over the five days this extreme heat lasted, 739 people died, most of them Black, low-income, and ...
Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
Before hemp became known as a mascot for hippies everywhere, it was used as a crop in various civilizations around the world for more than 10,000 years. One of the first crops ever to be spun into fiber, hemp has an astounding number of functionaliti...
Before hemp became known as a mascot for hippies everywhere, it was used as a crop in various civilizations around the world for more than 10,000 years. One of the first crops ever to be spun into fiber, hemp has an astounding number of functionaliti...
While the proposition to legalize marijuana has taken up the most oxygen of Massachusetts’ ballot initiatives, another issue is just as consequential: charter schools. Question 2, if approved, would expand existing charter schools and/or authorize ...
While the proposition to legalize marijuana has taken up the most oxygen of Massachusetts’ ballot initiatives, another issue is just as consequential: charter schools. Question 2, if approved, would expand existing charter schools and/or authorize ...
Since tuna fish became a staple food for the Baby Boomer Generation, the tuna fish industry has enjoyed an outsized role in the American diet. The United States consumes 29 percent of all canned tuna produced worldwide, and until recently, tuna was t...
Since tuna fish became a staple food for the Baby Boomer Generation, the tuna fish industry has enjoyed an outsized role in the American diet. The United States consumes 29 percent of all canned tuna produced worldwide, and until recently, tuna was t...
Statistically speaking, the US government understands poverty about as well as Marie Antoinette did. For the last 60 years, the United States’ poverty threshold has determined low-income Americans’ eligibility for Medicaid, food stamps, and a lit...
Statistically speaking, the US government understands poverty about as well as Marie Antoinette did. For the last 60 years, the United States’ poverty threshold has determined low-income Americans’ eligibility for Medicaid, food stamps, and a lit...
The first day of a Trump presidency would include a seemingly mundane priority: asking Congress to change the language contained on an obscure page of the IRS tax code. Focusing on a law passed in 1954 called the Johnson Amendment, Trump has joined a...
The first day of a Trump presidency would include a seemingly mundane priority: asking Congress to change the language contained on an obscure page of the IRS tax code. Focusing on a law passed in 1954 called the Johnson Amendment, Trump has joined a...
Despite winning the last two presidential elections, Democrats are in serious trouble at just about every other level of government. Currently, Republicans control both chambers in 30 state legislatures – the most since the 1920s – while Democrat...
Despite winning the last two presidential elections, Democrats are in serious trouble at just about every other level of government. Currently, Republicans control both chambers in 30 state legislatures – the most since the 1920s – while Democrat...
In 2015, the UN High Commission on Refugees interviewed over 400 children who had been taken into custody by the US federal government for illegally crossing the border while unaccompanied by adults. Their stories were heart-wrenching. Maritza, a 15-...
In 2015, the UN High Commission on Refugees interviewed over 400 children who had been taken into custody by the US federal government for illegally crossing the border while unaccompanied by adults. Their stories were heart-wrenching. Maritza, a 15-...
Few Americans remember Amelia Bloomer, the fabled feminist who introduced women to the phenomenon of pants. In the 1850s, coinciding with the early American women’s suffrage movement and the Seneca Falls convention, Amelia Bloomer set new standards...
Few Americans remember Amelia Bloomer, the fabled feminist who introduced women to the phenomenon of pants. In the 1850s, coinciding with the early American women’s suffrage movement and the Seneca Falls convention, Amelia Bloomer set new standards...
This election cycle, voter turnout has been a major topic of discussion. With a presidential race that features two highly disliked yet well-known candidates, it is difficult to predict whether turnout will be driven down by disillusionment or up by ...
This election cycle, voter turnout has been a major topic of discussion. With a presidential race that features two highly disliked yet well-known candidates, it is difficult to predict whether turnout will be driven down by disillusionment or up by ...
On September 14th, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signed a 10-year military-assistance deal containing the largest package of military aid that the US has ever given to any country. The $38 billion pledge, averaging $3.8 billion...
On September 14th, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signed a 10-year military-assistance deal containing the largest package of military aid that the US has ever given to any country. The $38 billion pledge, averaging $3.8 billion...
A 2013 This American Life episode called “Dopplegangers” introduced many Americans to the murky world of seafood fraud. Listeners tuning in grew horrified as the radio producers investigated an Oklahoman meat processing plant that sells hog rectu...
A 2013 This American Life episode called “Dopplegangers” introduced many Americans to the murky world of seafood fraud. Listeners tuning in grew horrified as the radio producers investigated an Oklahoman meat processing plant that sells hog rectu...
Over the last eight years, the US Congress has established a long track record of not doing things. But on September 28, for the first time in Obama’s administration, Congress mustered up a rare showing of bipartisan cooperation and overrode the pr...
Over the last eight years, the US Congress has established a long track record of not doing things. But on September 28, for the first time in Obama’s administration, Congress mustered up a rare showing of bipartisan cooperation and overrode the pr...