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...
Sam Brownback, the Republican governor of Kansas, expected to waltz into reelection, but recent polls showing his Democratic opponent Paul Davis leading by 4 points have raised doubts about Brownback’s chances. The GOP currently holds 32 seats in ...
Sam Brownback, the Republican governor of Kansas, expected to waltz into reelection, but recent polls showing his Democratic opponent Paul Davis leading by 4 points have raised doubts about Brownback’s chances. The GOP currently holds 32 seats in ...
It is abundantly clear to anyone visiting California this year that the state is in the midst of a catastrophe. The Central Valley is filled with parched fields; Northern California is wracked with fires; and the Sierras — the source of vital snow...
It is abundantly clear to anyone visiting California this year that the state is in the midst of a catastrophe. The Central Valley is filled with parched fields; Northern California is wracked with fires; and the Sierras — the source of vital snow...
As the battle for control of the Senate rages on, the American public grows eager for polling data to reveal which politician leads in a campaign and the likely outcome of each election. Given the people’s thirst for constant updates, many small, p...
As the battle for control of the Senate rages on, the American public grows eager for polling data to reveal which politician leads in a campaign and the likely outcome of each election. Given the people’s thirst for constant updates, many small, p...
The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014, Gallup measured Congress’s approval rating as a dismal 13 percent. In 2013, Public Policy Polling conducted a s...
The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014, Gallup measured Congress’s approval rating as a dismal 13 percent. In 2013, Public Policy Polling conducted a s...
Mayor Bill de Blasio won New York City’s mayoralty as “the liberal progressive” candidate, vowing to divert from the previous administration’s reactive policies on education, housing and, most notably, stop-and-frisk. Yet less than a year int...
Mayor Bill de Blasio won New York City’s mayoralty as “the liberal progressive” candidate, vowing to divert from the previous administration’s reactive policies on education, housing and, most notably, stop-and-frisk. Yet less than a year int...
The city of Detroit is an easy target for those who like to scoff at government mismanagement. Over the last decade it has been characterized by debt, depopulation and dilapidation, as negligent politicians disregarded essential reforms. The city’s...
The city of Detroit is an easy target for those who like to scoff at government mismanagement. Over the last decade it has been characterized by debt, depopulation and dilapidation, as negligent politicians disregarded essential reforms. The city’s...
Anyone who has ever lost, destroyed, or never received his or her birth certificate knows that the only way to obtain a replacement copy is to purchase one from his or her local Department of Vital Statistics. Without a birth certificate, it is ext...
Anyone who has ever lost, destroyed, or never received his or her birth certificate knows that the only way to obtain a replacement copy is to purchase one from his or her local Department of Vital Statistics. Without a birth certificate, it is ext...
Mass incarceration has found a comfortable home in the underbelly of American life. It slips through the cracks of democratic oversight and represents one of the more lucrative public-private partnerships of our time. In recent years, a vast trove of...
Mass incarceration has found a comfortable home in the underbelly of American life. It slips through the cracks of democratic oversight and represents one of the more lucrative public-private partnerships of our time. In recent years, a vast trove of...
On November 4th,weapon owners in Texas will be able to hit the polls using their concealed handgun licenses as voter identification — however, college students using college-issued IDs won’t have the same leisure. On September 2nd, a lawsuit file...
On November 4th,weapon owners in Texas will be able to hit the polls using their concealed handgun licenses as voter identification — however, college students using college-issued IDs won’t have the same leisure. On September 2nd, a lawsuit file...
On the surface, Senator Mary Landrieu seems to have all the strengths needed to survive as a Democrat in a red state: long experience in the Senate, the support of business interests and a storied family name. Her decades-old political machine, which...
On the surface, Senator Mary Landrieu seems to have all the strengths needed to survive as a Democrat in a red state: long experience in the Senate, the support of business interests and a storied family name. Her decades-old political machine, which...
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown — an unarmed black teen — was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Today, in the Salomon Center at Brown University, there will be a discussion of the recent events in F...
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown — an unarmed black teen — was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Today, in the Salomon Center at Brown University, there will be a discussion of the recent events in F...
“We are not going to be talking about polar bears and butterflies,” said political strategist Chris Lehane, “We are going to be talking about how this issue of climate impacts people in their backyards, in their states, in their communities.”...
“We are not going to be talking about polar bears and butterflies,” said political strategist Chris Lehane, “We are going to be talking about how this issue of climate impacts people in their backyards, in their states, in their communities.”...