Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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10/21/2021
Opinion: We’re headed for a global energy crisis. What we need is a transition strategy.
Are we returning to the 1970s, as several commentators have recently claimed? There are surprising similarities.
10/14/2021
Opinion: The underappreciated success of Iraqi democracy
Just weeks after the tragic fall of Afghanistan, something important has happened in the other country in which the United States conducted a great nation-building experiment over the past two decades: Iraq held elections, which were mostly free and fair.
10/11/2021
A high-tech, low-cost push to track sharks, rhinos and other species amid climate change
Scientists are openly sharing designs for cheaper satellite devices that will help follow millions more animals under stress in the wild.
10/12/2021
A recipe for fighting climate change and feeding the world
“It’s so different from anything I’ve baked with,” says my baking partner, Jenny Starrs. We’re standing in the tiny kitchen of my D.C. apartment, examining palmfuls of a dark, coarse, rich-scented flour.
10/01/2021
‘These are our ancestors’: Descendants of enslaved people are shifting plantation tourism
At three plantations in Charleston, S.C., Black descendants are connecting with their family’s history and helping reshape the narrative.
09/24/2021
Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model.
Francis Waskey’s house used to stand four feet above ground on wooden stilts. Now, the mud underneath it has swallowed them whole.
09/27/2021
California will now mail ballots to voters in all elections, in permanent extension of pandemic-era practice
All California voters will now receive a ballot mailed to them whether they request it or not, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday, in a move long sought by state Democrats who have argued that it will make it easier for residents to take part in future elections.
09/26/2021
Swiss voters back same-sex marriage by large margin
Swiss voters backed a measure to legalize same-sex marriage by a large margin on Sunday. Nearly two-thirds of voters supported the measure in a national referendum, the Associated Press reported, and it won a majority in each of Switzerland’s 26 cantons.
09/09/2021
Biden announces sweeping new vaccine mandates for businesses, federal workers
President Biden announced sweeping new coronavirus vaccine mandates Thursday designed to affect tens of millions of Americans, ordering all businesses with more than 100 employees to require their workers to be immunized or face weekly testing.
09/02/2021
Opinion: The age of American privilege is over
Successful statecraft aligns interests with circumstance. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a generation of statesmen grasping this essential truth presided over a radical reorientation of basic U.S policy. The result was a half-century of American global primacy.
08/31/2021
A tiny fish once at the center of an Endangered Species Act controversy has been saved from extinction
The recovery of the snail darter represents a rare win for conservationists when nearly 1 million other species are at risk of extinction worldwide.
08/31/2021