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.
Author: Molly Bergen
12/06/2021
Acceptance significantly reduces suicide risk for intersex youths, report finds
Intersex youths face a disproportionate risk of suicide, but research shows that having one accepting parent can reduce the risk by 55 percent.
12/03/2021
How Berlin Lets the Whole City Care for Its Trees
Urban trees need a little extra care. In the German capital, anyone can give it to them.
11/24/2021
The world finally has a malaria vaccine. Now it must invest in it
As an economist I know it makes financial as well as ethical sense to get this world-first vaccine to the millions who need it.
12/06/2021
The Tribeless Tribe wants you…
One problem with declaring that a big part of your newsletter’s mission is the “Apocalypse Aversion Project” is that then you feel you have to, you know, help avert the apocalypse.
12/04/2021
Paris Has a New Plan to Make the Seine Swimmable
A new project launched in Paris might help the city finally achieve a long-held but elusive goal: making the River Seine clean enough to swim in.
11/29/2021
Reimagining Care
Today, many regard caring for the Earth and for other people as merely a means to an end. But everything changes – the economy, the environment, and ourselves – if we view care as an essential set of relationships that allow us to grow and flourish as part of a larger planetary ecosystem.
12/06/2021
8 Women and 8 Men: Germany Gets Its First Gender-Equal Cabinet
Angela Merkel is handing over the chancellery to a man. But in a watershed moment for the country, women will run all security and diplomacy-related ministries in the new government.
11/24/2021
Should you panic about inflation? Not unless you’re Joe Biden
Most Americans are beating inflation, but that won't stop them from punishing the president for it.
11/29/2021
Opinion: Building back a better vice presidency
A small but significant piece of history was made on Nov. 19 when Vice President Kamala Harris assumed the powers of the presidency for just under 90 minutes while President Biden was sedated for a routine colonoscopy.
11/16/2021
The Music Plays Again in Mosul
The light of song and celebration shines again after a ban plunged the onetime city of art and culture into the darkness of silence.
11/29/2021
America should invest in its federal legislature
One of my most popular takes on Capitol Hill is that both members of Congress and their staff should be paid more, a take that is sadly not that popular with the mass public.
11/30/2021