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
01/28/2022
The simple numbers every government should use to fight anti-vaccine misinformation
Here is a relatively simple way of giving people important context about the number of deaths and ICU hospitalizations with Covid between vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
02/03/2022
The Problem With ‘No Regrets’
If you never pine for a different past, you’ll stay trapped in a cycle of mistakes.
01/29/2022
Javier Cercas on How to Deal With Your Nation’s Past
Javier Cercas and Yascha Mounk discuss modern Spain's transition to democracy.
02/02/2022
A Cancer Treatment Makes Leukemia Vanish, but Creates More Mysteries
Two early recipients of CAR T immunotherapy were free of a blood cancer nearly a decade after receiving the therapy.
01/27/2022
See the Channel Islands’ stunning ecological recovery
In the early 2000s, wildlife ecologist Peter Sharpe climbed into a bald eagle's nest on the edge of a cliff.
02/02/2022
Why the U.S. Needs a National Zoning Atlas
Zoning is arguably the most important power of local government. Here’s how to make these arcane codes more easily understandable — and use that information to change your city.
01/27/2022
Africa CDC: Continent on course to vaccinate 70% this year
The African continent is on course to reach its target of vaccinating at least 70% of its population against COVID-19 by the end of 2022, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters on Thursday.
02/01/2022
D.C. government will send $10,000 checks to the city’s day-care workers
The council also voted to allow any senior citizen to buy medical marijuana without a doctor’s note.
01/28/2022
Biden Administration Revokes Mining Leases Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
A Chilean mining giant’s bid to construct a massive underground copper-nickel mine just a few miles from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has hit another major snag.
02/03/2022
On U.S. polarization and being a black conservative, with John Wood Jr.
A talk with John Wood Jr., who’s an ambassador with the depolarization group Braver Angels and who ran for Congress as a Republican in 2014 against Maxine Waters.
01/28/2022
US judge blocks sale of Gulf of Mexico drilling leases over climate concerns
Federal judge rules that Biden administration did not properly consider the leases’ impact upon the climate crisis
01/13/2022