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/ 8 months agoExcessively high rents are a major burden for immigrants in US cities
The US economy relies on immigrants to fill jobs, but many of them are struggling with high rent burdens that make...
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/ 8 months agoGary, Indiana’s lawsuit against gunmakers is shot down by a new law, after surviving 25 years of appeals
Expect other states to pick up the civil-litigation torch.
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/ 8 months agoWhat is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the ground beneath our feet, as a soil scientist explains
Rock dust is only part of the story of soil. Living creatures, many of them too tiny to see, keep that...
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/ 8 months agoI’ve been studying congressional emails to constituents for 15 years − and found these 4 trends after scanning 185,222 of them
In taxpayer-funded email messages to constituents, Republicans prefer visual elements and strategic timing, and Democrats prefer more text-heavy missives.
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/ 8 months agoIsrael’s ‘Iron Wall’: A brief history of the ideology guiding Benjamin Netanyahu
The destructive force that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has unleashed in Gaza is rooted in a century-old ideology that says overwhelming...
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/ 8 months agoFighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change
A new study offers a rare window into the hidden effects of aggressive fire suppression that go beyond fuel accumulation. It...
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/ 8 months agoHow Moscow terror attack fits ISIS-K strategy to widen agenda, take fight to its perceived enemies
At least 137 people were killed in the Moscow attack – the latest in a a series of ISIS-K operations outside...
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/ 8 months agoClimate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s what that could mean for your garden
The US Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will grow across the...
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/ 8 months agoJon Stewart, still a ‘tiny, neurotic man,’ back to remind Americans what’s at stake
In the early 2000s, Jon Stewart perfected the art of ironic satire, playfully critiquing politicians, political institutions, the press and the...
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/ 8 months agoEPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars, while also addressing consumer and industry concerns
The new rule isn’t a mandate for electric vehicles, but it will sharply increase their market share over the coming decade.
