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The latest floods exposed the deep vulnerability of many mountain communities in eastern Kentucky, where land ownership patterns and other barriers...
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A widely held view in ocean conservation asserts that parrotfish are key to healthy coral reefs. But evidence suggests that the...
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/ 2 weeks agoPhiladelphia continues long history of Black-led protest meetings aimed at fighting racial inequity and prejudice
A packed public meeting at a senior center in January 2025 continues a Philly tradition that dates back to a meeting...
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/ 2 weeks agoCutting Medicaid and federal programs are among 4 key Trump administration policy changes that could make life harder for disabled people
Tracking disability policies has long been challenging − this will become a harder task under the Trump administration.
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/ 2 weeks agoHow ticket-splitting voters could shape the 2026 midterms
Democrats are desperate to retake control of Congress; Republicans want to keep it. To win, it helps to know what kind...
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/ 2 weeks agoStates that impose severe prison sentences accomplish the opposite of what they say they want
Research shows that imposing longer sentences harms inmates and society. There are less expensive − and more effective − ways to...
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/ 2 weeks agoUSAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security
USAID has a decades-long history of fighting smallpox, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.
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/ 2 weeks agoHow Nutriset, a French company, has helped alleviate hunger and create jobs in some of the world’s poorest places
The key to the for-profit company’s successful partnership with governments, international agencies and humanitarian, nongovernmental organizations is how it handled its...
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/ 2 weeks agoGermany’s chancellor-in-waiting prioritizes ‘real’ independence from the US − but what does that mean and is it achievable?
Friedrich Merz has expressed a desire to ‘strengthen Europe as quickly as possible’ in the face of a growing rift between...
