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/ 1 year agoExxon, Apple and other corporate giants will have to disclose all their emissions under California’s new climate laws – that will have a global impact
California is the world’s fifth-largest economy. Laws tested there often spread across the U.S. and around the world.
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/ 1 year agoPeace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention
An expert on civil conflicts explains why the international community has so far failed to create peace in Sudan, and what...
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/ 1 year agoIs Taiwan a country or not?
There are treaties and agreements and organizations, but, ultimately, other countries get to define who else is or isn’t a country.
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court to hear arguments in key case about gerrymandering
An upcoming Supreme Court case that turns on race and party could affect how state legislatures shape voting maps and how...
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/ 1 year agoClaudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize win is a victory for women in economics − and the field as a whole
Goldin is showing the world that economics is about more than just finance.
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/ 1 year agoHow ‘nones’ − the religiously unaffiliated − are finding meaning, purpose and spirituality in psychedelic churches
A scholar who studies alternative expressions of spirituality visited secular, atheist and psychedelic churches and interacted with attendees. Here is what...
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/ 1 year agoCancer in kids is different from cancer in grown-ups – figuring out how could lead to better pediatric treatments
Children typically haven’t accumulated enough cellular damage to develop cancer. Because their bodies are still developing, pediatric cancers differ from adult...
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/ 1 year agoSpicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health in the long term
After a 14-year-old died doing a viral spicy chip challenge, many parents have called for more awareness about the risks of...
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/ 1 year agoWhy more school counselors and psychologists alone won’t solve America’s mental health crisis among students
Not enough time is being set aside for school counselors and psychologists to help students work on mental health issues, a...
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/ 1 year agoWhy Al-Aqsa remains a sensitive site in Palestine-Israel conflict
The Al-Aqsa mosque, a flashpoint in Hama’ recent assault against Israel, hosts daily prayers and Friday gatherings. It lies adjacent to...
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/ 1 year agoToday’s white working-class young men who turn to racist violence are part of a long, sad American history
Throughout US history, racist attacks against racial minorities were committed by white men grappling with their masculinity and social status.
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/ 1 year agoGlacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world
Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows....
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/ 1 year agoAre people born with good balance? A physical therapist explains the systems that help keep you on your toes
Balancing well is a whole-body experience that develops over time and takes practice to master.
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/ 1 year agoHamas assault echoes 1973 Arab-Israeli war – a shock attack and questions of political, intelligence culpability
Failings leading up to the Arab-Israeli War of 50 years ago cost the then Israeli prime minister their job. Could history...
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/ 1 year agoThe Israel-Hamas war: No matter who loses, Iran wins
The Palestinian fighters who launched deadly attacks into Israel on Oct. 7 are not Iranian puppets – but they are doing...
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/ 1 year agoIranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, in prison for speaking up against human rights violations, has been a voice for women for almost two decades
Narges Mohammadi is the second Iranian woman, after Shirin Ebadi, to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She remains locked up in...
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/ 1 year agoBison are sacred to Native Americans − but each tribe has its own special relationship to them
Efforts are being made to develop the capacity of Native tribes to manage bison and bison habitats. An Indigenous scholar explains...
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/ 1 year agoWhy the UAW union’s tough bargaining strategy is working
The companies are making more generous offers, and the union is commanding support from the general public and the president of...
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/ 1 year agoThe pope’s new letter isn’t just an ‘exhortation’ on the environment – for Francis, everything is connected, which is a source of wonder
Integral ecology, a holistic way of looking at problems the world faces today, is key in the pope’s writings about the...
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/ 1 year ago20 years after the publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s footsteps
African immigrant writers possess particularly acute insights into the way race and racism affect daily life in the US.
