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Why does flying suck so much?

Companies get away with bad behavior when we accept their excuses that there’s just no other way to run a business.

Poverty in America on the rise in 2022 based on Census Bureau data

While Supplemental Poverty Measures (SPM) showed sharp increases, childhood poverty more than doubled in 2022.

Progressive groups unveil ‘Rural New Deal’ to ‘reverse decades of economic decline’

"Rebuilding and renewing supportive social and economic connections across rural and urban lines, empowering rural people and communities, moving away from extractive relationships of the past, is the course we must chart together."

The United States and Canada are among the world’s top 5 ‘planet wreckers,’ new...

The U.S. is both the largest historical carbon emitter and the world’s top oil and gas producer.

The South China Sea’s resource wars

While the threat of a devastating military conflict between China and the United States in the region still looms, the South China Sea has already experienced irreparable damage.

A promising new project to organize humanity’s universal heritage

An international group of researchers and data scientists are creating a comprehensive database of the world’s archaeological knowledge—and changing our understanding of humans’ prehistoric heritage.

US responsible for one-third of global oil and gas expansion

While the U.S. is the frontrunner when it comes to the size of new oil and gas plans, Canada, Russia, Iran, China, Brazil and United Arab Emirates are consecutive on the list.

Reforming partisan SCOTUS may be as simple as voting in local elections

Because state lawmakers’ districts are often small, they are far more accessible and much more sensitive to public pressure than members of Congress and the U.S. Senate.

Biden admin cancels oil, gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland authorized cancellation of the remaining leases.