A president only has a few chances during a reelection campaign to command the attention of the many voters who don’t follow the daily ins and outs of American politics. These moments include the acceptance speech at the nominating convention, the occasional Oval Office address (when world events call for one), and the State of […]
There’s a laundry list of ways air pollution is bad for humans: It’s linked to cardiovascular disease and asthma, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and dementia. It likely makes us more susceptible to infections like Covid. It’s even associated with more mistakes by chess players. And now, according to new research, we know it’s messing with moths. In […]
This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the summer of 2020, Jennifer Pytka spent three and a half hours a day sleuthing the internet for evidence of wildlife trafficking. She’d type กระเบนท้องน้ำ, a Thai word that loosely translates to stingray, into Google, and […]
Over the weekend, the United States and Jordan airdropped 66 bundles of aid containing 38,000 meals into Gaza. Israel’s war on the densely populated strip following the October 7 attack by Hamas has killed over 30,000 and wrought a humanitarian disaster. Basic social systems have vanished and UN officials have been warning that almost a quarter […]
Over the weekend, the United States and Jordan airdropped 66 bundles of aid containing 38,000 meals into Gaza. Israel’s war on the densely populated strip following the October 7 attack by Hamas has killed over 30,000 and wrought a humanitarian disaster—basic social systems have vanished and UN officials have been warning that almost a quarter of the […]
She’s…not running anymore. Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has dropped out of the GOP presidential race, ending her increasingly hopeless quest to deny the nomination to Donald Trump. Haley, the last significant Republican candidate running against the former president, announced her decision in Charleston, South Carolina. “The time has now come to suspend my campaign,” […]
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Arctic could have summer days with practically no sea ice within the next decade due to emissions from burning fossil fuels, a study has found. This would transform the unique habitat, home to polar bears, seals and walruses, […]
Donald Trump is coasting to victory in Super Tuesday primaries across the country—a decisive, if not unexpected, showing that follows his overwhelming wins in GOP nominating contests in states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and Michigan earlier this year. The former president—who tried to overturn the 2020 election and illegally hold on to power—is facing four indictments […]
After switching her party affiliation from Democratic to independent in 2022, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema didn’t really act like someone who was planning on sticking around Washington for the long haul. Her fundraising stagnated and her campaign wasn’t bothering to collect signatures. She was polling a very distant third in a hypothetical general election, behind […]
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted 13-2 in favor of forming a union on Tuesday, in a move that could make them the first unionized group of college athletes. The players voted to join SEIU Local 560, which already represents some employees at the college. Their efforts to unionize began in earnest last September, when the […]