A report from a UN-backed panel of experts found that the hole in the ozone layer is on track to close completely within four decades.
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Social justice issues are intertwined with environmental issues. There is no just and equitable future for all unless everyone feels safe and welcome in traditional and nonformal educational settings. Educators…
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The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps of California while trying to learn from its missteps.
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While signing the hard-fought infrastructure bill into law, President Biden gave a speech that claimed a legislative accomplishment and staked a place in history. “Generations from now, people will look back and…
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Many cities and localities have mounted targeted efforts to promote education and career pathways for “opportunity youth.” Engaging these young people—ages 16 to 24, who are not in school and not…
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Alyssa Shaw’s job is to guide Seattle-area residents through what can be one of the most wrenching and complicated experiences of their lives: petitioning civil courts to temporarily take away…
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“We found that this particular stressor—restriction to abortion—affects women of a specific age in a specific cause of death, which is suicide.”…
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Justin Bieber, Shania Twain, Amy Schumer, Avril Lavigne, Ben Stiller and Kelly Osbourne are just six of the millions of people who report that they have suffered from Lyme disease,…
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The news media cover humanitarian crises selectively. Events associated with clear, dramatic imagery, such as the 2020 Beirut port explosion, often receive intense global news coverage. By contrast, protracted humanitarian…
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On December 6, the D.C. Council unanimously approved a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, extending crucial recognition and labor protections to thousands of domestic workers. The legislation is expected to pass its…
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For decades, there were growing numbers of Democratic and Republican women in Congress, but the number of Republican women has stalled.
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One evening last September, Gavin Yamey, professor of global health at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, dined indoors and tweeted a selfie of himself and his two table mates—Chris Beyrer,…