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Global Temperature Projections Could Double as the World Burns
With a scorching start to July and wildfires raging, a new study warns about long-range high temperature projections.
Amendment in Farm Bill Bans People With Drug Convictions From Hemp Industry
No other crop grown in the US faces these kinds of restrictions.
The Kavanaugh Nomination and Labor
Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court has demonstrated consistent preference for the interests of employers.
The Importance of Being Uncivil
Why should we be civil while internment camps, travel bans, police murder and other atrocities rule the land?
With Anti-China Protectionism, the Left Is Aiding Trump’s Xenophobic Agenda
Even leading progressives like Bernie Sanders can fall short of full-throated solidarity with Chinese workers.
To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold
Buffalo's first community land trust is designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
A “Happy” World Requires Institutional Change
Countries with low income disparities and high levels of social support rank highest in the World Happiness Report.
Keeping the “Public” in Public Art
Who decides where funding for New York's public art goes? Especially when that art ends up displacing people?
Wealth Can’t Protect Environmentally Ravaged Silicon Valley From Climate Change
The tech empire’s power and money are no match for the fierce drought and wildfires exacerbated by urban sprawl.
“They’ve Been Doing This Massive, Anti-Democratic Model of Education Reform”
The top-down model of education reform has failed everywhere.